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App purpose

To allow users to explore and download macrofaunal abundance and sediment particle size data (grabs/cores) from the OneBenthic database. Select by survey (drop-down list), or sample (map drawing tool). Selected samples are shown in a table (see appropriate tab), with data available for csv download. Where data providers withold permission, only sample metadata will be output. Details of the activity layers shown in the map can be found in the 'Map Layers' tab.

What is OneBenthic?

Large quantities of benthic data (macrofauna and sediment particle size) are now in the public domain, yet are distributed across multiple repositories. The purpose of OneBenthic, a PostgreSQL database, is to bring these disperate datasets together in one place, thereby aiding research and facilitating reuse of data. Big data are essential for addressing key questions concerning biodiversity, marine spatial planning, conservation, climate change and cumulative effects. They can also facilitate differrent ways of working, helping to reduce the costs of environmental assessment for seabed users and developers. Taxon names are standardized according to the World Register of Marine Species. Sediment data are percentage weight by sieve size (mm). OneBenthic links directly to a range of other apps providing useable information back to data providers (and the wider public). These apps, available from CefasOpenScience, include:
1. Baseline Tool
2. M-Test Tool
3. Non-native Species Tool
4. Faunal Cluster ID Tool

These tools are actively being used by offshore marine industries and government for purposes of project planning, licence compliance monitoring and research.

Origin of data

Data originate from multiple sources and providers, and were brought together in a study (Cooper and Barry, 2017) jointly funded by the Department for Food and Rural Affairs, the Marine Management Organisation, the British Marine Aggregate Producers Association, the Crown Estate and the Welsh Government. Data from this study were published (in csv format) with the kind permission of data providers. The current app provides access to these data in a more user-friendly way. Subject to funding, new publicly available data will continue to be added to OneBenthic so that it continues to provide an up-to-date and 'complete' source of UK benthic data.

Data access and use

OneBenthic contains data from a range of data providers in industry and government. With the permission of these providers, data are made available under Crown Copyright and Open Government Licence. Please cite the database as follows:
OneBenthic database (2020). Available from https://openscience.cefas.co.uk/OneBenthicExtraction/. Accessed: DD/MM/YYYY.

Data Disclaimer

Whilst due care and attention has been exercised in the collation of OneBenthic data, Cefas assumes no responsibility for the quality or accuracy of the information. Users are advised to check the accuracy of data with the original source, and to critically assess whether data are fit for the user's intended purpose.

Contact

Get in touch to tell us how you've used OneBenthic data, to share new insights with the OneBenthic community or to report technical or data issues. Email: keith.cooper@cefas.co.uk

We gratefully acknowledge all the individual data providers:

Government

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA); Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS); The Crown Estate; Natural Resources Wales (NRW); Department of the Environment Northern Ireland (DOENI); Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute; Natural England (NE) / Natural Resources Wales (NRW); Environment Agency (EA); Fisheries Research Services (FRS); Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC); Natural Resources Wales (NRW) / Environment Agency (EA); Natural Resources Wales (NRW) / School of Ocean Sciences (SOS); Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH); Marine Scotland (MS); Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA)

Marine Aggregates

British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA); Cemex UK Marine Limited; Dredging International; Lafarge Tarmac Marine Limited; Volker Dredging Limited; Hanson Aggregates Marine Limited; Natural England (NE) / The Crown Estate (TCE) / Resource Managament Association (RMA); Resource Management Association (RMA); Sea Aggregates & Slag Limited; Britannia Aggregates Limited; Westminster Gravels Limited; DBM Building Materials; Humber Aggregate Dredging Association (HADA); Anglian Offshore Dredging Association (AODA); Thames Estuary Dredging Association (TEDA); East Channel Association (ECA); South Coast Dredging Association; Tarmac Marine Dredging Limited / Kendall Bros (Portsmouth) Limited; DEME Building Materials; United Marine Dredging Limited; Natural England (NE); United Marine Dredging Limited / Kendal Bros Portsmouth Limited; South Coast Shipping Co Limited; Tarmac Marine Dredging Limited / Norwest Sand & Ballast Company Limited; Hanson Aggregates Marine Limited / United Marine Dredging Limited; Llanelli Sand Dredging Limited

Offshore Wind

Centrica Energy; Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited; Gwynt y Mor Offshore Wind Farm Limited; Humber Wind Limited; Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Limited; East Anglia Offshore Wind Limited; E.ON Climate & Renewables UK Limited; Dong Wind (UK) Limited; Greater Gabbard Offshore Winds Limited; Gunfleet Sands II Limited (Dong Wind (UK) Limited; Galloper Wind Farm Limited; Lincs Wind Farm Limited (Centrica (DSW) Limited); Centrica (DSW) Limited; RWE Innogy; Westermost Rough Limited; Vattenfall; Dong Energy (UK) Limited; Dong Energy Walney Extension (UK) Limited; Ormonde Energy Limited; Innogy SE; Gunfleet Sands Limited; Scira Offshore Energy Limited; E.ON Climate & Renewables UK Rampion Offshore Wind Limited (E.ON Climate & Renewables GmbH); EDF Energy (Northern Offshore Wind) Limited (EDF Energy Renewables); Forewind; Walney (UK) Offshore Windfarms Limited (Dong Wind (UK) Limited); E.ON Climate & Renewables UK Robin Rigg West Limited (E.ON Climate & Renewables UK Limited); West of Duddon Sands; London Array Limited; Thanet Offshore Wind Limited (Vattenfall Vindkraft AB); Kentish Flats Limited (Vattenfall Wind Power Limited); Centrica Renewable Energy Limited (Centrica PLC); Teeside Windfarm Limited (EDF Energy Renewables); Neart Na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Limited (Mainstream Renewable Power); SSE Renewables (Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE)); Celtic Array Limited; DONG Energy AS; Statoil; Vattenfall Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Farm

Oil & Gas

UKOOA; BP; Phillips; Britoil; Shell; Wintershall; Total; GDF Suez; Chevron; Gaz de France; BHP; Mobil; GDF Britain Limited

Nuclear

EDF Energy

Ports & Harbours

Dover Harbour Board (DHB)

OneBenthic is free to use but not to run. If you found the app useful then please consider joining existing funders to support the initiative. Thankyou!