3dba353e-d13d-447f-be10-93eb52f79d5a eng dataset Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC data@jncc.gov.uk pointOfContact 2018-05-17 Habitat point records from 1987 University of Dundee Inganess Bay and Wideford Burn sublittoral survey 1999-07-29 1999-07-29 3dba353e-d13d-447f-be10-93eb52f79d5a The grab survey showed that at the time Inganess Bay has very limited, largely wave-induced circulation with the central area of the bay being a depositing area where accumulation of additional material would be likely. This could lead to de-oxygenation of the sediment and water column with potentially damaging effects for any flora and fauna present. Looking at the Wideford Burn data it becomes obvious that the fish farm here is contributing 8-10 times more material than the natural content of the burn. Monitoring of the communities present will be a good indicator of how the fish farm effect the local area. Samples except from stations 1 & 2 were dominated by ampeliscid amphipods andpredatory polychaetes such as Lumbriconereis sp, Nephtys sp and Phyllodoce sp. There were relatively few tube dwellers and deposit feeders although the deposit feeder Ampharete sp was present in deeper stations. The samples were very similar for the most part but there was a tendency for an increase in diversity with depth. The communities were those of a muddy-sand environment but are unlike any of those recorded previously from Orcadian waters. Stations 17-20 showed a significantly greater diversity. These characteristics suggest that the bottom at present is organically-rich but at acceptable levels for the development of quite diverse communities: however, the limited water circulation may mean that the fauna could become radically altered by the addition of relatively small quantities of organic matter. Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC data@jncc.gov.uk custodian Marine Marine Recorder JNCCMNCR10000682 Habitat MNCR Open Government Licence v3.0 otherRestrictions Not Known eng oceans -2.92401577 -2.853533825 58.95637507 58.9918175 1987-05-01 1987-05-02 Jones, Simpson, Atkins, Noble (1987) A survey of the potential impact of proposed fish farming developments on Inganess Bay and the lower reaches of Wideford Burn. Comma Separated Values Unknown http://data.jncc.gov.uk/data/3dba353e-d13d-447f-be10-93eb52f79d5a-1987-University-of-Dundee-Inganess-Bay-and-Wideford-Burn-sublittoral-survey.csv 1987-University-of-Dundee-Inganess-Bay-and-Wideford-Burn-sublittoral-survey.csv This survey was extracted from a Marine Recorder snapshot.