Aqua Maps 10/2019
Data and Resources
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AquaMaps official websiteHTML
This is the link to the aquamaps.com website which comprises all the...
Additional Info
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Last Updated | July 26, 2022, 23:39 (PDT) |
| Created | July 23, 2022, 01:49 (PDT) |
| Region | Saint Helena |
| Language | eng |
| Topic Category | Biota; flora and/or fauna in natural environment |
| Temporal Extent End | 2019-10-31 |
| Dataset Reference Date | 2019 |
| Lineage | AquaMaps is a tool for generating model-based, large-scale predictions of natural occurrences of marine species. The model uses estimates of environmental preferences with respect to depth, water temperature, salinity, primary productivity, dissolved oxygen, and association with sea ice or coastal areas. These estimates of species preferences, called environmental envelopes, are derived from large sets of occurrence data available from online collection databases such as GBIF (gbif.org) and OBIS (obis.org), and from independent knowledge from the literature about the distribution of a given species and its habitat usage that are available in FishBase (www.fishbase.org) and in SeaLifeBase (www.sealifebase.org). The environmental envelopes are matched against local environmental conditions to determine the suitability of a given area in the ocean for a particular species. Predictions of relative probabilities of species occurrence are shown as color-coded species range maps in a global grid of half-degree latitude and longitude cell dimensions. The AquaMaps approach of incorporating species occurrences and expert knowledge into an environmental envelope is modified from an ecological niche model originally developed for predicting global distributions of marine mammals (Kaschner et al., 2006). AquaMaps predictions have been validated using independent and effort-corrected survey data (Ready et al., 2010). For more information check online resources: https://www.aquamaps.org/main/AquaMaps_Algorithm_and_Data_Sources.pdf#page=1' |
| West Longitude | -25 |
| South Latitude | -55 |
| East Longitude | 35 |
| North Latitude | 5 |
| Spatial Reference System | WGS84 |
| Responsible Organisation Name | Hidden (personal data protection) |
| Contact Mail Address | Hidden (personal data protection) |
| Responsible Party Role | Hidden (personal data protection) |
| Access Limitations | Open access |
| Use Constraints | Open, but copyright and/or Intellectual Property Rights apply |
| Resource Reference | General citation: Kaschner, K., Kesner-Reyes, K., Garilao, C., Segschneider, J., Rius-Barile, J. Rees, T., & Froese, R. (2019, October). AquaMaps: Predicted range maps for aquatic species. Retrieved from https://www.aquamaps.org. See additional terms and conditions at: https://www.aquamaps.org/main/TermsConditions.php |
| Data Format | shape |
| Update Frequency | continual |
| Accuracy | various depending on the source |
| Resource Type | Data series |
| Metadata Date | 2022-07-09 |
| Contact Consent | Contact details hidden |
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