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- Country: United Kingdom
- Summary: Provision of an Inshore Vessel-Based Marine Survey of Purbeck Coast Mcz
- GBT Ref No: 57798663
- Deadline: 29 Sep 2021
- Competition: ICB
- Financier: Self Financed
- Purchaser Ownership: -
- Tender Value: Refer Document
- Notice Type: Tender
- Document Ref. No.: tender_281004/994584
- Purchaser's Detail :
- Description :
- Title : Provision of an inshore vessel-based marine survey of Purbeck coast MCZ
Location Of Contract : South West
Industry : Aquaculture services - 77800000 Aquatic marine services - 98361000
Value Of Contract : £0
Description : Natural England have a requirement for a vessel-based survey of the Purbeck coast Marine Conservation Zone, to carry out stratified grab samples and drop-down video of the Maerl beds and subtidal sediment features. It is anticipated that there will be up to 5 days of vessel survey time, followed by analysis of samples and data. The general objectives of the survey will be: (primarily) to accurately map and report on the extent and distribution of the maerl bed feature in Purbeck Coast MCZ, and the distribution of live and dead maerl across these beds. Species composition data of the component maerl communities, and associated sediment composition data, will also need to be collected and analysed, and compared with infaunal community and sediment composition data of surrounding sediments. If observed, any evidence of maerl spores having settled and re-established on dead rhodoliths will also need to be recorded and reported;(secondary) to map and report on the distribution of subtidal sediment communities in Purbeck Coast MCZ. The specific objectives of the survey will be:to design and undertake a cost-effective sampling strategy that obtains ground-truthed samples within... - Documents :
Purchaser : DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL
Nobel House, 17 Smith Square Westminster, London SW1P 3JR England
Contact Person : Terry Byfield
Email :Terry.Byfield@defra.gov.uk
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