Set of terrain (static in time) and environmental (dynamic in time) variables used as candidate predictors of present-day (1951-2000) and future (2081-2100) suitable habitat of cold-water corals and deep-sea fishes in the North Atlantic ...

• Main Authors: Wei, Chih-Lin, González-Irusta, José Manuel, Domínguez-Carrió, Carlos, Morato, Telmo
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2020
• Subjects: Climate change; Deep-sea; environmental conditions; habitat suitability modelling; RCP8.5; File name; File format; File size; Uniform resource locator/link to file; A Trans-Atlantic assessment and deep-water ecosystem-based spatial management plan for Europe ATLAS; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.911117; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.911117

We used environmental niche modelling along with the best available species occurrence data and environmental parameters to model habitat suitability for key cold-water coral and commercially important deep-sea fish species under present-day (1951-2000) environmental conditions and to forecast changes under severe, high emissions future (2081-2100) climate projections (RCP8.5 scenario) for the North Atlantic Ocean (from 18°N to 76°N and 36°E to 98°W). This dataset contains a set of terrain (static in time) and environmental (dynamic in time) variables were used as candidate predictors of present-day (1951-2000) distribution and to forecast future (2081-2100) changes. All predictor variables were projected with the Albers equal-area conical projection centred in the middle of the study area. The terrain variable depth was extracted from a bathymetry grid built from two data sources: the EMODnet Digital Terrain Model (EMODnet, 2018) and the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO 2014; Weatherall et ...