Global habitat suitability for Holaxonia cold water octocoral

This dataset consists of global raster maps indicating the habitat suitability for 7 suborders of cold water octocorals (Octocorallia found deeper than 50m). Maps present a relative habitat suitability index ranging from 0 (unsuitable) to 100 (highly suitable). This data set has been used as one of the data inputs in the Atlantic REMP project. This project, funded by the European Union, worked together with stakeholders to produce a draft Regional Environmental Management Plan (REMP) for the Area in the North Atlantic, with a focus on the polymetallic sulphide deposits of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge which are of interest for deep-sea mining. There was close collaboration with the International Seabed Authority (ISA) and a consortium of scientific organisations. Marine data from multiple data services underpinned the environmental management plan development. A selection of the data sets is included in EMODnet Ingestion for wider distribution.

Alternate title: GB300017

Date (Creation): 2012-02-03

Citation identifier: 8BB6CD2E-AAFF-492C-A7C5-0E91F759B6D6

Cited responsible party

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London	Chris Yesson	chris.yesson@ioz.ac chris.yesson@ioz.ac.uk	Point of contact

Presentation form: Digital map

Other citation details: Yesson, Chris; Taylor, Michelle L; Tittensor, Derek P; Davies, Andrew; Guinotte, John M; Baco, Amy; Black, Julie; Hall-Spencer, Jason M; Rogers, Alex David (2012): Global raster maps indicating the habitat suitability for 7 suborders of cold water octocorals (Octocorallia found deeper than 50m). PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.775081, Supplement to: Yesson, C et al. (2012): Global habitat suitability of cold-water octocorals. Journal of Biogeography, 39(7), 1278-1292, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02681.x

Credit: Yesson, Chris; Taylor, Michelle L; Tittensor, Derek P; Davies, Andrew; Guinotte, John M; Baco, Amy; Black, Julie; Hall-Spencer, Jason M; Rogers, Alex David

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London	Chris Yesson	chris.yesson@ioz.ac chris.yesson@ioz.ac.uk	Point of contact

Maintenance and update frequency: Irregular

GemetInspireTheme

Habitats and biotopes

Keywords

Downloadable Data

Use limitation: Viewable, Downloadable

Access constraints: License

Use constraints: License

Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

Character set: UTF8

Topic category

Environment

Environment description: Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.5.1.7333

Begin date: 2012-01-01

Reference system identifier: EPSG / http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258 / 6.14(3.0.1)

Number of dimensions: 2

Dimension name: Column

Dimension size: 2160

Resolution: 0.166667 deg

Dimension name: Row

Dimension size: 852

Resolution: 0.166667 deg

Cell geometry: Area

Transformation parameter availability: Yes

Checkpoint Availability: No

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Center

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Name	Version
Raster Dataset

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
OGC:WMS	https://ows.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/geoserver/emodnet_view_maplibrary/wms	gb300017
OGC:WCS	https://ows.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/geoserver/emodnet_open_maplibrary/wcs	gb300017
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link	https://files.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/data/GB300017.zip	EMODnet Seabed Habitats download

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Explanation: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Pass: Yes

Statement: Three-quarters of Octocorallia species are found in deep waters. These cold-water octocoral colonies can form a major constituent of structurally complex habitats. The global distribution and the habitat requirements of deep-sea octocorals are poorly understood given the expense and difficulties of sampling at depth. Habitat suitability models are useful tools to extrapolate distributions and provide an understanding of ecological requirements. Here, we present global habitat suitability models and distribution maps for seven suborders of Octocorallia: Alcyoniina, Calcaxonia, Holaxonia, Scleraxonia, Sessiliflorae, Stolonifera and Subselliflorae. We use maximum entropy modelling to predict octocoral distribution using a database of 12,508 geolocated octocoral specimens and 32 environmental grids resampled to 30 arc-second (approximately 1 km2) resolution. Additionally, a meta-analysis determined habitat preferences and niche overlap between the different suborders of octocorals.

Content type: Image

Descriptor: Band_1

Bits per value: 8

Metadata

File identifier: 8BB6CD2E-AAFF-492C-A7C5-0E91F759B6D6 XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Hierarchy level name: dataset

Date stamp: 2022-11-23T15:18:14.528Z

Metadata standard name: INSPIRE Metadata Implementing Rules: Technical Guidelines based on EN ISO 19115 and EN ISO 19119

Metadata standard version: V. 1.2

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London	Chris Yesson	chris.yesson@ioz.ac chris.yesson@ioz.ac.uk	Point of contact

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