f41d47f6-536e-4131-916b-95e922576278 Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) Kristina Ø. Kvile post@niva.no 2023-09-18T09:17:32.723Z http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/3857 Model of Saccharina latissima forests in the Nordic Countries 2023-09-18 f41d47f6-536e-4131-916b-95e922576278 Point data on Saccharina latissima, collected from different sources in the Nordic countries, were used to model the kelp forest distribution by fitting boosted regression trees to the compiled data. The predictors were distance to shore, slope, curvature, aspect, salinity, temperature, light, current speed, sea ice concentration and wave fetch. Kvile KO, Andersen GS, Baden SP, Bekkby T, Bruhn A, Geertz-Hansen O, Hancke K, Hansen JLS, Krause-Jensen D, Rinde E, Steen H, Wegeberg S, Gundersen H. 2022. Kelp forest distribution in the Nordic region. Front. Mar Sci. Manuscript DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2022.850359, Frontiers | Kelp Forest Distribution in the Nordic Region (frontiersin.org). This study has been supported by the Norwegian Environment Agency (Nordic Blue Carbon Project, #17080044), the Research Council of Norway (OPTIMAKELP, #280732), NIVA (Org. no. 855869942), the Independent Research Fund Denmark (CARMA, #8021-00222 B), the Danish Strategic Research Council (MAB3, #11-116872), the Government of Greenland and the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (DANCEA, J.nr. 2019 – 8703) and the EU Horizon 2020 (FACE-IT, #869154). The sources of the data used in the models is presented in the paper, Frontiers | Kelp Forest Distribution in the Nordic Region (frontiersin.org). The model was developed by the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NVA). Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) post@niva.no Habitats and biotopes Oceanographic geographical features GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme habitat biotope GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 no limitations to public access Available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) License v4.0 808536 English biota oceans -75.00 36.4749999999999 54.3666666666667 87.025 2023-09-12 2023-09-12 GeoTiff 1 GML 3.2.1 https://ows.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/geoserver/emodnet_view/wms OGC:WMS View through the EMODnet Seabed Habitats Web Map Service https://ows.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/geoserver/emodnet_open/wcs OGC:WFS Access modelled data through the EMODnet Seabed Habitats Web Coverage Service 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 2010-12-08 This data set is conformant with the INSPIRE Implementing Rules for the interoperability of spatial data sets and services true Point data on Saccharina latissima, collected from different sources in the Nordic countries, were used to model the kelp forest distribution by fitting boosted regression trees to the compiled data. The predictors were distance to shore, slope, curvature, aspect, salinity, temperature, light, current speed, sea ice concentration and wave fetch.