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Species scientific names can change over time as new information becomes available. EMU manage faunal datasets using the UNICORN database. This database is widely used by both government agencies and industry. The names applied to species in this report therefore follow those laid down in UNICORN.
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An online resource known as the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) has become an important authority on the currently accepted scientific names given to particular species such that it has been endorsed by the Healthy and Biologically Diverse Seas Evidence Group (one of the groups working in support of the UK Marine Monitoring and Assessment Strategy (UKMMAS) and the Charting Progress reports). Furthermore, all marine taxonomic data collected by UK government agencies are now expected to be WoRMS compliant. In addition, Ware and Kenny (2011) state that ‘taxonomic nomenclature should be compliant with’ WoRMS. The makers of UNICORN are therefore currently working on an update to the database which will enable users to output species data based on information from WoRMS. In the interim period EMU make use of an online tool provided by WoRMS to match UNICORN taxon names to those listed by WoRMS. The names provided in this report are therefore as laid down by UNICORN and include not only the Species Directory Code (SDC) output from that database but also the relevant code to the name as understood by WoRMS (referred to in the relevant tables as the ‘Aphia Code’). For those with only a limited understanding of marine species, in this technical sense, but who may wish to check a particular taxonomic name, the Aphia Code can be copied and pasted into the ‘Search taxa’ page of the WoRMS website (http://www.marinespecies.org/), selecting the ‘Aphia Code’ from the drop down menu on the left.
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It is important to note that the species names used in the naming of biotopes by the UK Marine Habitat Classification (Connor et al., 2004) are not, in some instances, the currently accepted names according to WoRMS. The Marine Nature Conservation Review (MNCR) database behind biotope classification has also yet to be updated and therefore when using BioScribe to aid the process of biotoping species data it is important to input older species names where appropriate
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Grab and beam trawl samples were returned to Fugro EMU’s NMBAQC benthic laboratory for analysis. Samples were re sieved over a 1mm mesh to remove all remaining fine sediment and fixative. Fauna were sorted from the sediment by elutriation and subsequent examination under a stereomicroscope.
Benthic Characterisation Report November 2013
East Anglia THREE and FOUR Offshore Cable Corridor