Beach (beach)
The beach database contains data from surveys of beaches which are used to monitor the population size and length structure of selected shellfish species at various beaches within the inter-tidal zone.
Traditionally, these surveys have been done for toheroa (Paphies ventricosa), but have also included cockles (Austrovenus stutchburyi), large wedge shells (Macomona liliana), pipi (Paphies australis), tuatua (Paphies subtriangulata) and sea lettuce (Ulva).
Sampling protocol. Predominately, beaches are sampled with transect lines, with samples dug from quadrats along the transect line, and the beach material sieved for shellfish.
Sampled data are from 1969. Data collection is ongoing.
Sampling frequency: variable.
Lat/Long provided for some data.
Sampling sites range from Ninety Mile Beach in the north to Te Waewae Bay in the south, including the Bay of Plenty.
Sampling methods: core, quadrat, transect
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Citation proposal
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Simple
- Date
- Credit
- Fisheries researchers, Ministry for Primary Industries
Point of contact
- Website
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Link to the MPI fisheries webpage where the information and background documentation are stored.
Link to the MPI fisheries webpage where the information and background documentation are stored.
- Keywords
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- beach benthic soft ecological core
- Specific usage
- MEMP
- Use limitation
- To access data permission is required from [email protected].
- Metadata language
- eng
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Description
- New Zealand selected intertidal beaches between Ninety Mile Beach and Te Waewae Bay and the Bay of Plenty
- OnLine resource
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Point of truth URL of this metadata record
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- OnLine resource
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Link to website where beach metadata are available.
Link to website where beach metadata are available.
gmd:MD_Metadata
- File identifier
- 080c4ded-a6a6-4d48-8504-5aef637275bb XML
- Date stamp
- 2012-08-20T12:03:27
- Metadata standard name
- ISO 19115:2003/19139
- Metadata standard version
- 1.0
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