Unequivocal VMEs and VME likelihood on the North Atlantic ...

• Main Authors: Combes Magali, Sandrine, Vaz
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: IFREMER 2019
• Subjects: Habitats and biotopes; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.12770/3f14f4aa-ffaa-4152-865f-01be69048fce; https://sextant.ifremer.fr/record/3f14f4aa-ffaa-4152-865f-01be69048fce/

Distribution of unequivocal Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs) and VME likelihood based on indicator taxa records, on the North Atlantic (18°N to 76°N and 36°E to 98°W). Several datasets, originating from public databases, literature review and data call to ATLAS partners, were gathered to compute the presence of unequivocal VME habitats in 25km * 25 km cells. One layer displays the unequivocal VMEs (value=4) and the assigned high (value=3), medium (value=2) or low (value=1) likelihood of gridsquares to host VMEs, indexed on indicator taxa records from public databases. The second displays the confidence associated to the VME likelihood score, indexed on data quality (values for unequivocal VMEs thus 100% confidence=4; high confidence=3; medium confidence=2; low confidence=1).This dataset was built to feed a basin-wide spatial conservation planning exercise, targeting the deep sea of the North Atlantic. The goal of this approach was to identify conservation priority areas for Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems ...