Mapping of habitats off the Congo - CONGOLOBE area - Lobe A

The mapping of habitats off the coast of Congo was carried out by the Ifremer Deep-Sea Laboratory as part of the ANR CONGOLOBE project (2011-2015, coordinator Christophe RABOUILLE).

The method used for this habitat mapping is based on the preliminary analysis of images acquired with the ROV Victor 6000 during two oceanographic campaigns: WACS (from 26/01/2011 to 25/02/2011, mission chief: Karine OLU) and CONGOLOBE (from 11/12/2011 to 12/01/2012, mission chief: Christophe RABOUILLE). The habitats were described at the finest level of analysis and then classified according to the EUNIS typology (https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/eunis-habitat-classification-1). Data published in: Sen, A., B. Dennielou, J. Tourolle, A. Arnaubec, C. Rabouille and K. Olu (2017). Fauna and habitat types driven by turbidity currents in the lobe complex of the Congo deep-sea fan. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography 142: 167-179. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.05.009