• EMODnet product catalogue
  •   Search
  •  Sign in

Macroalgal canopy cover (Essential Ocean Variable) in Europe - points and polygons (2023)

This layer shows the current known extent and distribution of macroalgal canopy in European waters, collated by EMODnet Seabed Habitats. The points were added in Sept 2021, and both the points and polygons were updated in 2023. The purpose was to produce a data product that would provide the best compilation of evidence for the essential ocean variable (EOV) known as Macroalgal canopy cover and composition (sub-variable: Areal extent), as defined by the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS). Kelp and fucoid brown algae are the dominant species that comprise macroalgal forests. This data product should be considered a work in progress and is not an official product.

Simple

Alternate title

GB999001

Date (Revision)
2023-09-19
Citation identifier
913a0ee4-45d7-45aa-8de2-3d31af0f7c0e
Presentation form
Digital map
Purpose

This layer presents the first attempt to map areal extent of Macroalgae in Europe using habitat maps collated by the EMODnet Seabed Habitat project.

Credit

EMODnet Seabed Habitats

Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

EMODnet Seabed Habitats

Marine Mapping Scientist

emodnetseabedhabitats@jncc.gov.uk

Point of contact
Maintenance and update frequency
Irregular

GemetInspireTheme

  • Habitats and biotopes

Keywords
  • Downloadable Data

Keywords
  • Downloadable Data

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

Available under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) License v4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Spatial representation type
Vector
Language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
  • Biota
  • Oceans
Environment description

Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; QGIS 3.16.5

N
S
E
W
thumbnail




Begin date
1970-01-01
End date
2023-09-21
Reference system identifier
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258 / 8.1.1
Topology level
Geometry only
Geometric object type
Composite
Geometric object count
55239
Distribution format
Name Version

Shapefile

ArcGIS Version 10.0

Transfer size
0.334
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

https://www.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/media/1626/c20190514_generating_eovs.pdf

OÔÇÖKeefe, E., Lillis, H. 2019. Generating Essential Ocean Variables. EMODnet report

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

https://www.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/media/1845/d304_eov-report.pdf

Lillis, H 2021. A combined, harmonized data product showing the best evidence for the distribution of 3 essential ocean variables in Europe. EMODnet report

OGC:WMS https://ows.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/geoserver/emodnet_view/wms?

macroalgae_eov_points_2023

OGC:WMS https://ows.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/geoserver/emodnet_view/wms?

macroalgae_eov_poly_2023

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/geoviewer/?layers=12623:1:1&basemap=ebwbl&active=12623&bounds=-10669757.604163688,3006271.177749412,8541187.97810648,11985789.576963363&filters=&projection=EPSG:3857

View this layer on the EMODnet Map Viewer

OGC:WFS

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

emodnet_open:macroalgae_eov_points_2023

OGC:WFS

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

emodnet_open:macroalgae_eov_poly_2023

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

https://files.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/data/MacroalgalCanopyCover_EOV_2023.zip

Macroalgae canopy cover 2023 download

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Domain consistency

Evaluation Method
Direct internal
Evaluation method description

Bildstein, T., Fiorentino, D., G├╝nther, C.P., Pesch, R., R├╝ckert, P., Schr├Âder, W,, Schuchardt. B. (2014) Cluster 6 Biotopkartierung: Endberichtsentwurf - Teil Nordsee. - (unver├Âff. Bericht i. A. des Bundesamtes f├╝r Naturschutz (BfN)

Title

Bildstein, T., Fiorentino, D., G├╝nther, C.P., Pesch, R., R├╝ckert, P., Schr├Âder, W,, Schuchardt. B. (2014) Cluster 6 Biotopkartierung: Endberichtsentwurf - Teil Nordsee. - (unver├Âff. Bericht i. A. des Bundesamtes f├╝r Naturschutz (BfN)

Date (Creation)
2014-10-01

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

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
Statement

The polygon file was produced by the 2017-2019 EMODnet Seabed Habitats consortium and the method is described in O'Keefe and Lillis (2019). The point file was produced by the 2019-2021 EMODnet Seabed Habitats consortium and the method is described in Lillis (2021). The polygons and points layers were last updated in 2023 using data extracted from the EMODnet Seabed Habitat database (May 2023).

Source
  • EMODnet Seabed Habitats collated habitat point data
  • OSPAR Habitats in the North-East Atlantic Ocean - 2020 Point records
  • EMODnet Seabed Habitats collated habitat maps

Metadata

File identifier
913a0ee4-45d7-45aa-8de2-3d31af0f7c0e XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Hierarchy level name

dataset

Date stamp
2024-02-15T15:52:40.733Z
Metadata standard name

INSPIRE Metadata Implementing Rules: Technical Guidelines based on EN ISO 19115 and EN ISO 19119

Metadata standard version

V. 1.2

Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

EMODnet Seabed Habitats

Marine Mapping Scientist

EMODnetSeabedHabitats@ifremer.fr

Point of contact
 
 

Overviews

Spatial extent

thumbnail

Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Habitats and biotopes Oceanographic geographical features
GemetInspireTheme

Habitats and biotopes


Provided by

logo
Access to the catalogue
Read here the full details and access to the data.




  •   About
  •   Github
  •