Dataset Details - Irish Lagoon Surveys
Surveys of aquatic fauna carried out by Geoff Oliver and Eddie McCormack in coastal lagoons listed by NPWS
20/10/2020
13/06/2025
Part of a survey co-funded by NPWS and EPA to report under Article 17 of the Habitats Directive, 2013 – 2018, and for the purpose of the Water Framework Directive (Aquafact 2018, Volumes I and II).
Faunal sampling using sweep nets and sediment cores, supplemented by visual searches. Samples were taken to a laboratory for subsequent sorting and identification.
Republic of Ireland
1996 to 2017
Surveys conducted by expert taxonomists Dr Geoff Oliver and Dr Eddie McCormac
Ongoing
http://www.irishlagoons.com/ Lagoon reports and Inventory on NPWS website https://data.gov.ie/dataset/inventory-of-irish-coastal-lagoons-2007
Open (Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0)
Geoff Oliver and Eddie McCormack, Irish Lagoon Surveys, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, accessed 02 November 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/303>
Dataset species distribution
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of species recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50Km
Marine Map - 50Km
Distribution of the number of species recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).Dataset record distribution
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50Km
Marine Map - 50Km
Distribution of the number of records within each 50km grid square (WGS84).Dataset Contacts
Geoff Oliver and Eddie McCormack
Cape Clear, Co. Cork
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Records per year
Species per year
Date Statistics
| Resolution | No. records |
|---|---|
| Day Range | 2310 |
1996
2017
Record Statistics
2310
90
405
2
| Resolution | No. records |
|---|---|
| 100m | 2310 |
| 1km | 0 |
| 2km | 0 |
| 10km | 0 |
| 50km | 0 |
Surveys
| SurveyId | Title | Data Capture Period | Species | Records |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Dataset Attributes
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| County | Name of administrative county within which the record was made |
| SiteCode | Lagoon site code |
| Survey name | Name of survey if the record was made as part of a specific survey (including collections of casual observations and other loose assemblages of data) |
Recorded Species
| TaxonId | PrefnameTaxonId | Name | Authority | Group | Rank | Records |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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