• Login
    View Item 
    •   Marine Institute Open Access Repository
    • Marine Institute Community of Research Publications
    • Survey & Cruise Reports
    • Deepwater Surveys
    • View Item
    •   Marine Institute Open Access Repository
    • Marine Institute Community of Research Publications
    • Survey & Cruise Reports
    • Deepwater Surveys
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Browse

    All of Marine OARCommunitiesPublication DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionPublication DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    Statistics

    Display statistics

    Sensitive Ecosystem Assessment and ROV Exploration of Reef Survey Report 2017

    • CSV
    • RefMan
    • EndNote
    • BibTex
    • RefWorks
    Thumbnail
    Name:
    SeaRover CruiseReport 2017.pdf
    Size:
    5.084Mb
    Format:
    PDF
    Download
    Author
    O’Sullivan, D.
    Leahy, Y.
    Guinan, J.
    Shipboard Scientific Party
    Keyword
    Geogenic
    biogenic
    Reef
    Irish continental margin
    cold-water coral
    Lophelia pertusa
    Solenosmilia variabilis
    Granuaile
    Date
    2017
    Publisher
    Marine Institute
    
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    A requirement exists to quantify the abundance and distribution of offshore biogenic and geogenic reef habitats in Irish waters to fulfil Ireland’s legal mandate and to generate baseline data from which appropriate monitoring systems can be established. To address this an extensive offshore reef survey of Ireland’s Northwest Continental margin was commissioned by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), funded by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), and coordinated and led by INFOMAR (Integrated Mapping for the Sustainable Development of Ireland’s Marine Resources) and Ireland’s Marine Institute. The objectives of the survey were to implement the EMFF’s Marine Biodiversity Scheme - Natura Fisheries by mapping offshore reef habitats with a view to protecting them from deterioration due to fishing pressures. The reef project aligns with sub-article 6.2 of the Habitats Directive (EC 92/43/EEC) which requires member states to take measures to avoid deterioration of protected habitats. A survey, Sensitive Ecosystem Assessment and ROV Exploration of Reef (SeaRover), took place in July 2017 aboard the ILV Granuaile equipped with the Marine Institute’s remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Holland 1 and a multidisciplinary team of scientists to observe seabed features and biological associations along the northwest continental shelf. The Holland 1 employs high-definition (HD) camera, various composite video feeds and a robotic arm to facilitate sample collection. The primary scientific objective was to map the distribution and abundance of geogenic and biogenic reef habitat along the northwest shelf edge of Ireland’s continental slope with HD video. Secondary objectives included the collection of biological samples for genetic and population analysis and the collection of sediment cores for ground-truthing seabed mapping data and analysis of micro-plastics within deep-water sediment.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10793/1339
    Citation
    O’Sullivan, D., Leahy, Y., Guinan, J. & Shipboard Scientific Party (2017). Sensitive Ecosystem Assessment and ROV Exploration of Reef Survey Report 2017. Cruise Report prepared by INFOMAR and the Marine Institute, Galway, Ireland to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and the National Parks and Wildlife Service.
    Collections
    Deepwater Surveys

    entitlement

     
    DSpace software (copyright © 2002 - 2022)  DuraSpace
    Quick Guide | Contact Us | MI Privacy Policy
    Open Repository is a service operated by 
    Atmire NV
     

    Export search results

    The export option will allow you to export the current search results of the entered query to a file. Different formats are available for download. To export the items, click on the button corresponding with the preferred download format.

    By default, clicking on the export buttons will result in a download of the allowed maximum amount of items.

    To select a subset of the search results, click "Selective Export" button and make a selection of the items you want to export. The amount of items that can be exported at once is similarly restricted as the full export.

    After making a selection, click one of the export format buttons. The amount of items that will be exported is indicated in the bubble next to export format.