摘要：栖息地的空间分布对于知道哪里是保护海底资源的重点至关重要。在这项工作中，水深测量和反向散射海底数据显示了遥感应用和地理空间工具的重要性，以获得所研究地区的详细信息。高分辨率的数据使我们能够探索选定的地中海生境的环境特征。这些数据与现有的样本相结合，对卡布雷拉国家公园东南部的生境分布模型进行了地面实测。栖息地模型的结果显示，所研究的地区对生态学研究具有很高的价值。在该地区发现了独特的大型滤食动物群落，包括海绵动物、蛔虫和贝类。这项研究提出了脆弱的珊瑚礁生境1170的潜在生境分布图，该生境受欧盟关于保护生境、植物和动物的指令保护，位于卡布雷拉岛的东南边缘。

来源：MATA, D., úBEDA, J., & FERNáNDEZ-SáNCHEZ, A. 2021. Modelling of the reef benthic habitat distribution within the Cabrera National Park (Western Mediterranean Sea). Annals of GIS, 27, 285-298. https://doi.org/10.1080/19475683.2021.1936169

Habitat spatial distribution is essential to know where to focus the protection of the seafloor resources. In this work, the bathymetry and backscatter seabed data show the importance of remote sensing applications and geospatial tools to have detailed information of the areas studied. The highresolution data enable to explore the environmental characteristics of selected Mediterranean habitats. These data were combined with available samples for ground truthing the habitat distribution model in the southeast of Cabrera National Park. The habitat modelling results show the high value of the studied area for ecological research. Unique communities of large filterers, including sponges, ascidians and bryozoans, were detected in this area. This study presents a potential habitat distribution map of the vulnerable reef habitat 1170, protected under the UE-Directive on the conservation of Habitats, Flora and Fauna, on the southeast margin of Cabrera Island.

KEYWORDS: GIS，bathymetry，habitats，mapping，Mediterranean