Zostera noltii meadows distribution in the Portuguese mainland from historical data. Data provided by the Life Project BIOMARES and published in: “Seagrasses in Portugal: A most endangered marine habitat”. Aquatic Botany. doi:10.1016/j.aquabot.2011.08.007. “Estimation of available seagrass meadows area in Portugal for transplanting purposes ”. Journal of Coastal Research (2009) :SI 56 (1100-1104)

Cymodocea nodosa meadows distribution in the south of Portugal from historical data. Data provided by the Life Project BIOMARES and published in: “Seagrasses in Portugal: A most endangered marine habitat”. Aquatic Botany. doi:10.1016/j.aquabot.2011.08.007. “Estimation of available seagrass meadows area in Portugal for transplanting purposes ”. Journal of Coastal Research (2009) :SI 56 (1100-1104)

Laminaria hyperborea distribution in the Portuguese mainland from historical data. Data provided by the Project FindKelp and published in: “Findkelp, a GIS-based Community Participation Project to Assess Portuguese Kelp Conservation Status”. Journal of Coastal Research (2009) :SI 56 (1469-1473)

Zostera marina meadows distribution in the Portuguese mainland from historical data. Data provided by the Life Project BIOMARES and published in: “Seagrasses in Portugal: A most endangered marine habitat”. Aquatic Botany. doi:10.1016/j.aquabot.2011.08.007. “Estimation of available seagrass meadows area in Portugal for transplanting purposes ”. Journal of Coastal Research (2009) :SI 56 (1100-1104)

Laminaria ochroleuca distribution in the Portuguese mainland from historical data. Data provided by the Project FindKelp and published in: “Findkelp, a GIS-based Community Participation Project to Assess Portuguese Kelp Conservation Status”. Journal of Coastal Research (2009) :SI 56 (1469-1473)

Saccorhiza polyschides distribution in the Portuguese mainland from historical data. Data provided by the Project FindKelp and published in: “Findkelp, a GIS-based Community Participation Project to Assess Portuguese Kelp Conservation Status”. Journal of Coastal Research (2009) :SI 56 (1469-1473)

Maerl beds distribution in the Portuguese mainland from historical data. Data published in: “Present distribution of maerl beds in the Atlantic Iberian Peninsula”. Museologia Scientifica e Naturalista. Volume Speciale 2009

Data were collected in the framework for the stablishment of the Capo Milazzo AMP. The study was founded by MATTM. The map was constructed by using acustic data, direct observations by ROV and satellite images.

The OSPAR EUNIS Combined map is a full-coverage map displaying the best available habitat data within the reporting region of the North-East Atlantic, classifying habitats to EUNIS 2007 - 2011 level 3 where possible. The product integrates fine, medium and broad-scale habitat maps from survey and fills in any gaps using EUSeaMap 2021.

This layer shows the current known extent and distribution of live hard coral cover in European waters, collated by EMODnet Seabed Habitats. The polygons portion was last updated in 2019. The points were added in Sept 2021. Lophelia pertusa and Coral gardens are both on the OSPAR List of threatened and/or declining species and habitats. The purpose was to produce a data product that would provide the best compilation of evidence for the essential ocean variable (EOV) known as Hard coral cover and composition (sub-variable: Live hard coral cover and extent), as defined by the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS). This data product should be considered a work in progress and is not an official product.