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Seabed habitats DataBox

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Data Available

EMODnet broad-scale seabed habitat map for Europe (EUSeaMap)

  • EUSeaMap – EUNIS/full-detail classification
  • EUSeaMap – MSFD benthic broad habitat classification
  • Confidence layers
  • Classified habitat descriptions: Biological zone, Substrate type, Energy class, Oxygen regime class, Salinity regime class, Riverine sediment input areas & Ice cover

 

Environmental variables that influence habitat type

  • Currents
  • Depth to seabed
  • Optical properties
  • Oxygen
  • Salinity
  • Waves

 

Individual habitat maps from surveys

  • EUNIS classification system
  • Habitats Directive Annex I
  • Other classification systems

 

Modelled maps of specific habitats

  • Black corals
  • Brown seaweeds
  • Carbonate sands
  • Cold water corals
  • Coralligenous habitats
  • Deep sea sponges
  • Kelp
  • Maerl
  • Mussels
  • Octocorals
  • Other aquatic plants
  • Seagrass
  • Sediment communities
  • Sediment types
  • Syringammina fragilissima

 

Survey sample points

  • All classification systems
  • EUNIS classification system

 

Composite data products

  • OSPAR habitats - Official public reference dataset
  • Habitats Directive Annex I - Official reported distribution
  • Essential Ocean Variables in Europe