Dataset

BIOMÔR 5 Habitat Mapping for Conservation and Management of the Southern Irish Sea (HABMAP)

EurOBIS OBIS UK Open in mapper Explore occurrences

The HABMAP project was set up to address the need for better spatial awareness of habitat distributions in the southern Irish Sea, and aimed to provide seabed habitat maps that could be used for conservation and management.

Citation:

Robinson, K.A., Darbyshire, T., Van Landeghem, K., Lindenbaum, C., McBreen, F., Creaven, S., Ramsay, K., Mackie, A.S.Y., Mitchell, N.C., Wheeler, A., Wilson, J.G. & O'Beirn, F. 2009. Habitat mapping for conservation and management of the southern Irish Sea (HABMAP). I: Seabed surveys. Studies in Marine Biodiversity and Systematics from the National Museum of Wales. BIÔMOR Reports 5(1): 234 pp.

Published: September 17, 2025 at 09:34

URL: http://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=biomor5

Fionnuala McBreen
The University of Dublin, Trinity College; Zoology Department

Marine Biological Association of the UK
Marine Biological Association of the UK

James Wilson
The University of Dublin, Trinity College; Zoology Department

Francis O'Beirn
Marine Institute

National Museum of Wales
National Museum of Wales

5,004
occurrence records
791
taxa
546
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 5,004
100.0%
scientificNameID 25
0.5%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
NO_MATCH 25
0.5%
NO_ACCEPTED_NAME 2
0.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data