EUNIS habitat classification and associated confidence shapefiles for Atlantic regions investigated by the EU H2020 project iAtlantic (Version 3)

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This dataset includes 11 regional EUNIS-classified habitat maps (100-1000 km) and associated confidence maps that were created as a project milestone (Nr. 12) of the EU H2020 project 'iAtlantic'. The 12 iAtlantic regions encompass 1. Subpolar Mid-Atlantic Ridge, off Iceland MFRI, 2. Rockall Trough to PAP, 3. Central mid-Atlantic Ridge, 4. NW Atlantic, Gully Canyon, 5. Sargasso Sea, 6. Eastern Tropical North Atlantic, Cape Verde, 7. Equatorial Atlantic, Romanche Fracture Zone, 8. Slope & margin off Angola & Congo Lobe, 9. Benguela Current, Walvis Ridge to South Africa, 10. Brazil margin & Santos and Campos Basin, 11. Vitória-Trindade Seamount Chain and 12. Malvinas Current. For each of the regions 2-12, a shapefile of polygons classified according to the 2022 EUNIS classification level 3 and a second shapefile of the same polygons attributed with their confidence level according to the MESH Accuracy & Confidence Working approach was created. EUNIS classifications combined biozone and substrate data. Biozones were assigned from bathymetry. Where MBES was not available, GEBCO bathymetry was used. Substrate data were extracted from pre-existing geological/substrate mapping efforts and converted to EUNIS classifications via cross walks or, where substrate data were limited, substrate layers were modelled using Random Forest. The EUNIS habitat map for Region 4 was based on the pre-existing surficial geology compilation of the Scotian Shelf bioregion compiled by the Geological Survey of Canada. The EUNIS habitat map for Region 9 was based on the pre-existing South African habitat map that uses a modified IUCN hierarchical classification system. No additional information to that used in the EUSeaMap was available for Region 1. Therefore, shapefiles were not created for Region 1.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.962621
Related Identifier IsSupplementTo https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/818123/results
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Creator Pearman, Tabitha ORCID logo; Strong, James; Domínguez-Carrió, Carlos; Rodrigues, Luís ORCID logo; Morato, Telmo ORCID logo; Philibert, Genevieve; Campbell, Calvin ORCID logo; Murillo-Perez, Javier; Cantwell, Kasey; Sowers, Derek; Hoy, Shannon Kelsey ORCID logo; Vinha, Beatriz ORCID logo; Schumacher, Mia ORCID logo; Olu, Karine ORCID logo; Menot, Lenaick ORCID logo; Matabos, Marjolaine; Sink, Kerry; Perez, José Angel Alvarez; Gavazzoni, Lucas ORCID logo; Sant'Ana, Rodrigo ORCID logo; Huvenne, Veerle A I ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2023
Funding Reference Horizon 2020 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100007601 Crossref Funder ID 818123 https://doi.org/10.3030/818123 Integrated Assessment of Atlantic Marine Ecosystems in Space and Time
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 88 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-78.154W, -39.995S, 20.812E, 60.377N); Atlantic Ocean