Sullom Voe Benthic Biotope Map for a Scottish Marine Conservation Area
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Description
A benthic biotope map of Sullom Voe, a large shallow inlet and ria in the Shetland Isles, produced for Scottish Natural Heritage. The boreal-arctic species-rich communities are unique to Shetland voes and not represented elsewhere in the UK's SAC series. The map was created by Envision Mapping, sub-contracted by Heriot Watt University, using acoustic remote sensing combined with grab and video sampling.
Use Cases
Identify and classify unique boreal-arctic benthic communities based on the described acoustic and sampling data.
Support marine conservation planning for the Sullom Voe cSAC based on the mapped biotope features.
Analyze the distribution of species-rich communities in a large shallow inlet (ria) environment.
Compare this northern Scottish ria site to other large shallow inlets and bays in the UK SAC series.
Strengths
Focuses on a unique and geographically restricted boreal-arctic community not found elsewhere in the SAC series.
Created using a combination of acoustic remote sensing, grab, and video sampling methods.
Covers Sullom Voe, the most northerly UK site selected as a representative of large shallow inlets and bays.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count and dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the single-site focus of uk_data.
Provenance
Source
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Collection Method
Acoustic remote sensing techniques combined with grab and video sampling.
Time Range
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Freshness
Last updated 2026-04-14 09:45:57.245178; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Sullom Voe, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK.
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