MNCR Sector 5: Marine Biotope Summaries for South-east Scotland and North-east England

South-east Scotland and north-east England's coast from North Berwick to Flamborough Head was surveyed as part of the Marine Nature Conservation Review programme. The dataset consolidates field survey data and comparable external data for over 1000 sites, analyzed to classify biotopes, and is presented as 24 area summaries. It was compiled by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, with a referenced publication from 1998.

Use Cases

• Classify coastal and nearshore subtidal biotopes based on field survey data.
• Map marine biodiversity distribution across over 1000 surveyed sites.
• Support marine conservation planning and area management based on biotope summaries.

Strengths

• Covers over 1000 specific sites within the defined coastal region.
• Integrates field survey data with comparable data from other organisations.
• Analyzed and presented as 24 structured area summaries for the sector.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The core referenced publication is from 1998, though the platform record was updated in 2026.

Provenance

Source

Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Collection Method

Field surveys of shores and nearshore subtidal zones, supplemented with comparable external data.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-14 09:47:37.492039; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Coast from North Berwick, Lothian, to Flamborough Head, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK (MNCR Sector 5).