New records of Non-Indigenous Species (NIS) made between 2003 and 2014 for UK Celtic seas and the UK greater North sea. The data was collated from multiple sources for use in the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) D2 UK assessment. The dataset originates from the Government Digital Service via the eu_open_data platform.
Use Cases
- Track the introduction and spread of invasive marine species based on the temporal and geographic records.
- Assess environmental health and biodiversity changes for UK marine regions based on the collated NIS observations.
- Support policy evaluation and reporting for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) D2 descriptor based on the assessment-ready data.
Strengths
- Records span a defined 12-year period from 2003 to 2014.
- Covers two specific UK marine regions: Celtic seas and the greater North sea.
- Data was compiled for a specific regulatory purpose, the MSFD D2 assessment.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- Government Digital Service
- Collection Method
- Collated from multiple sources for the MSFD D2 UK assessment.
- Time Range
- 2003-2014
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- UK Celtic seas and UK greater North sea