Additional File 3: Derived Data Sets of the Habitat Classification in Egypt

Additional file 3: Derived data sets of the habitat classification in Egypt

System Sub-system Classes Equation / Description / Processing

Epipelagic (Territorial_Waters) AND ((Bathymetry>=0) AND (Bathymetry<200))

Pelagic Mesopelagic (Territorial_Waters) AND ((Bathymetry>=200) AND (Bathymetry

e Bathypelagic (Territorial_Waters) AND ((Bathymetry>=1000) AND (Bathymetry n i r a

M Islands Islands On Screen Digitizing from Google Earth

Subsetting the Coral Reefs that located only in Egypt Corals Corals Then field verification has been done

LandCover ("LC" = 'AG')

Arable Land & Rural Gardens [Field] LC: Land Cover

[Value] AG: Agriculture Area Terrestrial LandCover ("LC" = 'UR')

Urban Areas [Field] LC: Land Cover

[Value] UR: Urban Area l a i c

i LandCover ("LC" = 'WAT') f i t r A Then field verification have been done Water Storage Areas [Field] LC: Land Cover

[Value] WAT: Water Assemblage Aquatic

Aquaculture Ponds Field monitoring using GPS

Salt Exploitation Sites Field monitoring using GPS

Canals, Drainage Channels and Ditches Water_Lines Shapefile has been updated from the World_Base_Map_Imagery ArcGIS 10.2 by on screen digitizing

d Rivers Banks Buffer (Nile River) with 1km n a l n I (

Fresh Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools Field monitoring using GPS and on screen digitizing from Google Earth s d n a l

t Springs and Oases e W Permanent Saline, Brackish or Alkaline Lakes On Screen Digitizing from Google Earth Brackish Swamps and Marshes On Screen Digitizing from Google Earth and Field monitoring using GPS

Marine Rocky Shoreline

Sandy Shorelines and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, etc

Mud Shoreline and Intertidal Mud Flats

Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses) System Sub-system Classes Equation / Description / Processing

Tidepools

Mangrove Submerged Roots On Screen Digitizing from Google Earth and Field monitoring using GPS

Mountains (DEM>=1000)

Hills and Plateaus (DEM>=500) AND (DEM<1000) High land High Areas (DEM>=200) AND (DEM<500)

Plain Areas (DEM>=0) AND (DEM<200)

Bare_Areas("BA_ID" = '3') Desert Sand dunes, Sand Sheets and Sand Mounds Then field verification have been done

(LandCover("LC" = 'BA')) AND (Bare_Areas("BA_ID" = '3'))

[Field] LC: Land Cover

Hamada Desert [Value] BA: Bare Area

Desert plain [Field] BA_ID: Bare Area Identification t r [Value] 3: Sand Dunes e s e D (Buffer Mediterranean Sea by 20 km on the terrestrial side of Egypt) AND (Bare_Areas("BA_ID" = '3')) Coastal Sand Dunes [Field] BA_ID: Bare Area Identification

[Value] 3: Sand Dunes

Updating LandCover("LC" = 'NVT') by on screen digitizing from military topographic map.

Valleys and Canyons [Field] LC: Land Cover

Low land [Value] NVT: Natural Vegetation

Depression (DEM<0)

Sabkhat On Screen Digitizing from Google Earth and Field monitoring using GPS

Caves & Field monitoring using GPS Subterranean Caves and Carsts Habitats

r Rivers Islands were subtracted from the Nile River e t a w Inland Lakes Egypt Lakes shape file have been updated h s e r F Islands On Screen Digitizing from Google Earth.