Marine Habitat Mapping for the Norwegian Sea
An initiative is currently being taken by several Norwegian organizations to obtain funds to intensify ongoing investigations on marine sea-floor mapping off Norway. Led by the Geological Survey of Norway and Institute of Marine Research, planning during the last two years has led to the inception o...
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ftimr:oai:imr.brage.unit.no:11250/116977 2023-05-15T17:46:58+02:00 Marine Habitat Mapping for the Norwegian Sea Noji, Thomas Thorsnes, Terje Fosså, Jan Helge 2000 9760202 bytes application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11250/116977 eng eng ICES ICES CM documents 2000/T:13 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/116977 8 s. marine habitat oceanography seabed bathymetry Norwegian Sea VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Oceanography: 452 Working paper 2000 ftimr 2021-09-23T20:16:15Z An initiative is currently being taken by several Norwegian organizations to obtain funds to intensify ongoing investigations on marine sea-floor mapping off Norway. Led by the Geological Survey of Norway and Institute of Marine Research, planning during the last two years has led to the inception of a large-scale mapping project entitled “MAREANO - Marine Areal Database for the Norwegian Sea”. The investigation area covers 270 000 km2 of the shelf and deep sea off the central part of western Norway. It is a commercially important region for fisheries and the petroleum industry and includes the world’s largest system of cold-water coral reefs. The aim of MAREANO is to collect new as well as historical data elucidating the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of the seabed along the mid-Norwegian shelf and parts of the deeper Norwegian Sea. The project shall produce maps and/or provide information on seabed bathymetry, marine habitats, biological diversity and resources, mineralogical resources and geological features as well as habitat contamination. Stored in a GIS database, this information shall be available to environmental managers and interest groups as well as the fisheries, aquaculture and petroleum industries via a dedicated system on the intern&. A description of the MARFKNO project as well as some early results and their consequences for environmental management, e.g. establishing marine protected areas, shall be presented. Report Norwegian Sea Institute for Marine Research: Brage IMR Norway Norwegian Sea |
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An initiative is currently being taken by several Norwegian organizations to obtain funds to intensify ongoing investigations on marine sea-floor mapping off Norway. Led by the Geological Survey of Norway and Institute of Marine Research, planning during the last two years has led to the inception of a large-scale mapping project entitled “MAREANO - Marine Areal Database for the Norwegian Sea”. The investigation area covers 270 000 km2 of the shelf and deep sea off the central part of western Norway. It is a commercially important region for fisheries and the petroleum industry and includes the world’s largest system of cold-water coral reefs. The aim of MAREANO is to collect new as well as historical data elucidating the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of the seabed along the mid-Norwegian shelf and parts of the deeper Norwegian Sea. The project shall produce maps and/or provide information on seabed bathymetry, marine habitats, biological diversity and resources, mineralogical resources and geological features as well as habitat contamination. Stored in a GIS database, this information shall be available to environmental managers and interest groups as well as the fisheries, aquaculture and petroleum industries via a dedicated system on the intern&. A description of the MARFKNO project as well as some early results and their consequences for environmental management, e.g. establishing marine protected areas, shall be presented. |
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Noji, Thomas Thorsnes, Terje Fosså, Jan Helge |
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Marine Habitat Mapping for the Norwegian Sea |
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Marine Habitat Mapping for the Norwegian Sea |
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Marine Habitat Mapping for the Norwegian Sea |
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Marine Habitat Mapping for the Norwegian Sea |
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Marine Habitat Mapping for the Norwegian Sea |
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marine habitat mapping for the norwegian sea |
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Norway Norwegian Sea |
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Norwegian Sea |
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Norwegian Sea |
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