Inventory of Irish coastal lagoons 2007
This dataset presents a national inventory of coastal lagoons in Ireland, compiled in 2007 to support obligations under the EU Habitats Directive. Prior to the Directive, only a handful of lagoons—such as Lady's Island Lake, Tacumshin Lake, Lough Murree and Furnace Lough—were well documented, with limited published biological research. The inventory was produced by Ireland's National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) to identify and characterise lagoon sites across the country, providing baseline information on their location, extent and ecological features. It serves as a reference resource for habitat conservation, monitoring and reporting under national and EU nature protection frameworks.Before the Habitats Directive, only four lagoons were at all well known in Ireland (Lady’s Island Lake, Tacumshin Lake, Lough Murree, Furnace Lough) and very few biological studies had been published. Under the obligations of the Directive, the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of the Ir...
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Data schema (16 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OBJECTID | int | — |
| CODE_NOCode no | text | — |
| STATION | text | — |
| SITE_NAMESite name | text | — |
| COUNTY | text | — |
| DATE_ | number | — |
| OS_REFOs ref | text | — |
| EASTING | number | — |
| NORTHING | number | — |
| DATE_1Date 1 | text | — |
| SALINITY__ | text | — |
| TEMP___C_Temp c | text | — |
| DEPTH__CM_Depth cm | text | — |
| SUBSTRATUM | text | — |
| CLARITY | text | — |
| NOTES | text | — |
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Sample data (5 records)
Record 1DATE_: 2003 · NOTES: —
{
"DATE_": 2003,
"NOTES": null,
"COUNTY": "Louth",
"DATE_1": "17/06/2003",
"OS_REF": "J 21169 10292",
"CLARITY": null,
"CODE_NO": "IL001",
"EASTING": 321142,
"STATION": "_1",
"NORTHING": 310237,
"OBJECTID": 1,
"SITE_NAME": "Greenore Golf Course",
"TEMP___C_": "_18.1",
"DEPTH__CM_": "20-30",
"SALINITY__": "0.2-0.7",
"SUBSTRATUM": "Soft mud"
}Record 2DATE_: 2003 · NOTES: —
{
"DATE_": 2003,
"NOTES": null,
"COUNTY": "Louth",
"DATE_1": "17/06/2003",
"OS_REF": "J 21239 10297",
"CLARITY": null,
"CODE_NO": "IL001",
"EASTING": 321206,
"STATION": "2",
"NORTHING": 310242,
"OBJECTID": 2,
"SITE_NAME": "Greenore Golf Course",
"TEMP___C_": "19.2-20.5",
"DEPTH__CM_": "30",
"SALINITY__": "12.6-22.9",
"SUBSTRATUM": "Soft mud and gravel"
}Record 3DATE_: 2003 · NOTES: —
{
"DATE_": 2003,
"NOTES": null,
"COUNTY": "Louth",
"DATE_1": "17/06/2003",
"OS_REF": "J 21727 10291",
"CLARITY": null,
"CODE_NO": "IL001",
"EASTING": 321640,
"STATION": "3",
"NORTHING": 310193,
"OBJECTID": 3,
"SITE_NAME": "Greenore Golf Course",
"TEMP___C_": "19.5-15.9",
"DEPTH__CM_": "0-40",
"SALINITY__": "13.6-32.0",
"SUBSTRATUM": "Soft mud and gravel"
}Record 4DATE_: 2003 · NOTES: —
{
"DATE_": 2003,
"NOTES": null,
"COUNTY": "Louth",
"DATE_1": "17/06/2003",
"OS_REF": "J 21847 10365",
"CLARITY": null,
"CODE_NO": "IL001",
"EASTING": 321754,
"STATION": "4",
"NORTHING": 310241,
"OBJECTID": 4,
"SITE_NAME": "Greenore Golf Course",
"TEMP___C_": "21.7",
"DEPTH__CM_": "0-50",
"SALINITY__": "26.1",
"SUBSTRATUM": "Muddy sand"
}Record 5DATE_: 2003 · NOTES: —
{
"DATE_": 2003,
"NOTES": null,
"COUNTY": "Dublin",
"DATE_1": "18-21/09/2003",
"OS_REF": "O 20086 47849",
"CLARITY": null,
"CODE_NO": "IL002",
"EASTING": 319799,
"STATION": "1",
"NORTHING": 247598,
"OBJECTID": 5,
"SITE_NAME": "Broadmeadow",
"TEMP___C_": "20.1",
"DEPTH__CM_": "0-60",
"SALINITY__": "32.1",
"SUBSTRATUM": "Soft mud, occasional stones on shoreline"
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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curl -s 'https://data.gov.ie/api/3/action/package_show?id=inventory-of-irish-coastal-lagoons-2007' -H 'Accept: application/json'Full CKAN dataset record: resources, licence, organization, freshness.
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https://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/general/inventory-of-coastal-lagoons.zipESRI Web Application
https://dahg.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=84c513c7dceb4233902f49f3a184e22dSource: ckan · Open original page
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