EUSeaMap (2021) Broad-Scale Predictive Habitat Map - Substrate type (a habitat descriptor)

Classified seabed substrate types for European seas. Produced by EMODnet Seabed Habitats as an input layer for the 2021 EUSeaMap broad-scale habitat model, based on a combination of EMODnet Geology seabed substrate products and biological substrates extracted form individual habitat maps from surveys around European seas. The extent of the mapped area includes the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, and areas of the North Eastern Atlantic extending from the Canary Islands in the south to the Barents Sea in the north. The layer of seabed substrate was produced using data from EMODnet geology at the following scales:

- 1:25k, 1:30k, 1:45k, 1:60k, 1:70k (a new fine scale layer as of 2021)

- 1:50k 1:100k,1:250k (these were updated for 2021)

- 1:1M (not updated for 2021)

Biological substrates were included in the 2021 version of EUSeaMap to assist in the classification of biogenic habitats for the 2019 version of EUNIS. The Folk 5 classification of substrate is adopted because it is compatible with both the 2007-11 and 2019 versions of EUNIS, both of which have been applied in EUSeaMap 2021.

A report on the methods used in the 2021 version of EUSeaMap (Vasquez et al., 2021) and reports on previous versions (v2016 and V2019) are linked in Online Resources.

Date (Creation): 2021-09-24

Citation identifier: 5877d808-3fd7-11eb-b378-0242ac130002

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Ifremer		EMODnetSeabedHabitats@ifremer.fr	Owner

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: no limitations to public access

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Available under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) License v4.0

Spatial representation type: Vector

Denominator: 25000

Language: English

Topic category

Biota
Oceans

Begin date: 2005-01-01

End date: 2021-09-24 Now

Reference system identifier: http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/3857

Distribution format

Name	Version
ESRI Shapefile	1.0
GML	3.2.1

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link	https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00723/83528/	EUSeaMap 2021. A European broad-scale seabed habitat map
null	https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00636/74782/	EUSeaMap 2019, A European broad-scale seabed habitat map, technical report
null	https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00388/49975/	EUSeaMap. A European broad-scale seabed habitat map
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link	https://ows.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/geoserver/emodnet_view/wms	View map "EUSeaMap 2021 substrate types" through the EMODnet Seabed Habitats "Map Library" Web Map Service
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link	https://ows.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/geoserver/emodnet_open/wfs	View map "EUSeaMap 2021 substrate types" through the EMODnet Seabed Habitats "Map Library" Web Feature Service
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link	https://files.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/data/C20211012_Substrate_2021.zip	EMODnet Seabed Habitats download

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Conformance result

Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Explanation: This data set is conformant with the INSPIRE Implementing Rules for the interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Pass: Yes

Statement: Detailed information on the modelling process for the 2016 is found in the EMODnet Seabed Habitats technical report and its appendices (Populus et al, 2017, link in Resources). We are working on an updated report for the 2021 version.