DASSH Data Archive Centre - Statutory Surveys

Quality Control

Data are collected by professional surveyers and have ben subject to both internal and external QA processes. Details of these are noted in the dataset metadata available on http://portal.oceannet.org/.

Method steps

1. A variety of methods for monitoring marine activities and for statutory conservation. More information on survey methodology is available on the samplingdevice attribute field for each record. Methodology is recorded in the Lineage section of the Discovery Metadata and in the Detailed Metadata form of the MEDIN data guideline spreadsheet.