GeMS - Scottish Priority Marine Features (PMF)

Layers relate to: the components of Priority Marine Features (PMF), MPA Search features (Black guillemot or Large-scale features of functional significance used to underpin the selection of Nature Conservation Marine Protected Areas (NC MPA)). Our knowledge about the marine environment, and about which locations should be recommended as MPAs, comes from a range of sources: from targeted surveys led by SNH, JNCC and Marine Scotland focussed on marine habitats and species relevant to Priority marine Features (PMF), survey work conducted by industry, volunteers recording information while enjoying the marine environment for recreation. Information varies from recent to much older. There are a number of different types of data which have been collected using a range of different methods. Data has been placed into a standardised structure to support its use. Depending on who collected them, and for which purpose, some data were in a format we could use immediately while other data needed to be processed before they were able to be used in the Scottish MPA project. The information has been collated in a computer database called GeMS (Geodatabase for Marine Habitats and Species adjacent to Scotland) and has underpinned much of the Scottish Marine Protected Areas process. These layers update and build upon mapping presented in Baxter et al., 2011. Scotland's Marine Atlas: Information for the national marine plan. Marine Scotland, Edinburgh. pp.191

层与以下内容相关：优先海洋特征（PMF）的组成部分、海洋保护区搜索特征（如黑 Guillemot 或具有功能性重要性的大规模特征，用于支持自然保护海洋保护区（NC MPA）的选择）。关于海洋环境及其适宜作为海洋保护区的位置的认知，源自多种来源：来自 SNH、JNCC 和海洋苏格兰领导的、针对与优先海洋特征（PMF）相关的海洋栖息地和物种的针对性调查，以及行业进行的调查工作，志愿者在享受海洋环境娱乐活动的同时记录信息。信息的时间跨度从近期至久远不等。收集了多种类型的数据，这些数据是通过不同的方法收集的。数据已被纳入标准化结构以支持其应用。根据数据的收集者和目的，一些数据可以直接使用，而其他数据则需要在苏格兰海洋保护区项目中使用之前进行处理。信息已被汇总至名为 GeMS（位于苏格兰附近海洋栖息地和物种的地理数据库）的计算机数据库中，并支撑了苏格兰海洋保护区过程的许多方面。这些层在 Baxter 等人（2011）所展示的地图基础上进行了更新和扩展。苏格兰海洋图集：国家海洋规划信息。海洋苏格兰，爱丁堡。第 191 页。