Figure 3.8
Dendrogram Based on Euclidian Distance for the Sediment Composition for the 78 Suitable Samples, Showing SIMPROF Groups with a 5% Significance Level

Figure 3.9
PCA Plot of Sediment Composition for the 78 Suitable Samples, Showing Sediment Groups Based on the Folk Classification

Figure 3.10
Levels of EPA 16 PAH Congeners Summarised Against the Threshold Values for NEA 2 Good (30 µg/kg Dry Weight)

Figure 3.11
Total Biomass (Blotted Wet Weight in g/0.1 m2) Composition of Major Non-Colonial Fauna

Figure 3.12
Total Biomass (Blotted Wet Weight in g/0.1 m2) of ‘Other’ Non-Colonial Fauna

Figure 3.13
Diversity of Sessile Colonial Fauna Identified from Macrofaunal Grab Samples

Figure 3.14
Abundance of Sessile Colonial Fauna Identified from Macrofaunal Grab Samples

Figure 3.15
SIMPROF Dendrogram Based on Square Root Transformed Non-Colonial Faunal Composition from Macrofaunal Grab Sampling Sites

Figure 3.16
NMDS Plot Based on Square Root Transformed Non-Colonial Faunal Composition from Macrofaunal Grab Sampling Sites

Figure 3.17
SIMPROF Dendrogram Based on Untransformed Non-Colonial Faunal Composition from Macrofaunal Grab Sampling Sites

Figure 3.18
NMDS Plot Based on Untransformed Non-Colonial Faunal Composition from Macrofaunal Grab Sampling Sites

Figure 3.19
Photograph from Sampling Site S066, showing Circalittoral Fine Sand with Caridae, Paguridae, Gastropoda, Urticina sp., Idotea sp. and Scalpellum sp.

Figure 3.20
Total Relative Abundance of Non-Colonial Fauna in the Seabed Photographs

Figure 3.21
Total Coverage of Sessile Colonial Fauna in the Seabed Photographs

Figure 3.22
Locations of Notable Species Recorded during the Environmental Survey

Figure 3.23
Habitat Classifications Recorded during the Environmental Survey

Tables ▼

Table 3.1
Summary of Key Desktop Reports

Table 3.2
Overview of Benthic Subtidal Sediments from Other Offshore Wind Farm Projects within the Regional Benthic Subtidal Ecology Study Area

Table 3.3
Overview of Benthic Subtidal Communities from Other Offshore Wind Farm Projects within the Regional Benthic Subtidal Ecology Study Area

Table 3.4
Summary of Designated Sites with Relevant Benthic Qualifying Features

Table 3.5
Summary of Surveys Undertaken to Inform the Baseline Characterisation for Benthic Subtidal Ecology

Table 3.6
Environmental Survey Specifications

Table 3.7
S. spinulosa Reef Structure Matrix (Step 1) and Reef Structure Matrix vs. Area (Step 2) used to Determine Final ‘Reefiness’ (Source: Collins, 2010, Modified from Gubbay, 2007)

Table 3.8
Guidelines Used to Categorise the Resemblance of Stony Reefs (Source: Irving, 2009)

Table 3.9
Summary of Metal Concentrations (µg/g Dry Weight) in Sediment, Together with Threshold Values. Highlighted Cells Indicate Where Threshold Values Have Been Exceeded

Table 3.10
Summary of Alkane Concentrations (µg/kg Dry Weight) Across the Grab Sampling Sites

Table 3.11
Phyletic Composition of Non-Colonial Fauna from the Grab Samples

Table 3.12
Ten Most Abundant and Frequently Occurring Taxa Identified from the Grab Samples

Table 3.13
Phyletic Composition of Sessile Colonial Fauna from Macrofaunal Grab Samples

Table 3.14
Summary of Characteristics of Non-Colonial Faunal Groups Derived from the SIMPER Test Performed on the Square Rooted Dataset

Table 3.15
Top Ten DDV and Photography Sampling Sites with the Greatest Diversity of Taxa

Table 3.16
Phyletic Composition of Non-Colonial Epifauna from the Epibenthic Beam Trawls

Table 3.17
SACFOR Abundance Scale for Sessile Colonial Epifauna from the Epibenthic Beam Trawl (A = Abundant, C = Common, O = Occasional, R = Rare)

Table 3.18
Benthic Habitats and Species of Conservation Importance Identified during the Environmental Survey

Table 3.19
Description of the Four Habitats Identified within the Array Benthic Subtidal Ecology Study Area

Table 3.20
Criteria used to Evaluate IEFs within the Array Benthic Subtidal Ecology Study Area

Table 3.21
IEFs within the Array Benthic Subtidal Ecology Study Area

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