| Publications | Institutes | Persons | Datasets | Projects | Maps | ||||
Non-Hierarchical habitat classification in the Atlantic Ocean
Citation
McQuaid K.; Howell, K.; University of Plymouth (UoP), United Kingdom; (2023): Non-Hierarchical benthic habitat classification in the Atlantic Ocean. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/8226
Contact:
McQuaid, Kirsty Also accessible through: Availability:
 This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Description
Classification of the seabed in the Atlantic Ocean into broad-scale benthic habitats employing a non-hierarchical top-down clustering approach aimed at informing Marine Spatial Planning. This work was performed at the University of Plymouth in 2021 with data provided by a wide group of partners representing the nations surrounding the Atlantic Ocean. It classifies continuous environmental data into discrete classes that can be compared to observed biogeographical patterns at various scales. It has 3 levels of classification. The numbers in the raster layer correspond to individual classes. Description of these classes is given in McQuaid, K.A. et al. (2023). moreThis project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 862428 (MISSION ATLANTIC). Scope Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Bio-geographical regions, Biota, Data not evaluated, GeoTIFF, Habitat classification, Habitat types and species distribution and range (Habitats Directive), Metadata conformant, No limitations to public access, Regional, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), A, Atlantic Geographical coverage A, Atlantic [Marine Regions] Temporal coverage
1 January 2016 - 31 December 2016 Contributors
University of Plymouth (UOP), more, data creator
Project
MISSION ATLANTIC: Towards the Sustainable Development of the Atlantic Ocean: Mapping and Assessing the present and future status of Atlantic marine ecosystems under the influence of climate change and exploitation, more
Publication
Used in this dataset
McQuaid, K.A. et al. (2023). Broad-scale benthic habitat classification of the South Atlantic. Prog. Oceanogr. 214: 103016. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2023.103016, more
URLs
Other: Data type: GIS maps
Metadatarecord created: 2023-03-14
Information last updated: 2024-06-05
| ||||
