GeoPortal SIGMAR

Portal of Maritime Spatial Planning of the Azores which hosts several GIS layers, such as:

- Fishing areas and aquaculture production areas

- Bathymetry

- Mineral resources: Deep seabed polymetallic nodules

- Hydrothermal vents

- Distribution of seamount extracted, 2008

- Seafloor geomorphologic classification

- Ocean environmental variables mean between the years 2002 and 2013: Sea Surface Temperature, Chlorophyll-a Concentration, Particulate Organic Carbon and Particulate Inorganic Carbon, Photosynthetically, Available Radiation, Ocean Productivity

- Maerl habitats

- Predictive distribution modelling for 26 cold-water coral species

- Coldwater corals

- Legal issues

- Infrastructure and equipment

- Underwater cultural heritage

- Aggregate extraction

- Tourist maritime activities

Citation proposal
. GeoPortal SIGMAR. https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/78dad5fa-85a7-4688-addc-84c85ff9a735

Date ( Publication )

Identifier: 78dad5fa-85a7-4688-addc-84c85ff9a735

Credit: Regional Directorate of Sea Affairs (Portugal)

Point of contact

OEMA

Rua D. Pedro IV No. 29 Horta Azores Matrix 9900-111 Portugal

(+351) 292 202 400

Thèmes Sextant ( Theme )

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )

Mission Atlantic - Resources ( Theme )

Database , Tool

Mission Atlantic - Case Studies ( Theme )

North Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Mission Atlantic - BODC Parameters ( Theme )

/Human activities/Tourism , /Human activities/Area Management , /Human activities/Cables , /Human activities/Cultural Heritage , /Physical oceanography/Water column temperature and salinity , /Marine geology/Rock and sediment physical properties , /Marine geology/Gravity, magnetics and bathymetry , /Atmosphere/Meteorology , /Environment/Habitat , /Biological oceanography/Rock and sediment biota , /Human activities/Mining

Mission Atlantic - Data type (DMP) ( Theme )

Spatial data products , Socio-economic data , Environmental data , Modelling data

Mission Atlantic - Work Package ( Theme )

WP1 Atlantic Ocean IEA , WP4 Benthic Mapping , WP3 Pelagic Mapping , WP6 Dynamics of ecosystem state and resources , WP5 Assessing state, drivers and tipping points