Celtic Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, Irish Sea.

Habitat characterisation; Habitat extent

Underwater cameras; sediment grabs; acoustic backscatter sensors

Data on marine habitats for the Currently Designated Irish Continental Shelf area has been collated into one standardised GIS polygon shapefile. Data has been collated from singlebeam acoustic habitat mapping surveys conducted by the National Parks and Wildlife Service on Natura 2000 sites, sediment maps generated from the INFOMAR project and from historical habitat maps for the Irish Sea and Celtic Sea published in the IOSEA 4 Report. The original classes assigned to the data were translated to the EUNIS habitat classification system as part of the MESH Atlantic project.

Marine Institute
Rinville
Oranmore
Co. Galway
H91 R673
Ireland