EMODnet product catalogue
Hierarchical benthic habitat classification in the Atlantic Ocean
Classification of the Atlantic Ocean seabed into broad-scale benthic habitats employing a 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. For ease of use, a layer is provided for each level. Level 1 has 4 classes. Level 2 has 15 classes nested within level 1. Layers indices are 2 digits (1[level1 class index]1[level 2 class index]). Level 3 has 157 classes nested within level 2 and class names have 4 digits (1digit[level1 class index]1[level 2 class index]2[level 3 class index]). Note that the classification was performed for the whole world and thus it has more classes than in the presented layer.
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- Date (Creation)
- 2023-03-13
- Date (Revision)
- Date (Publication)
- 2024-11-12
- Date (Publication)
- 2025-05-06
- Citation identifier
- 30e76e48-d2e1-4d85-86f5-32f97bd9cf44
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McQuaid K.; Howell, K.; University of Plymouth (UoP), United Kingdom; (2023): Hierarchical benthic habitat classification in the Atlantic Ocean.
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role University of Plymouth Originator of Dataset Flanders Marine Institute Author
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- no limitations to public access
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Conditions for access and use apply
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CC-BY 4.0
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
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- Oceans
- Begin date
- 2016-01-01
- End date
- 2016-12-31
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- WGS 1984
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Name Version Geographic Information System 1
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https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/8853b872-d247-411e-84f0-5eb72d77e3c7
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- Dataset
Conformance result
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1205/2008 of 3 December 2008 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards metadata
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- 2010-12-08
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See the referenced specification
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- No
Conformance result
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Corrigendum to INSPIRE Metadata Regulation published in the Official Journal of the European Union, L 328, page 83
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- 2010-12-08
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See the referenced specification
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- No
Conformance result
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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
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
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See the referenced specification
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- No
- Statement
Metadata
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- 30e76e48-d2e1-4d85-86f5-32f97bd9cf44 XML
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- English
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- UTF8
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- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-05-07T00:00:00
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ISO 19115:2003/19139
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1.0
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role University of Plymouth Point of contact
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