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Benthic habitats using EUNIS classification for the Brazilian EEZ
Citation
De Souza, Vitor; Gandra, Tiago; Bonetti, Jarbas ; Galparsoro, Ibon; Conti, Luis; Scherer, Marinez (2024), “Benthic habitats using EUNIS classification for the Brazilian EEZ”, Mendeley Data, V1. https://doi.org/10.17632/2mvy9bgrxs.1
Contact: De Souza, Vitor
Access data
Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Description

The dataset contains the shapefile of marine benthic broad habitats classified according to EUNIS classification for the Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone region. It was developed using open access databases and GIS operations to develop two intermediate layers: (i) biological zones and (ii) substrate type. Both layers were combined to form the first continuous map of marine habitats for the entire region. 

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This benthic habitats distribution map was classified according to the European Union Information System (EUNIS) up to level 3 (broad habitat types). It was obtained through the compilation and analysis of key environmental parameters (i.e. depth of euphotic zone, wave mean period, bathymetric terrain model and type of substrate).

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 862428 (MISSION ATLANTIC).

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Benthos
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Data not evaluated, Esri Shapefile, Habitat types and species distribution and range (Habitats Directive), Habitats and biotopes, Metadata conformant, No limitations to public access, Oceans, Regional, WGS84 (EPSG:4326), Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone
Geographical coverage
Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [Marine Regions]
Contributors
Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), more, data creator
De Souza, Vitor
Bonetti, Jarbas
Scherer, Marinez
Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio Grande do Sul (IFSul), more, data creator
Gandra, Tiago
AZTI, Marine Research; Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA) (AZTI), more, data creator
Galparsoro, Ibon
University of São Paulo (USP), more, data creator
Conti, Luis
Project
MISSION ATLANTIC: Towards the Sustainable Development of the Atlantic Ocean: Mapping and Assessing the present and future status of Atlantic marine ecosystems under the influence of climate change and exploitation, more
Funding H2020
Grant agreement ID 862428
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Data type: GIS maps
Data origin: Data collection
Release date: 2024-04-30
Metadatarecord created: 2024-05-15
Information last updated: 2024-07-31
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