68b02885-89dc-437e-9896-ac89b87449c7 JNCC HabitatMapping@jncc.gov.uk 2026-03-11T13:22:38.9154805Z ISO19115 2003/Cor.1:2006 WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) EPSG 7.9 Broadscale habitat (EUNIS level 3) for Inner Bank recommended Marine Conservation Zone (rMCZ) GB001544 2018-04-28 2015-08-05 2015-08-05 GB001544 EMODnetSeabedHabitats Updated habitat map resulting from an intergrated analysis of the acoustic and groundtruthsurvey data in 2014 (onboard the RV Cefas Endeavour). Sediment types at each groundtruthing station were used to inform a semi-automated process of map production using object-based image analysis (OBIA). The majority of the seabed was classified as 'A5.2 Subtidal sand', with patches of 'A5.1 Subtidal coarse sediment' and 'A5.4 Subtidal mixed sediments'. Defra open@defra.gsi.gov.uk JNCC Marine Mapping Scientist habitatmapping@jncc.gov.uk Habitats and biotopes GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme Eunis http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/ReferenceHabitatTypeSchemeValue 2018-04-16 ┬® Defra. Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3. geossAttribution no limitation 20000 biota oceans 0.713801 1.04633 50.643538 50.82585 2014-01-19 2014-01-21 Mitchell, P., McIlwaine, P. (2015) Inner Bank rMCZ Post-survey Site Report. Defra contract reference: MB0120, report number: 48, version 2. Accessed via http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Document.aspx?Document=14002_InnerBankrMCZSummarySiteReport_v2.pdf [2017-12-11] Esri Shapefile 1.0 http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Document.aspx?Document=14043_SlievenaGriddlerMCZ_SummarySiteReport_V3.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Inner Bank MCZ Post-survey Site Report Inner Bank MCZ Site Report on Defra R and D https://www.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/access-data/launch-map-viewer/?zoom=18&center=0.00001,0.00046&layerIds=501&baseLayerId=1&activeFilters=NobwRANghgngpgJwJIBMwC4CsAGAjAGjADMBLCAF0VQwBYB2Q0ixAGQHs2BrAVwAdUAzhmABdRmUoIAKnAAe5DGADiAIWx5MNGmAC+IoA WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link EMODnet Seabed Habitats Map Viewer View map "GB001544" on the EMODnet Seabed Habitats Map Viewer https://ows.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/geoserver/emodnet_view_maplibrary/wms? OGC:WMS gb001544 View map "GB001544" through the EMODnet Seabed Habitats "Map Library" Web Map Service https://ows.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/geoserver/emodnet_open_maplibrary/wfs? OGC:WFS gb001544 Access data from map "GB001544" through the EMODnet Seabed Habitats "Map Library" Web Feature Service https://files.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/data/EMODnetSBHsurvey_GB001544.zip WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link EMODnet Seabed Habitats download Corrigendum to INSPIRE Metadata Regulation published in the Official Journal of the European Union, L 328, page 83 2009-12-15 See the referenced specification true 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 2010-12-08 See the referenced specification true The new broadscales habitat map (BSH) for this site was produced by analysing and interpreting the available acoustic and ground truth data collected by the dedicated survey of this site in 2014. The process is a combination of two approaches, statistical modelling and object-based image analysis (OBIA). OBIA is a two-step approach consisting of segmentation and classification, implemented in the software package eCognition v9.0.3. The backscatter and bathymetry images are segmented into objects (sections of the image with homogeneous backscatter and bathymetry characteristics). For each of these objects, mean values of the primary acoustic data layers and their derivatives were calculated and used to inform further analysis. A combination of manual classification rules and Random Forest (RF) models were used to interpret ground-truth data, and to predict substrate type across the rMCZ. Where available, habitat boundaries have been defined based on a combination of bathymetry and backscatter and associated derivatives, with these predictor layers incorportated into the RF model. In the rest of the site, where backscatter data was not available, bathymetry and associated derivatives have been used in isolation to produce a BSH map. For the portion of the site where backscatter is not available the associated confidence of habitat boundaries is lower.