Global habitat suitability for Sessiliflorae cold water octocoral
Global habitat suitability for Sessiliflorae 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.
Simple
- Alternate title
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GB300019
- Date (Creation)
- 2012-02-03
- Citation identifier
- CB977463-00AB-452E-98A5-396388730C56
- Cited responsible party
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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
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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
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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
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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
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GemetInspireTheme
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Habitats and biotopes
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- Keywords
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Downloadable Data
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- Use limitation
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Viewable, Downloadable
- Access constraints
- License
- Use constraints
- License
- Spatial representation type
- Grid
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Environment description
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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
Center point
- Point in Pixel
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- Center
- Distribution format
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Name Version Raster Dataset
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name OGC:WMS
https://ows.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/geoserver/emodnet_view_maplibrary/wms gb300019
OGC:WCS
https://ows.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/geoserver/emodnet_open_maplibrary/wcs gb300019
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
https://files.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/data/GB300019.zip EMODnet Seabed Habitats download
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
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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
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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
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Band_1
- Bits per value
- 8
Metadata
- File identifier
- CB977463-00AB-452E-98A5-396388730C56 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Hierarchy level name
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2022-11-23T15:25:37.618Z
- Metadata standard name
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INSPIRE Metadata Implementing Rules: Technical Guidelines based on EN ISO 19115 and EN ISO 19119
- Metadata standard version
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V. 1.2
- Metadata author
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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