Broadscale habitat (EUNIS level 3) for South Rigg recommended Marine Conservation Zone (rMCZ)
A broadscale habitat map was produced by analysising and interpreting the acoustic and ground truth data collected at South Rigg rMCZ. Acoustic data was used to identify areas of Rock and sediment and groundtruthing data was used to divide the sediment areas into one of the four sediment classes, namely coarse sediment, sand, mud and mixed sediment. These areas were then divided into littoral and subtidal zones and different energy areas (Low, Moderate or High). These classes could then be classified using EUNIS.
Data and resources
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South Rigg rMCZ Site Report on Defra R and DPDF Open
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View map "GB001505" on the EMODnet Seabed Habitats Map ViewerHTML Open
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View map "GB001505" through the EMODnet Seabed Habitats "Map Library" Web Map ServiceHTML Open
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Access data from map "GB001505" through the EMODnet Seabed Habitats "Map Library" Web Feature ServiceHTML Open
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ZIP Open
Additional information
| Temporal extent | 2012-02-09 – 2012-02-20 |
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| Date (revision) | 2015-03-09 |
| Date (creation) | 2015-03-09 |
| Date (publication) | 2018-04-28 |
| Status | onGoing |
| Update frequency | asNeeded |
| Metadata language | en |
| License | ┬® Defra. Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3. |
| Source metadata | ISO 19115 XML |
| Last updated | 2026-11-04 |
| Created | 2026-11-04 |
| API | package_show |