UKSeaMap 2016 broad-scale habitat map and confidence maps

• Published by: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
• Last updated: 01 July 2019
• Topic: Not added
• Licence: Open Government Licence ; View licence information

Summary

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/.

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Link to the data	Format	File added	Data preview
ukseamap	N/A	01 July 2019	Not available

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2018-07-07
• Access contraints: None
• Harvest GUID: ceba708b-43a7-498f-8532-2b5d73e0aa51
• Extent: Latitude: 63.887068° to 47.435408°
• Extent: Longitude: -25.13538° to 3.39855°
• Dataset reference date: 2017-10-16 (publication)
• Responsible party: Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC (distributor)
• ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
• Metadata language: eng
• Source Metadata: XML
• Source Metadata: HTML

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