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Knowing the seabed sediment type is vital to many activities at sea. This data is useful to researchers and fisheries as it helps identify different habitats that fish live and breed in and these areas can then be protected.
The data is helpful when building structures on the seabed such as offshore energy devices (wind, tide and wave), bridges and tunnels. The maps help to select the best site for the structure. Understanding the nature of the seabed (strength and type of sediment) will help prevent any disasters or long-term problems with a structure. This can be done by avoiding unsuitable seabed or engineering a project to suit the type of seabed it is to be built on. |
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Knowing the seabed sediment type is vital to many activities at sea. This data is useful to researchers and fisheries as it helps identify different habitats that fish live and breed in and these areas can then be protected.
The data is helpful when building structures on the seabed such as offshore energy devices (wind, tide and wave), bridges and tunnels. The maps help to select the best site for the structure. Understanding the nature of the seabed (strength and type of sediment) will help prevent any disasters or long-term problems with a structure. This can be done by avoiding unsuitable seabed or engineering a project to suit the type of seabed it is to be built on. |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Research ships working at sea map the seafloor. The ships collect bathymetry data. Bathymetry is the measurement of how deep the sea is. Bathymetry is the study of the shape and features of the seabed. The name comes from Greek words meaning "deep" and “measure". Backscatter is the measurement of how hard the seabed is.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Bathymetry and backscatter data are collected on board boats working at sea. The boats use special equipment called a multibeam echosounder. A multibeam echosounder is a type of sonar that is used to map the seabed. Sound waves are emitted in a fan shape beneath the boat. The amount of time it takes for the sound waves to bounce off the bottom of the sea and return to a receiver is used to find out the water depth. The strength of the sound wave is used to find out how hard the bottom of the sea is. A strong sound wave indicates a hard surface (rocks, gravel), and a weak signal indicates a soft surface (silt, mud). The word backscatter comes from the fact that different bottom types “scatter” sound waves differently.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="text-align:Justify;margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Using the equipment also allows predictions as to the type of material present on the seabed e.g. rocks, pebbles, sand, mud. To confirm this, sediment samples are taken from the seabed. This process is called ground-truthing or sampling.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The seabed classification map is created by grouping seabed areas that are alike. Areas where there is no multibeam data have either been filled by EUSeaMap (predictive broadscale habitat map) or have been left as unclassified. </SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 14 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Sediments have been classified to the European Nature Information System (EUNIS), Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) Benthic Broad Habitat Types (BBHT), Folk (5 Themes) and European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) classification systems. </SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>It is a vector dataset. Vector data portrays the world using points, lines and polygons (areas). </SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>The sediment data is shown as polygons. Each polygon holds information on the classification for EUNIS, MSFD BBHT, Folk, substrate (EMODnet), biozone (EMODnet), data source and resolution.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>The dataset was mapped as part of the Irish National Seabed Survey (INSS) and INFOMAR (Integrated Mapping for the Sustainable Development of Ireland’s Marine Resource).</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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