Habitat map of Algarve continental shelf between Olhão and V.R.S. António

Map based on available information of marine charts and two surveys. Preliminary map preparation involved scanning, georeferencing and digitizing of pre-existing base map from the Portuguese Hydrographic Institute and harmonization with other published and non-published cartographic information. Samples of soft bottom shelf sediments from nearly 100 sites, collected in the scope of the ACOSHELF project, were analyzed for grain-size, total organic matter and macrofaunal comunities.