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Southeastern Caribbean Benthic Habitat Map

This map shows the benthic marine habitats surrounding countries in the Southeastern Caribbean. This map is originally part of the wider Allen Coral Atlas Global Benthic Habitat Maps dataset found at www.allencoralatlas.org. The Allen Coral Atlas dataset maps the benthic habitat for the world's shallow coral reefs at 5 m pixel resolution. The Allen Coral Atlas brings together partners from Planet, University of Queensland, Arizona State University's Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science (GDCS), the National Geographic Society and Vulcan Inc. to take high resolution satellite imagery and advanced analytics to map and monitor the world's coral reefs in unprecedented detail. Global Benthic Habitat Maps characterise different coral reef bottom types. These bottom types include communities of living organisms attached to the reef (benthos), as well as sediments and underlying substrate. The six Allen Coral Atlas Global Benthic Habitat Map classes used were developed by Roelfsema et al 2013* with input from other coral reef benthic classifications. This classification maximizes the breadth of information available from Planet Dove remote sensing data to create the best set of classes to support users. *Chris Roelfsema, Stuart Phinn, Stacy Jupiter, James Comley, and Simon Albert. 2013. Mapping coral reefs at reef to reef-system scales, 10s-1000s km2, using object-based image analysis. Int. J. Remote Sens. 34, 18 (20 September 2013), 6367-6388. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2013.800660.

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Alternate title

CS004001

Date (Creation)
2022-12-13
Citation identifier
447ce1fd-7c2f-4d64-81a5-2694690b4385
Credit

Allen Coral Atlas (2020). Imagery, maps and monitoring of the world's tropical coral reefs. doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3833242

Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Allen Coral Atlas (ACA)

support@allencoralatlas.org

Owner
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Oceanographic geographical features
  • Habitats and biotopes
GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3
  • habitat
  • biotope
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
no limitations to public access
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

Data is available under CC-BY 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Data is copyright 2020 Allen Coral Atlas Partnership and Vulcan, Inc. Available from: www.allencoralatlas.org.

Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
9000
Language
English
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Oceans
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Begin date
2018-08-01
Reference system identifier
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/3857
Distribution format
Name Version

ESRI Shapefile

1

GML

3.2.1

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

OGC:WMS

https://ows.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/geoserver/emodnet_view_maplibrary/wms

cs004001

OGC:WFS

https://ows.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/geoserver/emodnet_open_maplibrary/wfs

cs004001

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

https://files.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/data/EMODnetSBHsurvey_CS004001.zip

EMODnet Seabed Habitats Static Download

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Dataset

Conformance result

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 (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

This data set is conformant with the INSPIRE Implementing Rules for the interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Pass
Yes
Statement

The Allen Coral Atlas is a global-scale coral reef habitat mapping project that uses Planet Dove 3.7 m resolution daily satellite imagery (in combination with wave models and ecological data) to create consistent and high detail global habitat maps to support reef-related science and conservation. The underlying satellite image data are temporal composites of PlanetScope satellite imagery spanning 2018-2020. The habitat maps are created via a machine learning approach with contextual editing, using a range of imagery, bathymetry and derived products as input data, trained via a globally consistent reference data set. Habitats were categorized using the following Global Benthic Classes: Sand = soft-bottom area dominated by fine unconsolidated sediments. Rubble = loose, rough fragments of broken reef material. Rock = exposed area of hard bare substrate. Seagrass = seagrass is dominant biota. Coral/Algae = hard-bottom area supporting living coral and/or algae. Microalgal Mat = visible accumulations of microscopic algae in sandy sediments. Unknown = a data constraint means the area is not allocated a Global Benthic Class. For publication to EMODnet, SAERI cleaned the maps in mapshaper.org using the -clean function and edited the data to fit with the Data Exchange Format. All work was completed in QGIS v3.28.4.

Metadata

File identifier
447ce1fd-7c2f-4d64-81a5-2694690b4385 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2023-10-30T14:45:17.555Z
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

South Atlantic Environmental and Research Institue (SAERI)

info@saeri.ac.fk

Point of contact
 
 

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Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Habitats and biotopes Oceanographic geographical features


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