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Manual of Marine and Coastal Datasets of Biodiversity Importance MANUAL OF MARINE AND COASTAL DATASETS OF BIODIVERSITY IMPORTANCE AN INTRODUCTION TO KEY MARINE AND COASTAL BIODIVERSITY DATASETS (03/2019 EDITION) Detailed dataset-specific metadata TEAM Osgur McDermott Long, Ruth Fletcher, Miranda Jones, Emma Sullivan, Derek Tittensor, Chris Mcowen, Laurens Geffert, Jan-Willem van Bochove1 , Hannah Thomas, Simon Blyth, Corinna Ravillious, Melissa Tolley, Damon Stanwell-Smith, Juliette C.G. Martin, Rachael Scrimgeour, Holly Brooks , Steve Fletcher, Corinne Martin, Lauren V. Weatherdon IN COLLABORATION WITH Kristin Kaschner (AquaMaps; Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Germany) PUBLISHED March 2019 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors are grateful to the Proteus Partnership who part-financed this work. SUGGESTED CITATION McDermott Long O, Fletcher R, Jones MC, Kaschner K, Sullivan E, Tittensor DP, Mcowen C, Geffert JL, van Bochove JW, Thomas H, Blyth S, Ravillious C, Tolley M, Stanwell-Smith D, Martin JCG, Scrimgeour R, Brooks H, Fletcher S, Martin CS, Weatherdon LV (2019). Manual of marine and coastal datasets of biodiversity importance. March 2019 edition. Cambridge (UK): UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Available at: http://library.oceanplus.org [On-line]; wcmc.io/MarineDataManual [PDF]. EDITION This Manual was first published by Martin et al. in 2014, and updated by Weatherdon et al. (2015). The 2017 update includes 13 additional, updated metadata sheets, while the March 2019 update includes a further 34 metadata sheets. This publication is available online at: http://wcmc.io/MarineDataManual. ...……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… COPYRIGHT 2019 UN Environment The UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) is the specialist biodiversity centre of UN Environment, the world’s foremost intergovernmental environmental organization. The Centre has been in operation for over 40 years, combining scientific research with practical policy advice. Distribution: This publication may be reproduced for educational or non-profit purposes without special permission, provided acknowledgement to the source is made. Reuse of any figures is subject to permission from the original rights holders. No use of this publication may be made for resale or any other commercial purpose without permission in writing from UN Environment. Applications for permission, with a statement of purpose and extent of reproduction, should be sent to the Director, UNEP-WCMC, 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 0DL, UK. Disclaimer: The contents of this report do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of UN Environment, contributory organizations or editors. The designations employed and the presentations of material in this report do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UN Environment or contributory organizations, editors or publishers concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city area or its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries or the designation of its name, frontiers or boundaries. The mention of a commercial entity or product in this publication does not imply endorsement by UN Environment. Cover page image: Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia (Photo by Alexandra Rose on Unsplash). 1 Present address: The Biodiversity Consultancy, Cambridge, UK. CONTENTS Marine Forests ....................................................................................................................................... 7 Global Wetlands Map............................................................................................................................ 10 Global Distribution of Tidal Flat Ecosystems ........................................................................................... 13 Global Mangrove Watch........................................................................................................................ 16 Global Distribution of Coral Reefs .......................................................................................................... 20 Global Distribution of Coral Reefs - 1 Km Data (2003).............................................................................. 25 Global Distribution of Cold-water Corals................................................................................................. 27 Global Habitat Suitability for Framework-Forming Cold-Water Corals (2011) ............................................ 31 Global Distributions of Habitat Suitability for Cold-Water Octocorals (2012)............................................. 33 Modelled Spatial Distributions of Coralligenous and Maërl Habitats (2014) .............................................. 36 Global Distribution of Mangroves USGS (2011) ....................................................................................... 39 Global Spatiotemporal Database of Mangrove Forest Cover (2014) (CGMFC-21) ...................................... 42 World Atlas of Mangroves ..................................................................................................................... 45 Global Distribution of Modelled Mangrove Biomass (2014) ..................................................................... 49 World Mangrove Atlas (1997) ................................................................................................................ 52 Mangrove Tree Height in Africa (2013) ................................................................................................... 54 Global Distribution of Seagrasses ........................................................................................................... 56 Modelled Posidonia oceanica Distribution (2013) ................................................................................... 61 Global Distribution of Saltmarsh ............................................................................................................ 64 Global Distribution of Sea Turtle Nesting Sites (1999).............................................................................. 68 A Modelled Global Distribution of the Seagrass Biome ............................................................................ 71 Global Distribution of Sea Turtle Feeding Sites (1999) ............................................................................. 74 Migratory Connectivity in the Ocean (MiCo) ........................................................................................... 76 Movebank ............................................................................................................................................ 79 Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) ........................................................................................ 83 Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) .................................................................................... 87 Ocean Biogeographic Information System Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations (OBIS- SEAMAP) .............................................................................................................................................. 90 Global Distribution of Northern Fur Seals (2013) ..................................................................................... 93 Global Distribution of Hawaiian Monk Seals (2013) ................................................................................. 96 Global Distribution of Grey Seals (2013) ................................................................................................. 99 Global Distribution of Hector's Dolphins (2013) .................................................................................... 102 Global Distribution of Atlantic Spotted Dolphins (2013)......................................................................... 105 Global Distribution of Northern Bottlenose Whales (2013) .................................................................... 108 Global Distribution of Sperm Whales (2013) ......................................................................................... 111 Global Distribution of Bowhead Whales (2013) ..................................................................................... 114 Manual: http://wcmc.io/MarineDataManual | Ocean+ Library: http://library.oceanplus.org Page 3 of 350 Global Distribution of Sei Whales (2013) .............................................................................................. 117 Global Distribution of Melon-Headed Whales (2013) ............................................................................ 120 Spatial Data for the Red List of Threatened Species............................................................................... 123 Corrected and Refined Mangrove Species Ranges (2014) ...................................................................... 126 Global Patterns of Marine Biodiversity (2010)....................................................................................... 129 Global Map of Shannon's Index of Biodiversity (OBIS) ........................................................................... 132 Global Map of Hurlbert's Index of Biodiversity (OBIS) ............................................................................ 135 Global Seagrass Species Richness (2003) .............................................................................................. 138 ProtectedSeas Marine Area Map ......................................................................................................... 140 World
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