Monitoring data collected prior to and following the 2014 designation of the Loch Sunart and Loch Sunart to the Sound of Jura Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas. The dataset aims to improve knowledge of the current condition of habitats and species features within the protected areas. It is provided by the Government Digital Service.
Use Cases
- Assessing habitat condition trends based on monitoring data collected before and after designation.
- Evaluating species feature status within the Loch Sunart MPA.
- Monitoring the impact of marine protected area designation on local ecosystems.
Strengths
- Focuses on a specific, designated Marine Protected Area (MPA(NC)).
- Includes monitoring data from both before and after the 2014 designation event.
- Describes a clear aim to improve knowledge of habitat and species condition.
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
- Site Condition Monitoring (SCM) work.
- Time Range
- Data collected prior to and following 2014.
- Geography
- Loch Sunart and Loch Sunart to the Sound of Jura Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas (MPA(NC)), Scotland.