BGS Hosted Metadata
Marine Ecosystems Research Programme (MERP), UK Coastal waters, 2014 onwards
The Marine Ecosystems Research Programme (MERP) dataset consists of pelagic and benthic taxonomic data with supporting data such as sediment size and satellites ocean colour or productivity in UK waters (Celtic Sea, Irish Sea, North Sea and the English Channel). Data were obtained from cruises beginning in April 2014, using a variety of methods such as BONGO nets, trawls, dredges and grabs. These data were used alongside and in various models. MERP addresses key knowledge gaps in marine ecosystem research. The programme developed a more accurate suite of marine ecosystem models providing vital evidence, tools and advice to policy makers and environmental managers, including the development and implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), the Marine and Coastal Access Act, Marine (Scotland) Act, Common Fisheries Policy and the OSPAR Joint Assessment and Monitoring Programme as well as the work of UK government departments. MERP research supports an ecosystem approach to policy, regulatory and management initiatives. MERP was formerly known as Integrating Macroecology and Modelling to Elucidate Regulation of Services from Ecosystems (IMMERSE) and the WP2 Developing a model based understanding of ecosystem service regulation grants. MERP was created when two grants were combined to make an overarching programme. The MERP consortium includes a blend of early and mid to late career researchers united by large-scale thinking and a multidisciplinary approach. The following partners were involved in the programme: Bangor University, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, National Oceanography Centre, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Queen Mary University of London, Queens University Belfast, Scottish Association for Marine Science, Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science, University of Glasgow, University of Sheffield and the University of Strathclyde.
Simple
- Alternate title
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British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048MERP
- Date (Publication)
- 2018-05-18
- Date (Creation)
- 2017-10-03
- Date (Revision)
- 2021-04-21
- Citation identifier
- http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED6710
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role National Oceanography Centre (Liverpool)
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Owner National Oceanography Centre (Liverpool)
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Originator Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory
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Owner Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory
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Originator Bangor University School of Ocean Sciences
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Owner Bangor University School of Ocean Sciences
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Originator Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science
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Owner Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science
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Originator Scottish Association for Marine Science
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Owner Scottish Association for Marine Science
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Originator Queen Mary University of London School of Biological and Chemical Sciences
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Owner Queen Mary University of London School of Biological and Chemical Sciences
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Originator University of Glasgow Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine
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Owner University of Glasgow Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine
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Originator Sea Watch Foundation
Unknown
Owner Sea Watch Foundation
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Originator University of Sheffield Department of Geography
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Owner University of Sheffield Department of Geography
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Originator Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (Edinburgh)
Unknown
Owner Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (Edinburgh)
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Originator Queen's University Belfast, School of Biological Sciences
Unknown
Owner Queen's University Belfast, School of Biological Sciences
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Originator Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Unknown
Owner Plymouth Marine Laboratory
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Originator British Oceanographic Data Centre
Custodian British Oceanographic Data Centre
Distributor
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
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INSPIRE themes
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SeaDataNet PDV
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Vertical Coverages
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MEDIN metadata record availability
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- No limitations apply
- Other constraints
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Data are freely available to all following agreement to the terms and conditions of a Data Licence
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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Usage restrictions are specified in the terms of the licence
- Spatial representation type
- Text, table
- Language
- English
- Topic category
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- Biota
- Oceans
- Geoscientific information
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- Geographic identifier
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North Sea
SeaVoX water bodies 2021-10-28 revision
- Geographic identifier
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Irish Sea
SeaVoX water bodies 2021-10-28 revision
- Geographic identifier
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Celtic Sea
SeaVoX water bodies 2021-10-28 revision
- Geographic identifier
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English Channel
SeaVoX water bodies 2021-10-28 revision
- Begin date
- 2014-04-01
- End date
- 2021-12-20 After
- Unique resource identifier
- urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
- Codespace
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OGP
- Distribution format
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Name Version Delimited
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/674d4224-7cc5-4080-e053-6c86abc0626e/ Published dataset - doi:10.5285/674d4224-7cc5-4080-e053-6c86abc0626e
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/80856b3b-24df-4e53-e053-6c86abc0ed2b/ Published dataset - doi:10.5285/80856b3b-24df-4e53-e053-6c86abc0ed2b
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/814c1e46-7a24-6506-e053-6c86abc0b700/ Published dataset - doi:10.5285/814c1e46-7a24-6506-e053-6c86abc0b700
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/827b5179-90a1-69d8-e053-6c86abc06f55/ Published dataset - doi:10.5285/827b5179-90a1-69d8-e053-6c86abc06f55
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/bb7366a9-1f8c-25a9-e053-6c86abc0cea1/ Published dataset - doi:10.5285/bb7366a9-1f8c-25a9-e053-6c86abc0cea1
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Conformance result
- Title
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
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BODC protocols are based on the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) model enabling BODC to iterate towards compliance with the on-going evolution and development of community requirements including FAIR (Findable,Accessible,Interoperable,Reusable), TRUST (Transparency, Responsibility, User community, Sustainability, Technology) and CARE (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, Ethics). Data managers quality assure submissions and assemble the metadata necessary for curation. Submissions (as received) are placed in a long-term accession and stored in triplicate across multiple sites. Appropriate data are transferred into a standard internal format with source variable names mapped to controlled vocabularies, documentation assembled, and metadata loaded into BODC databases. Access to these data is through direct request, the BODC website and through partner repositories such as SeaDataNet. Access control is attained by assigning a data policy to each set of data and this policy is used to administer access when data are requested. Discovery metadata is aligned with EU INSPIRE (through MEDIN) and SeaDataNet community standards. Data are converted to open community formats including Ocean Data View ASCII and SeaDataNet NetCDF, with data described using terms from the NERC vocabulary server. BODC submission agreements are documented on the BODC website and customer service is assured with a dedicated requests team that serve data following local regulations including General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018 and Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) 2004.
- Pass
- Yes
- Statement
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Instrument(s) used to collect data: plankton nets; pelagic trawl nets; sediment grabs; Ocean models; Physical oceanographic models; Biological and biogeochemical models.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 7041e0ceb6eb5664899fd32f6f2b65dd XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2021-12-20T06:31:16
- Metadata standard name
- MEDIN
- Metadata standard version
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3.1.1
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role British Oceanographic Data Centre
Polly Hadžiabdić
Point of contact
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