Map of seabed habitats and associated communities in Sines coastal area (SW Portugal)

The map shows the seabed habitat types and associated benthic communities distribution in the coastal area south of Sines (SW Portugal), which is partly included in the Special Protection Area (PTZPE0015) of the Natural Park of Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina. The data were obtained during the new survey crarried out in 2011 within the framework of the MeshAtlantic Project.

The survey area is an area of moderate energy under the influence of wave action and tidal currents. The northern near shore area is partially exposed to the outfalls of a thermoelectric powerplant. Physical and biological datasets were combined aiming at matching the habitat classes defined in the EUNIS classification.

Simple

Alternate title

PT010001
Date (Creation)
2013-11-01T17:16:00
Edition

version 1.0
Presentation form
Digital map
Purpose

Nature conservation; regulation of human activities; research
Status
On going
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA)

Victor Henriques

victorh@ipma.pt

Author

Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA)

Miriam Tuaty Guerra

mguerra@ipma.pt

Author
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Place

  • Sines, Portugal
Theme

  • Marine habitat mapping

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Habitats and biotopes
Use limitation

Not for commercial use. Any other use strictly under permission from, and according to any conditions imposed by the coordinator IPMA.

Access constraints
Copyright
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

Any requests for use must be sent to victorh@ipma.pt or mguerra@ipma.pt

Other constraints

Reference citation is required in the bibliography.
Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
25000
Language

eng
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
Begin date
2011-08-11T12:08:00
End date
2011-08-16T00:00:00
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Vertical extent

Minimum value
-50
Maximum value
0
Supplemental Information

This product was developed in the framework of the MeshAtlantic project by the IPMA partner. The data used were:

Survey data: grain size data, subtidal benthic macro- and megauna of soft sediments, acoustics remote sensing (AGDS and Sidescan sonnar).

Data type: qualitative and quantitative (abundance).

Depth interval: 0 to -50m.

Data periods: 2011

Geographic area: The coastal area south of Sines (SW Portugal), which is partly included in the Special Protection Area (PTZPE0015) of the Natural Park of Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina.

Data sources: Databases generated in the frameworks of the MeshAtlantic project

Methods:

a) acoustics remote sensing (AGDS and Sidescan sonnar);

b) Sampling: Smith_McIntyre grab (0.1 m2);

c) Macrofauna abundance data analysis performed in the statistical software PRIMER v6.



Reference citation:

Henriques, V., Guerra, M.T., Mendes, B. & Gaudêncio, M.J., 2013. Map of seabed habitats and associated communities in Sines coastal area (SW Portugal) according to the EUNIS classification. PT010001. Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA), Lisboa, Portugal.

Reference system identifier
WGS 1984
Distribution format
Name Version

Shapefile

ESRI ArcGIS 9.2
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

 		https://files.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/data/EMODnetSBHsurvey_PT010001.zip

EMODnet Seabed Habitats download
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Dataset

Conformance result

Title

Map of seabed habitats and associated communities in Sines coastal area (SW Portugal)
Date (Creation)
2013-11-01
Explanation

The datasets were analysed in conformance with the standards defined in the framework of the MeshAtlantic Project
Pass
Yes

Metadata

File identifier
7e753090-000c-43a4-a5ac-efccb3245c93 XML
Metadata language

eng
Character set
UTF8
Date stamp
2020-01-15T12:33:02
Metadata standard name

ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version

1.0
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA)

Victor Henriques

victorh@ipma.pt

Author
 
 

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Keywords

Marine habitat mapping
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Habitats and biotopes


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