Predictive habitat suitability model of Laminaria digitata in the British Isles

Alternate title	GB300002
Date	2014-09-03
Date type	Creation: Date identifies when the resource was brought into existence
Unique resource identifier	05C34C4C-3647-44A9-8CB5-1683E03CD767

Credit	Chris Yesson, Laura E. Bush, Andrew J. Davies, Christine A. Maggs and Juliet Brodie

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Resource constraints Constraints Use limitation Viewable, not downloadable

Point of contact

Individual name	Chris Yesson
Organisation name	Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London
Electronic mail address	chris.yesson@ioz.ac.uk
Role	Point of contact: Party who can be contacted for acquiring knowledge about or acquisition of the resource

Maintenance and update frequency	Irregular: Data is updated in intervals that are uneven in duration

Descriptive keywords

GemetInspireTheme	Habitats and biotopes
GDI-Vlaanderen Trefwoorden	Metadata GDI-Vl-conform
Other keywords	Map Files

Spatial representation type	Grid: Grid data is used to represent geographic data

Spatial resolution

Distance	3000 m

Language	English
Character set	UTF8: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
Topic category code	{{'environment' | translate}}
Environment description	Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.5.1.7333

Reference System Information

Unique resource identifier	http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258
Codespace	EPSG

Hierarchy level	Dataset: Information applies to the dataset

Lineage

Statement

Kelps, fucoids and other large brown seaweeds are common and important features of temperate coastal zones. The British Isles is a centre for seaweed diversity in the NE Atlantic, but, despite numerous surveys, an incomplete picture of the distribution remains. Survey data and herbarium specimens were used to examine the environmental preference of 15 species of large brown seaweeds, covering the orders Laminariales (kelps), Fucales (wracks) and one species of Tilopteridales. Habitat suitability models were developed to estimate broad-scale distribution and area of habitat created by these species around the British Isles. Topographic parameters were important factors limiting distributions. Generally, temperature did not appear to be a limiting factor, probably because the British Isles lies in the centre of the NE Atlantic distribution for most species, and not at climatic tolerance limits. However, for the recent migrant Laminaria ochroleuca, temperature was found to be important for the model, thus range expansion could continue northwards provided dispersal is possible. In contrast, the widespread Alaria esculenta showed a negative association with warmer summer temperatures. The total potential habitat around the British and Irish coastline is more than 19,000 km2 for kelps and 11,000 km2 for wracks, which represents a significant habitat area similar in scale to British broadleaf forest. We conclude that large brown algal species need to be managed and conserved in a manner that reflects their scale and importance.

Domain consistency

Conformance result Specification Title 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 Date 2010-12-08 Date type Publication: Date identifies when the resource was issued 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

mdLegalAndSecurityConstraintsSection

Resource constraints Legal constraints Access constraints License: Formal permission to do something Use constraints License: Formal permission to do something

Distribution format	Raster Dataset
Transfer options OnLine resource Linkage https://www.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/access-data/launch-map-viewer/?zoom=5&center=-11.618,55.450&layerIds=988&baseLayerId=-3&activeFilters= Protocol WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Name of the resource EMODnet Seabed Habitats interactive map

File identifier	05C34C4C-3647-44A9-8CB5-1683E03CD767
Metadata language	English
Character set	UTF8: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
Hierarchy level	Dataset: Information applies to the dataset
Hierarchy level name	dataset
Date stamp	2020-01-15T12:01:11
Metadata standard name	INSPIRE Metadata Implementing Rules: Technical Guidelines based on EN ISO 19115 and EN ISO 19119
Metadata standard version	V. 1.2
Contact Individual name Chris Yesson Organisation name Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London Electronic mail address chris.yesson@ioz.ac.uk Role Point of contact: Party who can be contacted for acquiring knowledge about or acquisition of the resource