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biological zones of the EU's Atlantic Area

This layer is a model of the biological zones of the EU's 'Atlantic Area 2007-2013'. It was performed within the framework of MeshAtlantic project (INTERREG ÔÇÿAtlantic Area 2007-2013ÔÇÖ program).

This layer was modelled with the use of bespoke base layers that were the bathymetry, wave wavelength and the kdpar

The biological zones boundaries were defined in the following way.

- Infralittoral lower limit: limit at which the percentage of light reaching the seabed is 1%. The percentage of light layer was calculated by intersecting the kdpar and the bathymetry layers. For more details about this calculation see e.g. Vasquez et al. (in press).

- Circalittoral lower limit: limit at which the ratio wave wave length over the depth equals 2.53

- Deep circalittoral lower limit: break of slope due to the entrance into the continental slope. This limit was digitalized with the use of the bathymetry layer

- Upper slope lower limit: depth 750m

- Upper bathyal lower limit: depth 1100m

- Mid bathyal lower limit: depth 1800m

- Lower bathyal lower limit: break of slope due to the entrance into the abyssal plain. This limit was digitalized with the use of the bathymetry layer

Deep biological zones (from upper slope to abyssal) were chosen according to the classification proposed by Howell (2010).


For more detail see Vasquez et al. (in press)


Howell, K.L., 2010. A benthic classification system to aid in the implementation of marine protected area networks in the deep/high seas of the NE Atlantic. Biological Conservation 143, 1041ÔÇô1056.

Vasquez, M., Mata Chac├│n, D., Tempera, F., OÔÇÖKeeffe, E., Galparsoro, I., Sanz Alonso, J. L., Gon├ºalves, J.M.S., Bentes, L., Amorim, P., Henriques, V., McGrath, F., Monteiro, P., Mendes, B., Freitas, R., Martins, R., Populus, J., In press. Broad-scale mapping of seafloor habitats in the north-east Atlantic using existing environmental data.

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Date (Publication)
2014-01-01T00:00:00
Edition

v1

Presentation form
Digital map
Purpose

Marine spatial planning

Marine protected areas design

Status
Completed
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Ifremer

Mickaël VASQUEZ

mickael.vasquez@ifremer.fr

Point of contact
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Theme
  • biological zones

  • EUNIS

  • infralittoral

  • circalittoral

  • upper slope

  • upper bathyal

  • mid bathyal

  • lower bathyal

  • Abyssal

  • Atlantic

  • MeshAtlantic

Theme
  • Marine habitat mapping

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Habitats and biotopes

  • Oceanographic geographical features

  • Bio-geographical regions

  • Hydrography

Use limitation

Data is freely available for research or commercial use providing that the originators are acknowledged in any publications produced

Other constraints

has to be cited this way in other maps: "Source EMODnet"

Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
1000000
Language

eng

Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment

Vertical extent

Minimum value
0
Maximum value
6000
Reference system identifier
WGS 1984
Distribution format
Name Version

Shapefile

unknown

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

http://www.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/default.aspx?page=1934

WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

http://gis.ices.dk/geonetwork/srv/en/resources.get?id=600&fname=&access=private

OGC:WMS-1.1.1-http-get-map

Metadata

File identifier
3f6f3998-91b7-4407-8b22-86885b9bbcfc XML
Metadata language

eng

Character set
UTF8
Date stamp
2020-01-23T11:30:42
Metadata standard name

ISO 19115:2003/19139

Metadata standard version

1.0

Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Ifremer

Mickaël VAsquez

mickael.vasquez@ifremer.fr

Point of contact
 
 

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Keywords

Abyssal Atlantic EUNIS Marine habitat mapping MeshAtlantic biological zones circalittoral infralittoral lower bathyal mid bathyal upper bathyal upper slope
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Bio-geographical regions Habitats and biotopes Hydrography Oceanographic geographical features

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