2004 Strategic Environmental Assessment SEA5 Technical Report - Benthos (North Sea)

This report is a contribution to the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA5) conducted by the Department of Trade and Industry (now Department of Energy and Climate Change). The purpose of this report is to present an up-to-date synthesis of current information on the benthic environment and the benthic communities and associations in the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) region 5 and, additionally, to highlight areas considered to be particularly vulnerable to anthropogenic influences. The synthesis has been prepared from the information available on seabed habitats, species and communities to the east of Orkney and Shetland and extending down the east coast of Scotland. The area includes the major east coast features, the Moray Firth, the Firth of Forth, and the Tay estuary, and the inner Firths of Dornoch, Cromarty and Inverness, the Ythan Estuary and the Montrose basin.

本报告为贸易与工业部（现更名为能源与气候变化部）所进行的战略环境评估（SEA5）的一项贡献。本报告旨在呈现关于战略环境评估（SEA）区域5中底栖环境及其底栖群落和关联的最新信息综合，此外，还着重指出被认为特别易受人类影响区域。本综合报告是基于有关奥克尼群岛和设得兰群岛以东海域以及苏格兰东海岸海底栖息地、物种和群落的信息编制而成。该区域包括东海岸的主要特征，如默里湾、福斯湾和泰河河口，以及邓尼奇湾、克罗马蒂湾和因弗内斯湾的内湾，伊思湾和蒙罗斯湾。