Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) MCZ: South West Deeps (West): Multibeam, Benthic Sampling and Video survey SWDW_CEND0613: (08/05/2013 to 28/05/2013)

Ground truthing (GT) survey to provide data which would be used in conjunction with the existing multibeam echosounder (MBES) acoustic data (bathymetry and backscatter) to determine the presence and extent of broad scale habitats (BSH) and Habitat FOCI present within the SWDW rMCZ. A. These data are archived with the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) Data Archive Centres (DACs) including the British Geological Survey (BGS) DAC for geology and geophysics, The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH) and the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) bathymetry DAC. The full site data package including raw is also available on request from BGS.