MG44A:
Mapping the Oceans: Coordinating Seabed and Habitat Mapping for Maritime Spatial Planning II Posters
MG44A:
Mapping the Oceans: Coordinating Seabed and Habitat Mapping for Maritime Spatial Planning II Posters
Mapping the Oceans: Coordinating Seabed and Habitat Mapping for Maritime Spatial Planning II Posters
Session ID#: 9526
Session Description:
Globally it is estimated that hydrographic maps are available for only 5% of the world’s oceans, even less of which have been mapped geologically or to identify benthic habitats. Recent international reports place a value of US$24 trillion on the raw economic value of the global oceans, two thirds of which rely directly on healthy ocean conditions. Maritime planning, sustainable use of marine resources, and forecasting all need good maps, which is now recognised by the growing number of national seabed mapping programmes and initiatives such as the Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance launched by the European Union, the USA and Canada when these countries signed the ‘Galway Statement’. This session will investigate the scientific and technological progress in mapping the seabed, addressing bathymetric mapping, which improves the safety of navigation in our seas, geological mapping, which provides detailed knowledge of seabed/subseabed characteristics and identifies marine resources, and habitat mapping which provides essential information for food security and the protection of the most vulnerable seabed communities and ecosystems, to maintain healthy and biologically diverse oceans. The session will also address seabed mapping gaps and challenges as well as data management and access to data and information products.
Primary Chair: Alan George Stevenson, British Geological Survey - BGS, Marine Geoscience, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Chairs: Marco Weydert, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium and Thomas McKenzie Furey, Irish Marine Institute, Renville, Oranmore, Ireland
Moderators: Alan George Stevenson, British Geological Survey - BGS, Marine Geoscience, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Thomas McKenzie Furey, Irish Marine Institute, Renville, Oranmore, Ireland and Marco Weydert, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
Student Paper Review Liaison: Maria T Judge, Geological Survey of Ireland, Marine Geology, Dublin, Ireland
Index Terms:
1635 Oceans [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1912 Data management, preservation, rescue [INFORMATICS]
3045 Seafloor morphology, geology, and geophysics [MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS]
3094 Instruments and techniques [MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS]
Co-Sponsor(s):
- HI - Human Use and Impacts
- IS - Instrumentation & Sensing Technologies
- ME - Marine Ecosystems
- OD - Ocean Observing and Data Management
Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
E/V Nautilus Detection of Isolated Features in the Eastern Pacific Ocean: Newly Discovered Calderas and Methane Seeps (89687)
Large-scale deep-water seafloor mapping from the Rockall to the Hatton basins, NE Atlantic (91059)
INFOMAR - Ireland’s National Seabed Mapping Programme: A Tool For Marine Spatial Planning (91628)
SEAFLOOR MAPPING AND BENTHIC HABITATS OFF ASSATEAGUE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE: CAN WE RESOLVE ANY EFFECTS OF SUPERSTORM SANDY? (91804)
A Geographical Information System to Manage the Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents Marine Protected Area (92323)
The integration of a high-resolution baroclinic hydrodynamic model with multibeam echosounder data reduction: Examining depth uncertainty and model skill assessment (92529)
Underwater Hyperspectral Imaging (UHI) for Assessing the Coverage of Drill Cuttings on Benthic Habitats (92578)
Structural Mapping and Geomorphology of Ireland’s Southwest Continental Shelf Using High Resolution Sonar (92731)
Mapping the Juan Fernandez Ridge (Pacific SW): geomorphogy for understanding volcanic evolution and environmental protection (92754)
Submarine Channel Association with Seamount Chain Alignment on the Ontong Java Plateau (92780)
Deep Coral Habitat Characterization of the North End of Raita Bank, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (92911)
Geo-processing Technology Trends in the Context of Ocean Mapping and Hydrographic Surveys that Support Future Marine Spatial Planning & Management. (93267)
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