689beacc-3ac7-460e-a54a-d9743599a624 eng dataset Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC data@jncc.gov.uk pointOfContact 2018-05-17 Species point records from 1985 AWA River Stour littoral survey 2001-11-16 2001-11-16 689beacc-3ac7-460e-a54a-d9743599a624 The survey was done as a pilot study for the future monitoring of the area in a three year rolling programme. A comparison was made with an earlier survey by the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (Kay and Knights 1975), for any changes in the benthic ecology. Sampling was undertaken from a boat in August 1985, with the exception of sites 1-5, 40 and 41 which were accessed by foot from the shore. Samples were taken with a corer of 6.5cm internal diameter, 15cm deep and a surface area of 33.2cm. Three replicates were taken at each site resulting in an area of 99.5cmsq. Each sample was put through a 0.5mm seive. The survey concluded that the condition of the macroinvertebrate benthos compares favourably with that of other estuaries in the area, and classes the river as `clean`. The study recomended monitoring of the apparent shift from a mollusc dominated community to a polychaete dominated community. No data was recorded from sites 20 and 23 in the survey report. Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC data@jncc.gov.uk custodian Marine Marine Recorder JNCCMNCR10000343 MNCR Species Open Government Licence v3.0 otherRestrictions no limitations eng oceans 1.012453159 1.285981754 51.93160625 51.97491558 1985-08-01 1985-08-31 Mann (1985) Intertidal benthic survey of the Stour estuary Wood Ed: Wood (1988) Sea life of Britain and Ireland Kay, Knights (1975) The macro-invertebrate fauna of the intertidal soft sediments of south east England. Comma Separated Values Unknown http://data.jncc.gov.uk/data/689beacc-3ac7-460e-a54a-d9743599a624-1985-AWA-River-Stour-littoral-survey.csv 1985-AWA-River-Stour-littoral-survey.csv This survey was extracted from a Marine Recorder snapshot.