Details of REMP project - Global habitat suitability of deep-water Antipatharia
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Title of dataset | REMP project - Global habitat suitability of deep-water Antipatharia |
Narrative summary of dataset | Antipatharia are a diverse group of corals with many species found in deep water. Many Antipatharia are habitat for associates, have extreme longevity and some species can occur beyond 8500 m depth. As they are major constituents of 'coral gardens', which are Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs), knowledge of their distribution and environmental requirements is an important pre-requisite for informed conservation planning particularly where the expense and difficulty of deep-sea sampling prohibits comprehensive surveys. This study uses a global database of Antipatharia distribution data to perform habitat suitability modelling using the Maxent methodology to estimate the global extent of black coral habitat suitability. The model of habitat suitability is driven by temperature but there is notable influence from other variables of topography, surface productivity and oxygen levels. This data set has been used as one of the data inputs in the Atlantic REMP project. This project, funded by the European Union, worked together with stakeholders to produce a draft Regional Environmental Management Plan (REMP) for the Area in the North Atlantic, with a focus on the polymetallic sulphide deposits of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge which are of interest for deep-sea mining. There was close collaboration with the International Seabed Authority (ISA) and a consortium of scientific organisations. Marine data from multiple data services underpinned the environmental management plan development. A selection of the data sets is included in EMODnet Ingestion for wider distribution. |
Start date | 2016-01-01 |
End date | 2100-01-01 |
Responsible organisations
Country | United States |
Organisation name | Duke University |
Role of organisation | Publisher |
Country | USA |
Organisation name | Duke University |
Role of organisation | Dataset Holding Organisation |
Dataset availability
Original dataset download link | https://cloud.emodnet-ingestion.eu/index.php/s/9BrCA3WQ7bforK4 |
Dataset format | Geographic Information System |
Public access | No limitations |
License for use | CC-BY 4.0 |
Type | Dataset |
Link to dataset after processing by data centre | http://gis.ices.dk/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/685DE707-1E63-4D42-A394-C2A1B0DE5C94 |
https://files.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/data/GB300022.zip |
Locations
Map | © OpenStreetMap contributors |
Latitude north boundary | 89 |
Longitude east boundary | 180 |
Latitude south boundary | -89 |
Longitude west boundary | 180 |
Sea area | World |
Data types, collection and processing
Observation type | Biota abundance, biomass and diversity |
Parameter | Habitat extent |
Process information
Submitting organisation | Duke University |
Submission identifier (UUID) | 1a43e864-d6fc-413e-a098-de851a43c0d0 |
Date of dataset creation | 2016-01-01 |
Date of metadata creation | 2021-09-07 |
Date of metadata latest revision | 2021-09-09 |
Date of publishing | 2021-09-14 |
Date of processed dataset publication | 2023-03-30 |
Processing data centre | Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Hellenic National Oceanographic Data Centre |
Summary record-ID | 863 |