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