Macroalgal canopy cover (Essential Ocean Variable) in Europe used in Mission Atlantic for the case study Celtic Sea - points (2021) and polygons (2019)

This layer shows the current known extent and distribution of macroalgal canopy in European waters, collated by EMODnet Seabed Habitats. The polygons portion was last updated in 2019. The points were added in Sept 2021. 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.

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Date (Revision)
2021-09-23
Identifier
8c451b52-4ebd-4f6e-b17d-b881db25ed4c
Credit
European Marine Observation and Data Network
Point of contact
  Ifremer
Thèmes Sextant
  • /Biological Environment/Habitats
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Habitats and biotopes
Mission Atlantic - Resources
  • Data
Mission Atlantic - Case Studies
  • Celtic Seas
Mission Atlantic - BODC Parameters
  • /Biological oceanography/Macroalgae and seagrass
  • /Environment/Habitat
Mission Atlantic - Data type (DMP)
  • Biological data
  • Spatial data products
Mission Atlantic - Work Package
  • WP4 Benthic Mapping
Use limitation
CC-BY (Creative Commons - Attribution)
Spatial representation type
vector Vector
Metadata language
English
Character set
utf8 UTF8
Topic category
  • Oceans
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Unique resource identifier
EPSG:4258
Distribution format
  • ESRI Shapefile ( 1.0 )

OnLine resource
EMODnet map viewer (Seabed Habitats) ( WWW:LINK )
OnLine resource
EMODnet catalogue (Seabed Habitat) ( WWW:LINK )
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Dataset
Statement
This data product is a work in progress. 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).
File identifier
8c451b52-4ebd-4f6e-b17d-b881db25ed4c XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-05-15T23:14:54.50061Z
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115-3 - SEXTANT
Metadata standard version
1.0
Point of contact
  Ifremer - Sextant
ZI Pointe du Diable , Plouzane , Brittany , 29280 , France
https://sextant.ifremer.fr/eng
 
 

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Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Habitats and biotopes
Mission Atlantic - BODC Parameters
/Biological oceanography/Macroalgae and seagrass /Environment/Habitat
Mission Atlantic - Case Studies
Celtic Seas
Mission Atlantic - Data type (DMP)
Biological data Spatial data products
Mission Atlantic - Resources
Data
Mission Atlantic - Work Package
WP4 Benthic Mapping
Thèmes Sextant
/Biological Environment/Habitats

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