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Additions to the Plymouth Marine Fauna (1931) in T!1E Crustaceanorderstanaidacea,/Sopodaand Amphipoda
[ 95 ] Additions to the Plymouth Marine Fauna (1931) in t!1e CrustaceanOrdersTanaidacea,/sopodaand Amphipoda. By G. I. Crawford, Former Student Probationer at the Plymouth Laboratory. With 1 Figure in the Text. THIS list contains 2 species of TANAIDAcEA,6 of IsoPoDA and 28 of AMPHJPODA.These were all collected by myself in 1934-5, with the exception of 3 species of Amphipoda, which have not been entered in the Plymouth list although accounts of their capture at Plymouth have been published. These are Eusirus longipes Boeck, recorded by Hunt (1924) ; Gammarellus angulosus (Fabr.), by Kitching, Macan and Gilson (1934); and Gammarus zaddachi Sexton, by Serventy (1935). The list is drawn up in the systematic order adopted in Plymouth Marine Fauna (1931), with a reference to a good illustration of each species. The dates and circumstances of capture are stated, and when a species has already been recorded from offthe coasts of Devon and Corn- wall by Norman and Scott (1906) a note to that effect has been made. The distribution is not stated, since recent accounts of the distribution of every species are available in the following works: Tanaidacea and Isopoda: Nierstrasz and Stekhoven, '1930 (except for Synisoma acuminatana, q.v.). Amphipoda: Chevreux and Fage (1925) or Stephensen (1929). All the Amphipod species in this list are included in one or other of these publications, and almost all in both. Every species has been referred to a specialist for identification. Tan- aidacea and Eurydice truncata and Gnathia oxyur.ceato J. H. Schuurmans Stekhoven of Utrecht; the other Isopoda to Prof. -
News Sheet November 2006
NEWS SHEET" NOVEMBER 2006 Editorial Welcome to the last Sea Watch Foundation news sheet for 2006. Thanks to those of you that are still braving the winter weather to bring us those all important sightings – and as you’ll see below, it is still worth the effort! Thank you to all those that have contributed to the news sheet in 2006 and our best wishes for a prosperous and cetacean- filled 2007. As always, your contributions to the news sheet are very welcome, so please send them (and photos!) to me at [email protected]. Harbour porpoise, (Photo: Mick Baines) Happy seawatching, Lori NATIONAL WHALE AND DOLPHIN WATCH 2007 The dates for the next National Whale and Dolphin Watch week have now been set as 23 June to 1 July 2007 – a little earlier than before, but once again spanning two weekends. Please make a note of NWDW in your new 2007 diaries and look out for more information nearer the time.! We are hoping to build on the success of the 2006 event with even more manned sites, more members of the public getting involved, and wider media coverage.! If you are planning to set up a manned watch during the week, please let Hanna know the details as soon as possible if you haven’t already done so. Land-based sea watchers at Clare Dickins and Wendy Necar last year’s event Other news: During December, Tom Duerden, a Sea Watch Foundation volunteer, helped to set up a display in the Blue Planet Aquarium in Ellesmere Port (see photo on right). -
Habitat Regulations Assessment Plymouth & SW Devon Joint Local Plan Contents
PLYMOUTH & SW DEVON JOINT PLAN V.07/02/18 Habitat Regulations Assessment Plymouth & SW Devon Joint Local Plan Contents 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 5 1.1 Preparation of a Local Plan ........................................................................................................... 5 1.2 Purpose of this Report .................................................................................................................. 7 2 Guidance and Approach to HRA ............................................................................................................. 8 3 Evidence Gathering .............................................................................................................................. 10 3.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 10 3.2 Impact Pathways ......................................................................................................................... 10 3.3 Determination of sites ................................................................................................................ 14 3.4 Blackstone Point SAC .................................................................................................................. 16 3.5 Culm Grasslands SAC .................................................................................................................. -
Spatial Ecology and Fisheries Interactions of Rajidae in the Uk
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON FACULTY OF NATURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Ocean and Earth Sciences SPATIAL ECOLOGY AND FISHERIES INTERACTIONS OF RAJIDAE IN THE UK Samantha Jane Simpson Thesis for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY APRIL 2018 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON 1 2 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON ABSTRACT FACULTY OF NATURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Ocean and Earth Sciences Doctor of Philosophy FINE-SCALE SPATIAL ECOLOGY AND FISHERIES INTERACTIONS OF RAJIDAE IN UK WATERS by Samantha Jane Simpson The spatial occurrence of a species is a fundamental part of its ecology, playing a role in shaping the evolution of its life history, driving population level processes and species interactions. Within this spatial occurrence, species may show a tendency to occupy areas with particular abiotic or biotic factors, known as a habitat association. In addition some species have the capacity to select preferred habitat at a particular time and, when species are sympatric, resource partitioning can allow their coexistence and reduce competition among them. The Rajidae (skate) are cryptic benthic mesopredators, which bury in the sediment for extended periods of time with some species inhabiting turbid coastal waters in higher latitudes. Consequently, identifying skate fine-scale spatial ecology is challenging and has lacked detailed study, despite them being commercially important species in the UK, as well as being at risk of population decline due to overfishing. This research aimed to examine the fine-scale spatial occurrence, habitat selection and resource partitioning among the four skates across a coastal area off Plymouth, UK, in the western English Channel. In addition, I investigated the interaction of Rajidae with commercial fisheries to determine if interactions between species were different and whether existing management measures are effective. -
Plym Valley Connections Heritage Lottery Fund Project
Designers of the London 2012 Olympic Parklands PLYM VALLEY CONNECTIONS HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND PROJECT LANDSCAPE CHARACTER AND HERITAGE ASSESSMENT AUGUST 2013 CONTENTS 1.0 FOREWORD 5 2.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 8 3.0 INTRODUCTION 10 4.0 APPROACH TO THE LCHA 12 5.0 METHODOLOGY 14 5.1. Guidance and Sources of Information 14 5.2. Study Area 15 6.0 OVERVIEW OF ASSESSMENT THEMES 16 6.1. Introduction 16 6.2. Physical Landscape and Natural Heritage 16 6.3. Cultural Heritage 22 6.4. People, Access and Places 30 6.5. Drivers for Change 33 7.0 LANDSCAPE CHARACTER AREAS 34 1. Coastal and Tidal Waters Landscape Character Type 36 2. Open Coastal Plateau and Cliffs Landscape Character Type 42 3. Lowland Plain Landscape Character Type 44 4. Wooded Valley and Farmland Landscape Character Type 46 5. Upland Fringes Landscape Character Type 54 6. Upland Moorland Landscape Character Type 62 7. Urban Landscape Character type 64 8.0 PROPOSED HLF BOUNDARY AND CONSIDERATIONS 66 9.0 CONCLUSIONS 68 APPENDICES 71 Appendix 1. Workshop Summary Findings Appendix 2. List of Significant Heritage Assets Appendix 3. Gazetteer of Environmental Assets Appendix 4. Landscape Character Overview FIGURES 4 1.0 FOREWORD “The longer one stays here the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one’s soul, its vastness, and also its grim charm. When you are once out upon its bosom you have left all traces of modern England behind you, but, on the other hand, you are conscious everywhere of the homes and the work of the prehistoric people. -
Unlocking the Potential of the Global Marine Energy Industry 02 South West Marine Energy Park Prospectus 1St Edition January 2012 03
Unlocking the potential of the global marine energy industry 02 South West Marine Energy Park Prospectus 1st edition January 2012 03 The SOUTH WEST MARINE ENERGY PARK is: a collaborative partnership between local and national government, Local Enterprise Partnerships, technology developers, academia and industry a physical and geographic zone with priority focus for marine energy technology development, energy generation projects and industry growth The geographic scope of the South West Marine Energy Park (MEP) extends from Bristol to Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, with a focus around the ports, research facilities and industrial clusters found in Cornwall, Plymouth and Bristol. At the heart of the South West MEP is the access to the significant tidal, wave and offshore wind resources off the South West coast and in the Bristol Channel. The core objective of the South West MEP is to: create a positive business environment that will foster business collaboration, attract investment and accelerate the commercial development of the marine energy sector. “ The South West Marine Energy Park builds on the region’s unique mix of renewable energy resource and home-grown academic, technical and industrial expertise. Government will be working closely with the South West MEP partnership to maximise opportunities and support the Park’s future development. ” Rt Hon Greg Barker MP, Minister of State, DECC The South West Marine Energy Park prospectus Section 1 of the prospectus outlines the structure of the South West MEP and identifies key areas of the programme including measures to provide access to marine energy resources, prioritise investment in infrastructure, reduce project risk, secure international finance, support enterprise and promote industry collaboration. -
Trojans at Totnes and Giants on the Hoe: Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historical Fiction and Geographical Reality
Rep. Trans. Devon. Ass. Advmt Sci., 148, 89−130 © The Devonshire Association, June 2016 (Figures 1–8) Trojans at Totnes and Giants on the Hoe: Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historical Fiction and Geographical Reality John Clark MA, FSA, FMA Curator Emeritus, Museum of London, and Honorary Reader, University College London Institute of Archaeology Geoffrey of Monmouth’s largely fi ctional History of the Kings of Britain, written in the 1130s, set the landing place of his legendary Trojan colonists of Britain with their leader Brutus on ‘the coast of Totnes’ – or rather, on ‘the Totnesian coast’. This paper considers, in the context of Geoffrey’s own time and the local topography, what he meant by this phrase, which may refl ect the authority the Norman lords of Totnes held over the River Dart or more widely in the south of Devon. We speculate about the location of ‘Goemagot’s Leap’, the place where Brutus’s comrade Corineus hurled the giant Goemagot or Gogmagog to his death, and consider the giant fi gure ‘Gogmagog’ carved in the turf of Plymouth Hoe, the discovery of ‘giants’ bones’ in the seventeenth century, and the possible signifi cance of Salcombe’s red-stained rocks. THE TROJANS – AND OTHERS – IN DEVON Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae (History of the Kings of Britain) was completed in about 1136, and quickly became, in medieval terms, a best-seller. To all appearance it comprised what ear- lier English historians had said did not exist – a detailed history of 89 DDTRTR 1148.indb48.indb 8899 004/01/174/01/17 111:131:13 AAMM 90 Trojans at Totnes Britain and its people from their beginnings right up to the decisive vic- tory of the invading Anglo-Saxons in the seventh century AD. -
Geophysical Investigations of the Cattewater Wreck 1997-2007
Geophysical Investigations of the Cattewater Wreck 1997-2007 Reference: PLYCAT_07GEO August 2010 Geophysical Investigations of the Cattewater Wreck 1997-2007 Geophysical Investigations of the Cattewater Wreck 1997-2007 Prepared by: Peter Holt 3H Consulting Ltd. 6 Honcray, Plymouth, PL9 7RP UK [email protected] © Copyright 3H Consulting Ltd 2010 Cover image from Great Britain’s Coasting Pilot chart 16, Collins 1693 Title Geophysical Investigations of the Cattewater Wreck 1997-2007 Description A summary of the geophysical survey work undertaken on the Cattewater Wreck, Plymouth, UK (NMR 1082125), site code PLYCAT Reference PLYCAT_07GEO Subject Maritime, wreck, watercraft, museum, designated wreck Coverage Village – Turnchapel, Town – Plymouth, County – Devon, Country – United Kingdom, Period 16th Century Creators Peter Holt Publisher 3H Consulting Ltd Dates August 2010 Version 1.1 Copyright 3H Consulting Ltd Language English Resource type Document Format Portable Document Format (PDF) Acknowledgements This document was prepared with contributions from: • Martin Read, Gwyn Jones, Victor Abbott, Janet Burroughs, Amelie Thebault, Elizabeth Swann and Dave Uren from the University of Plymouth • Kimberly Monk and Ashley Gould, University of Bristol • Sabine Muller and Jens Lowag, Innomar Technologie GmbH • Richard Read and Paul Lawrence, Flagship Training, HMS Drake • Dr. Mark Redknap, National Museum of Wales • Nigel Boston, Geosa Ltd • GSE Rentals Ltd. • Captain Bob Stewart, Hydrographer of the Navy • Martin Dean and Mark Lawrence, ADUS -
ROYAL NAVY LOSS LIST COMPLETE DATABASE LASTUPDATED - 29OCTOBER 2017 Royal Navy Loss List Complete Database Page 2 of 208
ROYAL NAVY LOSS LIST COMPLETE DATABASE LAST UPDATED - 29 OCTOBER 2017 Photo: Swash Channel wreck courtesy of Bournemouth University MAST is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales, number 07455580 and charity number 1140497 | www.thisismast.org | [email protected] Royal Navy Loss List complete database Page 2 of 208 The Royal Navy (RN) Loss List (LL), from 1512-1947, is compiled from the volumes MAST hopes this will be a powerful research tool, amassing for the first time all RN and websites listed below from the earliest known RN wreck. The accuracy is only as losses in one place. It realises that there will be gaps and would gratefully receive good as these sources which have been thoroughly transcribed and cross-checked. any comments. Equally if researchers have details on any RN ships that are not There will be inevitable transcription errors. The LL includes minimal detail on the listed, or further information to add to the list on any already listed, please contact loss (ie. manner of loss except on the rare occasion that a specific position is known; MAST at [email protected]. MAST also asks that if this resource is used in any also noted is manner of loss, if known ie. if burnt, scuttled, foundered etc.). In most publication and public talk, that it is acknowledged. cases it is unclear from the sources whether the ship was lost in the territorial waters of the country in question, in the EEZ or in international waters. In many cases ships Donations are lost in channels between two countries, eg. -
Plymouth in World War I 2
KS2/3 HISTORY RESOURCE PLYMOUTH IN WORLD WAR I 2 CONTENTS 3 ABOUT THIS RESOURCE 4 PLYMOUTH IN WORLD WAR I IMAGES FROM THE COLLECTION 8 1914: DISRUPTION TO LOCAL SCHOOLS 10 1915: MILITARY IN THE CITY 12 1916: CONSCRIPTION AND CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS 14 1917: BORLASE SMART 16 1918: THE END OF THE WAR ACTIVITIES 18 THROW OF THE DICE 19 WAR POETRY 20 TEACHER AMBASSADORS 3 ABOUT THIS RESOURCE This resource features the story of the The Box, Plymouth is a major redevelopment amalgamation of the Three Towns of scheme and a symbol for the city’s current Plymouth, Devonport and East Stonehouse regeneration and future. in 1914; reflecting on them as home to the Royal Navy, Army Garrisons, Royal Marines It will be a museum for the 21st century with and Royal Naval Air Service. extrordinary gallery displays, high profile artists and art exhibitions, as well as exciting events and It also looks at the impact of World War I on performances that take visitors on a journey from local people’s lives – touching on recruitment, pre-history to the present and beyond. conscription, the fighting, the cost, the aftermath and the ‘home front’. This is not just a standard review of the First World War from start to finish. It’s the story of Plymouth and Plymothians from 1914 to 1918. All images © Plymouth City Council (The Box) 4 PLYMOUTH IN WORLD WAR I Three Towns Defence of the Realm The modern day City of Plymouth has largely The ‘Three Towns’ had long been closely grown out of three once separate neighbouring associated with the military. -
Plymouth Sound and Estuaries (Candidate) Special Area of Conservation Special Protection Area
Characterisation of European Marine Sites Plymouth Sound and Estuaries (candidate) Special Area of Conservation Special Protection Area Marine Biological Association Occasional publication No. 9 Cover photographs: Environment Agency Site Characterisation of the South West European Marine Sites Plymouth Sound and Estuaries cSAC, SPA W.J. Langston∗1, B.S. Chesman1, G.R.Burt1, S.J. Hawkins1, J. Readman2 and 3 P.Worsfold April 2003 A study carried out on behalf of the Environment Agency and English Nature by the Plymouth Marine Science Partnership ∗ 1 (and address for correspondence): Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth PL1 2PB (email: [email protected]): 2Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, Plymouth; 3PERC, Plymouth University, Drakes Circus, Plymouth ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thanks are due to members of the steering group for advice and help during this project, notably, Mark Taylor, Roger Covey and Mark Wills of English Nature and Nicky Cunningham, Sacha Rogers and Roger Saxon of the Environment Agency (South West Region). The helpful contributions of other EA personnel, including Ian Warden, David Marshall and Jess Pennington are also gratefully acknowledged. It should be noted, however, that the opinions expressed in this report are largely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of EA or EN. © 2003 by Marine Biological Association of the U.K., Plymouth Devon All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the Marine Biological Association. ii Plate 1: Some of the operations/activities which may cause disturbance or deterioration to key interest features of Plymouth Sound and Estuaries cSAC, SPA 1: (left) The Tamar valley is highly mineralised and has a history of mining activity. -
Plymouth Plan Part One 2011 to 2031 (Consultation Draft)
Transport connectivity University Transport capacity Improving health inequalities TransportTransport capacity model shift Primary school Sports hub a c b Hospital Transport quality Long term gateway conditions Higher & secondary Knowledge education industries Healthy choices Marine industries OBJECTIVE £ Dockyard £ OBJECTIVE Longer lives Business/ £ energy park MoD OBJECTIVE £ Offices THEME THEME Distribution £ THEME VALUE OBJECTIVE £ Ocean city Sporting excellence Strengthening communities Key views 1 THEME Joint working Local identity Visitor economy Building design Waterfront ROOTS OBJECTIVE x THEME x THE PEOPLES TIMELINE 2015 2020 2025 2031 PLAN VALUE Four greens Integrated New Derriford community health and primary district Electrification trust social care schools centre of train line systems Mayflower Greenscape History 2020 trust centre North New prospect parks regeneration THEME Forder complete valley Marine OPPORTUNITY Play space link road industries VALUE production OBJECTIVE campus THEME Local employment Millbay Boulevard JOBS Community THEME safety AREA OBJECTIVEGrow food Local food Climate Equal change chances OBJECTIVE N Museum North S = Water quality South Heritage assets E Carbon emissions East 2 THE W CO Local green space Cultural hub West PLYMOUTH CC City centre Strategic parks Creative PLAN industries WF Waterfront 2011-2031 D Derriford Jan 2015 Part One Consultation Draft The cover used for the Plymouth Plan shows a range of issues and opportunities the plan addresses. It is also a key for all the symbols which are used in the plan: 5 principles: the basic values and beliefs that create the conditions to drive the city forward; 9 themes: the breadth of what the Plymouth Plan covers; 100 objectives: the goals and topics that the Plymouth Plan strategic objectives will deliver; 5 actions: an indication of the way the objectives can be achieved; areas: to help identify which parts of the plan are relevant to you; 7 WF Included is a timeline to help identify when we expect key strategic objectives of the Plymouth Plan to be realised.