2005 - Ongoing United Kingdom MarLIN Shore Thing timed search results

Quality Control

Collected by students (16+) and volunteers under the supervision of rocky shore ecologists. Digitised data is verified and Quality Assured internally by scientists at the MBA.

Method steps

1. The surveys are conducted by students (16+) or volunteer groups with the aid of a trained rocky shore ecologist. The results are recorded using the following abundancy scale: Abundant = definitely found at a certain level of the shore, Frequent = definitely found after some searching, Rare = intensive search to find 1 or 2 individuals, and Not found = not found after searching (Abundant, Frequent and Rare results are recorded in the sample description). Species have been selected from the MarCLIM surveys and the Shore Thing protocol and recording forms are available on the project website. Data is submitted to NBN through Marine Recorder, but is recorded as presence/absence only through this pathway. Original records (AFRN) are kept in a MYSQL database at the Marine Biological Association and as hard copy in the same place.

Troposphere; Infralittoral; Littoral; Soil and sediment boundary layer; Eastern Channel; Western Channel and Celtic Sea; Irish Sea; Southern North Sea; Northern North Sea; Minches & Western Scotland; Scottish Continental Shelf; Rockall Trough & Bank; Faroe-Shetland Channel; Bristol Channel; English Channel; North Atlantic; Celtic Sea; Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland; Irish Sea and St. George's Channel; North Sea.