Mapping seabed habitats over large areas: prospects and limits
Type | Contract report | ||||||||
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Date | 2021-01 | ||||||||
Language | English | ||||||||
Ref. | EMODnet Thematic Lot n° 2 – Seabed Habitats. D1.15. EASME/EMFF/2018/1.3.1.8/Lot2/SI2.810241 | ||||||||
Author(s) | Vasquez Mickael5, Agnesi Sabrina7, Al Hamdani Zyad3, Annunziatellis Aldo7, Askew Natalie8, Bekkby Trine10, Bentes Luis1, Castle Lewis7, Doncheva Valentina11, Duncan Graeme8, Gonçalves Jorge1, Inghilesi Roberto7, Laamanen Leena11, Lillis Helen8, Manca Eleonora8, McGrath Fergal9, Mo Giulia7, Monteiro Pedro1, Muresan Mihaela2, O'Keeffe Eimear9, Pesch Roland4, Pinder Jordan8, Teaca Adrian2, Todorova Valentina6, Tunesi Leonardo7, Virtanen Elina11 | ||||||||
Affiliation(s) | 1 : Centre of Marine Sciences (“CCMAR”), Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-032 Faro, Portugal 2 : National Institute of Research and Development for Marine Geology and Geoecology (“GeoEcoMar”), 23-25 Dimitrie Onciul Street, Sector 2, RO-024053, Bucharest, Romania 3 : Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (”GEUS”). Øster Voldgade 10, 1350, Copenhagen K, Denmark 4 : Institute for Applied Photogrammetry and Geoinformatics, Jade University of Applied Sciences, Ofener Str. 16, D-26121 Oldenburg, Germany 5 : Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer (“Ifremer”), 1625 route de Sainte-Anne, Zone industrielle de la Pointe du Diable, 29280 Plouzané, France 6 : Institute of Oceanology, Bulgarian Academy of Science (“IO-BAS”), First May Str 40, 9000 Varna, Bulgaria 7 : Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (“ISPRA”), Via Vitaliano Brancati, 48 – 00144 – Roma, Italy 8 : JNCC Support Co (“JNCC”), Monkstone House, City Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 1JY, UK 9 : Marine Institute, Rinville, Oranmore, Co. Galway, Ireland 10 : Norwegian Institute for Water Research (“NIVA”), Gaustadallèen 21, NO‐0349 Oslo, Norway 11 : Finnish Environment Institute (“SYKE”), Latokartanonkaari 11, 00790 Helsinki, Finland |
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DOI | 10.13155/78021 | ||||||||
Publisher | EMODnet | ||||||||
Abstract | Since its inception, in 2009, EMODnet Seabed Habitats has brought together a European consortium of specialists in benthic ecology and seabed habitat mapping to develop a transnational broad-scale seabed habitat map, named EUSeaMap. EUSeaMap is the only pan-European cartographic product that provides a standardised trans-boundary overview of the spatial distribution of seabed habitats across Europe. As such, it has been extensively used in various applications such as Marine Protected Area evaluation or cumulative impact of stressors on habitats, and it is likely to be used again in the future in various marine ecosystem assessments. It is therefore important to continue to update it regularly when significant improvements to the data products that constitute its basis, i.e. the seabed substrate, bathymetry or environmental variables, are published. |
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