Marine Habitat Classification for Britain and Ireland
This site presents the national classification of sea floor marine habitats for Britain and Ireland. The expandable classification hierarchy below lists all types, from broad habitat level to sub-biotope level, in hierarchical order. The different levels in the hierarchy are colour-coded and are hyperlinked to the descriptions for each individual type.
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oceans
Marine
Seabed Habitats and Geology
Habitat classification
Marine Habitats
MNCR
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3.0
62.0
49.0
1990-01-01
2015-03-01
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2015-03
The first official release of the classification (version 97.06) was developed by JNCC's Marine Nature Conservation Review as part of the EC Life Nature-funded BioMar project (Connor et al. 1997 a, b). Version 04.05 was released following an update in 2004 (Connor et al., 2004). The current version (15.03) was released in 2015 following the addition of a deep-sea section (Parry et al., 2015). Connor et al .1997 a, b: https://mhc.jncc.gov.uk/resources/#version9706 Connor et al. 2004: https://mhc.jncc.gov.uk/resources/#version0405 Parry et al. 2015: https://mhc.jncc.gov.uk/resources/#version1503
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