Analysis of biological data from the JC060 survey of areas of conservation interest in deep waters off north and west Scotland 2014

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Summary

This cruise report discusses four areas of study: Darwin Mounds in the North Rockall Trough, East Rockall Bank Cliff habitats, Hatton Basin polygonal faults and North-West Rockall Bank.

The overall objectives were to investigate the response of deep-sea benthic ecosystems to spatial and temporal variability in environmental parameters; to increase the scientific knowledge towards the sustainable management of the deep ocean; and to investigate the formation of polygonal fault systems, and the potential association with fluid flow processes.

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JNCC Report No. 528: Analysis of biological data from the JC060 survey of areas of conservation interest in deep waters off north and west Scotland PDF
14.3 MB JNCC-Report-528-FINAL-WEB.pdf

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Topic category Environment

Reference date 2014·10·01

Citation
Howell, K.L., Huvenne, V., Piechaud, N., Robert, K. & Ross, R.E. 2014. Analysis of biological data from the JC060 survey of areas of conservation interest in deep waters off north and west Scotland, JNCC Report No. 528. JNCC, Peterborough, ISSN 0963-8091.

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The JC060 cruise was the first, dedicated, deep-water habitat-mapping cruise of the MAREMAP initiative (UK Marine Environmental Mapping Programme).

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Communications, JNCC publisher
comms@jncc.gov.uk

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Use constraints Available under the Open Government Licence 3.0

Metadata date 2019·11·01

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Communications, JNCC
comms@jncc.gov.uk