EUSeaMap 2021. A European broad-scale seabed habitat map

EUSeaMap 2021 is the fifth iteration of EUSeaMap. All versions have been produced as part of the EMODnet Seabed Habitats project, which is one of several thematic lots in EMODnet. The project has brought together a European consortium of specialists in benthic ecology and seabed habitat mapping. The partners first collaborated in EMODnet phase 1 (2009-2012) to deliver a prototype predictive seabed habitat map in four trial basins (Greater North Sea, Celtic Seas, Baltic, Western Mediterranean). This predictive model was named EUSeaMap (Cameron and Askew, 2011). In EMODnet Phase 2 (2012-2016), the consortium extended EUSeaMap coverage to all European regions (Populus et al, 2017). In phase 3 (2017-2021), a first version (2019) extended the spatial coverage further North in order to include the Barents Sea, developed better environmental data were incorporated, and dramatically improved the spatial detail. The new version, developed in the period 2019-2021 and named 2021, is substantially evolved from the previous version as it accounts for new seabed substrate data published by EMODnet Geology in 2021, including in Denmark, Estonia, France, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Norway and Spain, 2) is published in new classifications, including the new version of the marine section of EUNIS, named EUNIS 2019 and 3) addresses some issues identified in EUSeaMap 2019.

Date (Publication): 2021-09-27

Credit: European Marine Observation and Data Network

Status: Completed

Point of contact

Organisation name	Electronic mail address	Role
EMODnet Seabed Habitats	emodnetseabedhabitats@jncc.gov.uk	Owner
EMODnet		Publisher
EMODnet		Author

DCSMM : Descripteurs

D6: Sea-floor Integrity
D7: Hydrographical Conditions

Sous-regions marines

/France

Thématiques - SIMM

/Environmental Status/Habitats

Thèmes Sextant

/Physical Environment/Physical Habitats

Theme

MSFD
INSPIRE priority data set

Place

France

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Habitats and biotopes

Use limitation: CC-BY 4.0

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Use constraints: Copyright

Other constraints: Please use attribution statement included within: EMODnet broad-scale seabed habitat map for Europe (v2019), licensed under CC-BY 4.0 from the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) Seabed Habitats initiative (www.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu), funded by the European Commission.

Denominator: 250000

Language: Français

Topic category

Biota
Environment
Oceans

Begin date: 1975-01-01

End date: 2019-05-03

Reference system identifier: EPSG / WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) / 7.4

Distribution format

Name	Version
Web Mapping Service	1.1.0

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
WWW:LINK	https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/emodnet-web-service-documentation#data-download-services?linkid=eusm_2021_atlantoarctic,eusm_2021_baltic,eusm_2021_blacksea,eusm_2021_mediterranean	EMODnet Seabed Habitats Download page (EUSeaMap preselected)
OGC:WMS-1.1.1-http-get-map	https://ows.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/geoserver/emodnet_view/wms?SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetCapabilities&VERSION=1.3.0	eusm2021_eunis2007_group
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--metadata-URL	https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00723/83528/	Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Statement: The model is produced using R and Arc Model Builder (10.1).

The model was created using raster input layers with a cell size of 0.00104dd (roughly 100 metres). The model includes the sublittoral zone only; due to the high variability of the littoral zone, a lack of detailed substrate data and the resolution of the model, it is difficult to predict littoral habitats at this scale.

EUSeaMap is classified into EUNIS 2019 level 3 (or more detailed levels where appropriate), EUNIS 2019 level 2 , EUNIS 2007-2011, the MSFD benthic broad habitat types, the HELCOM HUB classification in the Baltic, and the recently revised habitat classification in the Mediterranean. In the Black Sea, EUSeaMap is not classified into EUNIS 2007-2011 (due to inapplicability), but is classified according to a classification that was developed by EMODnet Seabed Habitats (Populus et a, 2017, and for a revised version Vasquez et al, 2020, See Online resources).