GIS point feature class of Scottish marine protected area search feature species at Fladen Grounds

GIS point feature class of Scottish marine protected area search feature species from survey undertaken by Cefas and JNCC in January 2013 at the three Fladen Grounds pMPAs. This was a Scottish Marine Protected Areas (SMPA) site identification survey. The main aims were to confirm the presence of the Priority Marine Features and MPA Search Features recommended for protection within the pMPAs and to gather groundtruth data to compare benthic assemblages between, and within/outside, the sites.本数据集为2013年1月由英国环境、渔业与水产养殖科学中心（Cefas）和联合自然保护委员会（JNCC）在三处弗拉登海域临时海洋保护区（provisional Marine Protected Areas, pMPAs）开展的调查中采集得到的苏格兰海洋保护区搜索特征物种GIS点要素类（GIS point feature class）。本次调查属于苏格兰海洋保护区（Scottish Marine Protected Areas, SMPA）场地识别调查，其核心目标为：一是确认临时海洋保护区内推荐纳入保护的优先海洋特征（Priority Marine Features）与海洋保护区搜索特征物种的存在状况；二是采集实地验证数据，用于对比不同保护区站点之间、各站点内部以及站点外部的底栖生物群落（benthic assemblages）的组成差异。