Atlas of the biofouling of the French maritime façades

The main objective of this atlas is to summarise the knowledge acquired on biofouling, and more generally on communities of living organisms on hard substrates, available today in mainland France and the French overseas territories, in order to anticipate the issues that this phenomenon will pose in an ORE context. The atlas is based on the most exhaustive bibliographical analysis possible, including A-level scientific articles, reports (training courses, monitoring, studies), and works presenting the results of studies conducted in French waters

Data and resources

ABIOP - France Energies Marines

FEM project webpage

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1811-atlas_biofouling_EN.pdf

Atlas of Biofouling (PDF)

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ABIOP_biofouling-data_Golfe-de-Gascogne

Measurement locations (ABIOP) - Bay of Biscay

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ABIOP_biofouling-data_Golfe-de-Gascogne.geojson

Measurement locations (ABIOP) - Bay of Biscay

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ABIOP_biofouling-data_Manche

Measurement locations (ABIOP) - English Channel

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ABIOP_biofouling-data_Manche.geojson

Measurement locations (ABIOP) - English Channel

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Additional information

Date (publication)	2022-01-05
Status	completed
Update frequency	asNeeded
Metadata language	en
License	Free use subject to mentioning the source (at least the name of the producer) and the date of its last update
Source metadata	ISO 19115 XML
Last updated	2026-11-04
Created	2026-11-04
API	package_show