An inventory of mäerl ( unfixed red marine algae Corallinaceae with calcified arbuscular thalli) is taken in the Pertuis Charentais using the compilation of historical data and new observations over the period 2006-2012. The geographic extent of the inventory includes Pertuis Breton, Antioch and Maumusson, extends from the Lay estuary in the north to the Bay of Marennes-Oléron in the south and includes the edges of the islands of Ré, Oléron and Aix. Contributing to this inventory are, surveys DCE 2006 DCE, control monitoring DCE 2007 to 2012 under the aegis of Ifremer and Agences de l’Eau Loire-Bretagne and Adour-Garonne, surveys conducted for the Port Atlantique La Rochelle on the site of dredge spoil deposits in Lavardin from 2007 to 2012, surveys in 2007 FONSOLE by Ifremer and the surveys by Ifremer and laboratory LIENSs to map the crepidula stocks in the Pertuis Charentais Sea. Adding specific surveys conducted in 2011 by the ship Estran by dredge on subtidal bottom sediments of Pertuis Breton and intertidal quadrat in 2012 on the periphery of the islands of Ré, Oléron and along the cliffs of Aytré. The positioning of ground truthing stations were identified by GPS or dGPS. Initially identified by samples of the dredged material in October 2009 during the validation of sonar surveys to individualize stocks of crepidula, a live maerl bed is mapped in July 2011 in the harbor of Saint-Martin in Pertuis Breton. Its area is estimated at more than 2 km². Surveys of pedibus jambi conducted at the point of Grouin and Saint-Martin de Ré has confirmed the presence of live maerl scattered on the lower foreshore. This suggests a scattering of live maerl thalli of several tens of km² around the main bed of Saint-Martin. It is also confirmed by the single algological extraction of Phymatolithon calcareum done at the beginning of the twentieth century in Saint-Martin de Ré by Dollfus, probably already on the lower foreshore as observed in 2012 near the Couronneau beacon. Numerous dead maerl thalli in the procress of diagenesis have also been observed in the East and Southeast of Pertuis Breton and Antioch suggesting passive transport by contributions from live beds farther to the West, including Pertuis in Antioch. The presence of live maerl on the lower foreshore is seen very occasionally in the western islands of Oléron (Pointe Chassiron) and Ré (Phare des Baleines) via recent algologiques and fauna surveys. In biogeographic terms, the maerl bed of Pertuis Breton is the easternmost and southernmost of those known in the Bay of Biscay. The nearest mäerl beds known are respectively located in Noirmoutier (Bourgneuf Bay) and Galicia (Spain). These observations complement the atlas mapping of maerl populations in Europe published under the auspices of the OSPAR Convention. They provide a knowledge base for future conservation actions defined locally in the context of Natura 2000 Sea Marine Natural Park of the Gironde estuary and the Pertuis Charentais.

Seasonal spatial distribution of gray seals (Halichoerus grypus) on their haul out sites identified by the associations ADN and Picardy Nature in the Authie Bay from 2007 to 2009 inclusive.

Layer of points representing the abundance weighted per canyon of observed organisms during submersible dives in the Mediterranean continental canyons.

The MFSP repository of the Fisheries Information System corresponds to the combination of Parameters, Supports, Fractions, Methods and Units. It allows variables to be entered, banked and retrieved. It is associated with many other repositories: species, gear, etc.

ObsBio, the collection of individual biological parameters such as size, weight, sex, age are necessary data to know by elevation, the share of the populations in the recruitment of young fish, in the natural mortality and in the mortality by fishing

Cold-water coral habitat mapping in submarine canyons of the bay of Biscay was realized by the deep sea laboratory of Ifremer. Data came from the CE0908 cruise in the framework of the CoralFish project and as part of an agreement between Ifremer and the Agence des Aires Marines Protégées. The method was based on image analyses. Images were acquired using the towed camera « SCAMPI » during the CE0908 cruise (from 28/04/2009 to 19/05/2009, chief scientists: Anthony GREHAN, Brigitte GUILLAUMONT and Christian MOHN). Observed habitats were defined according to the CoralFish typology (J.S. Davies, B. Guillaumont, F. Tempera, A. Vertino, L. Beuck, S.H. Ólafsdóttir, C.J. Smith, J.H. Fosså, I.M.J. van den Beld, A. Savini, A. Rengstorf, C. Bayle, J.-F. Bourillet, S. Arnaud-Haond, A. Grehan, 2017. A new classification scheme of European cold-water coral habitats: Implications for ecosystem-based management of the deep sea, In Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, Volume 145, 2017, Pages 102-109, ISSN 0967-0645, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.04.014).

A metier in the Fisheries Information System is a fishing practice defined by a fishing gear and a target species. They are used for statistical purposes to evaluate fishing strategies and efforts.

The data are provided as a layer of points representing the benthic samples (operations) in the French Mediterranean. The lists of species identified corresponding to these sampling points are given in the bibliographic references indicated in the layer.

Seasonal spatial distribution of gray seals (Halichoerus grypus) on their haul out sites identified by the ONCFS on the rocks of Portsall in 2010.

Species distribution is provided as a layer of points representing in situ observations of organisms during submersible dives into the canyons of the Mediterranean mainland.