Macroalgal canopy cover (Essential Ocean Variable) in Europe - points and polygons (2023)

This layer shows the current known extent and distribution of macroalgal canopy in European waters, collated by EMODnet Seabed Habitats. The points were added in Sept 2021, and both the points and polygons were updated in 2023. The purpose was to produce a data product that would provide the best compilation of evidence for the essential ocean variable (EOV) known as Macroalgal canopy cover and composition (sub-variable: Areal extent), as defined by the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS). Kelp and fucoid brown algae are the dominant species that comprise macroalgal forests. This data product should be considered a work in progress and is not an official product.

Alternate title: GB999001

Date (Revision): 2023-09-19

Citation identifier: 913a0ee4-45d7-45aa-8de2-3d31af0f7c0e

Presentation form: Digital map

Purpose: This layer presents the first attempt to map areal extent of Macroalgae in Europe using habitat maps collated by the EMODnet Seabed Habitat project.

Credit: EMODnet Seabed Habitats

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
EMODnet Seabed Habitats	Marine Mapping Scientist	emodnetseabedhabitats@jncc.gov emodnetseabedhabitats@jncc.gov.uk	Point of contact

Maintenance and update frequency: Irregular

GemetInspireTheme

Habitats and biotopes

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Downloadable Data

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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Access constraints: License

Use constraints: License

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: no limitations to public access

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Available under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) License v4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Spatial representation type: Vector

Language: English

Character set: UTF8

Topic category

Geoscientific information
Biota
Oceans

Environment description: Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; QGIS 3.16.5

Begin date: 1970-01-01

End date: 2023-09-21

Reference system identifier: http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258 / 8.1.1

Topology level: Geometry only

Geometric object type: Composite

Geometric object count: 55239

Distribution format

Name	Version
Shapefile	ArcGIS Version 10.0

Transfer size: 0.334

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link	https://www.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/media/1626/c20190514_generating_eovs.pdf	OÔÇÖKeefe, E., Lillis, H. 2019. Generating Essential Ocean Variables. EMODnet report
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link	https://www.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/media/1845/d304_eov-report.pdf	Lillis, H 2021. A combined, harmonized data product showing the best evidence for the distribution of 3 essential ocean variables in Europe. EMODnet report
OGC:WMS	https://ows.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/geoserver/emodnet_view/wms?	macroalgae_eov_points_2023
OGC:WMS	https://ows.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/geoserver/emodnet_view/wms?	macroalgae_eov_poly_2023
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link	https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/geoviewer/?layers=12623:1:1&basemap=ebwbl&active=12623&bounds=-10669757.604163688,3006271.177749412,8541187.97810648,11985789.576963363&filters=&projection=EPSG:3857	View this layer on the EMODnet Map Viewer
OGC:WFS	https://ows.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/geoserver/emodnet_open/wfs	emodnet_open:macroalgae_eov_points_2023
OGC:WFS	https://ows.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/geoserver/emodnet_open/wfs	emodnet_open:macroalgae_eov_poly_2023

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download	https://files.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/data/MacroalgalCanopyCover_EOV_2023.zip	Macroalgae canopy cover 2023 download

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Domain consistency

Evaluation Method: Direct internal

Evaluation method description: Bildstein, T., Fiorentino, D., G├╝nther, C.P., Pesch, R., R├╝ckert, P., Schr├Âder, W,, Schuchardt. B. (2014) Cluster 6 Biotopkartierung: Endberichtsentwurf - Teil Nordsee. - (unver├Âff. Bericht i. A. des Bundesamtes f├╝r Naturschutz (BfN)

Date (Creation): 2014-10-01

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: The polygon file was produced by the 2017-2019 EMODnet Seabed Habitats consortium and the method is described in O'Keefe and Lillis (2019). The point file was produced by the 2019-2021 EMODnet Seabed Habitats consortium and the method is described in Lillis (2021). The polygons and points layers were last updated in 2023 using data extracted from the EMODnet Seabed Habitat database (May 2023).

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File identifier: 913a0ee4-45d7-45aa-8de2-3d31af0f7c0e XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Hierarchy level name: dataset

Date stamp: 2024-02-15T15:52:40.733Z

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
EMODnet Seabed Habitats	Marine Mapping Scientist	EMODnetSeabedHabitats@ifremer.fr	Point of contact

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