About EMODnet Seabed Habitats
Overview
Seabed Habitats is one of seven themes of
the European Marine Observation
and Data Network (EMODnet) initiative, which is funded by the
European Maritime and Fisheries Fund.
Since its inception in 2009, EMODnet Seabed Habitats has
developed, improved and gradually increased the coverage
of a broad-scale seabed habitat map
for Europe's seabed, also known as EUSeaMap.
In addition, it continues the work started by MESH and
MESH Atlantic projects of collating and making available seabed
habitat maps from surveys, through the EMODnet Seabed
Habitats interactive map.
From 2017, EMODnet Seabed Habitats will also be collating and
making available habitat point data and the outputs of habitat
distribution modelling.
All habitat maps, data
and confidence assessments produced and collated by
the EMODnet Seabed Habitats consortium
are available publically for free through the interactive
map.
Work packages
WP1 Environmental data preparation – lead partner: Ifremer
(FR)
WP2 Thresholds, modelling & confidence for broad-scale physical
habitat map – lead partner: Ifremer (FR)
WP3 Individual habitat modelling – lead partner: SYKE (FI)
WP4 Ground-truthing data collation – lead partner: ISPRA
(I)
WP5 Library of habitat maps – lead partner: Marine Institute
(IR)
WP6 Portal and EUNIS application – lead partner: JNCC (UK)
WP7 Coordination and communication – lead partner: JNCC (UK)