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 | 2023-03-23 |
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Date type | Creation: Date identifies when the resource was brought into existence |
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Credit | University of Plymouth (England) |
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Point of contact
Individual name | Kirsty Mcquaid |
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Organisation name | University of Plymouth |
Role | Originator: Party who created the resource |
Point of contact
Individual name | Kerry Howell |
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Organisation name | University of Plymouth |
Role | Originator: Party who created the resource |
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 | |
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Spatial scope | Regional |
INSPIRE priority dataset | Habitat types and species distribution and range (Habitats Directive) |
Mission Atlantic - BODC Parameters |
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/Biological oceanography
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Mission Atlantic - Case Studies |
Atlantic Ocean
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Canary Current system
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Celtic Seas
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North Mid-Atlantic Ridge
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Norwegian Sea
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South Brazilian Shelf
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Southern Benguela
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South Mid-Atlantic Ridge
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Mission Atlantic - Data type (DMP) |
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Spatial data products
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Environmental data
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Mission Atlantic - Resources |
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MISSION ATLANTIC Results
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Mission Atlantic - Work Package | WP4 Benthic Mapping |
GDI-Vlaanderen Trefwoorden | Metadata GDI-Vl-conform |
Spatial representation type | Grid: Grid data is used to represent geographic data |
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Distance | 10 km^2 |
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Language | zxx: zxx |
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Anchor | EPSG:4326 |
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Hierarchy level | Dataset: Information applies to the dataset |
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Statement | Sources used for clustering indicated in reference: GEBCO: https://www.gebco.net/data_and_products/gridded_bathymetry_data/gebco_2020/ Bio-ORACLE v2: https://www.bio-oracle.org/ Yool (2022): https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6513616 |
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Distribution format | GeoTIFF |
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File identifier | 8853b872-d247-411e-84f0-5eb72d77e3c7 | ||||||
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Metadata language | English | ||||||
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Hierarchy level | Dataset: Information applies to the dataset | ||||||
Date stamp | 2025-03-20T11:35:22.9094435Z | ||||||
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