UKSeaMap 2016 broad-scale habitat map and confidence maps
UKSeaMap 2016 has been generated by JNCC and is a by-product of the 2013-2016 activities of the EMODnet Seabed Habitats 2013-2016 consortium. This dataset contains two products: a roughly 100 m* resolution broad-scale predictive seabed habitat map in geodatabase format, and a set of confidence maps in GeoTIFF format. The data has been clipped to cover the current extent of the UK continental shelf. * 3 arc second = 93 m latitudinally by between 44 m (north) and 53 m (south) longitudinally Classification system: ⢠EUNIS habitat classification system (http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-3365), with additional deep sea zones ⢠MSFD predominant habitats ⢠The Marine Habitat Classification for Britain and Ireland (http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-1584) Input data layers: ⢠Seabed substrate type ⢠Depth to the seabed ⢠Amount of light reaching the seabed ⢠Wave disturbance at the seabed ⢠Kinetic energy at the seabed caused by tidal currents and waves A detailed description of the method used to create the EMODnet Seabed Habitats broad-scale habitat maps can be found in the EUSeaMap technical report on the EMODnet Seabed Habitats website: http://www.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/resources/documents/.
dataset
http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/ukseamap
name: ukseamap
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eng
http://www.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/outputs Commission Decision May 2017: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017D0848&from=EN
oceans
Marine
Seabed Habitats and Geology
EUNIS
UKSeaMap
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2016-11-01
2016-11-01
publication
2017-10-16
Updated 20171016: MSFD predominant habitats reclassifed as MSFD Benthic Broad Habitat Types (as defined in Commission Decision May 2017), using the correlation table in: J:\Reference\Marine\Habitats\7_MSFDBenthicBroadHabitatTypes_SupplementaryFiles\C20170620MSFD_BH2017_LookUpTables_DD3.xlsx Composite data product, created by merging the UK 3-arc-second case study and EUSeaMap 2016 outputs of EMODnet Seabed Habitats phase 2. The UK 3-arc-second dataset was erased (in ArcGIS) from EUSeaMap 2016, to create a single full-coverage and flat dataset, before clipping to the UK continental shelf.
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Available under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Attribution statement: "JNCC data © copyright and database right 2017 contains UKHO data © copyright and database right 2017".
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