EFG M1.2 Kelp forests – previous maps

M1. Marine shelf biome

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Published

June 7, 2024

Version history

This page provides information about older or alternative versions of indicative distribution map for this ecosystem functional group M1.2 Kelp forests. Check the current maps here.

  • Web navigation (code: M1.2.web.orig, version v2.1) discarded
  • Indicative Map (code: M1.2.IM.orig, version v2.0) discarded
  • Indicative Map (code: M1.2.IM.orig, version v1.0) discarded
  • Web navigation (code: M1.2.WM.nwx, version v1.0) in preparation
  • Web navigation (code: M1.2.web.orig, version v1.0) requires review

Datasets

Datasets considered for previous versions of the indicative map

  • GSFM-2014 (Harris PT et al. 2014).
  • Kelpforest-list (Steneck et al. 2002).
  • Kelpforest-list (Wernberg and Filbee-Dexler 2019).
  • Kelpforest-potential-dist (Jayathilake and Costello 2020).
  • MEOW-2008 (Spalding MD et al. 2008).
  • SRTM30-PLUS-V11 (Becker et al. 2009).
  • NA (Wernberg and Filbee-Dexler 2019).
dataset url
GSFM-2014 http://www.bluehabitats.org/?page_id=9 :: https://www.grida.no/publications/112 :: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jvaprrz8snnzvfo/global%20seafloor%20geomorphic%20features%20map.zip?dl=0
Kelpforest-potential-dist https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108815 :: https://data.unep-wcmc.org/datasets/49 :: https://www.oceansofbiodiversity.auckland.ac.nz/2020/12/21/world-map-of-the-kelp-biome/ :: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109099
MEOW-2008 https://www.worldwildlife.org/publications/marine-ecoregions-of-the-world-a-bioregionalization-of-coastal-and-shelf-areas :: https://databasin.org/datasets/3b6b12e7bcca419990c9081c0af254a2 :: http://maps.tnc.org/gis_data.html
SRTM30-PLUS-V11 ftp://topex.ucsd.edu/pub/srtm30_plus/ :: https://topex.ucsd.edu/WWW_html/srtm30_plus.html

Available files

You can download geospatial data for older versions of these maps from the following sources:

M1.2.web.orig (v2.1): Mapbox tileset

M1.2.IM.orig (v1.0): Zenodo repository (EFG map)

M1.2.web.orig (v1.0): GitHub repository

Note that you need to login to some services like mapbox or earthengine, and in some cases you also need to request access to the files.

License information

Indicative maps have been released with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

But see details of dataset licenses below:

dataset license_info
GSFM-2014 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Kelpforest-potential-dist https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
MEOW-2008 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License :: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0
SRTM30-PLUS-V11 https://topex.ucsd.edu/pub/srtm30_plus/topo30/COPYRIGHT.txt

References

References used in these versions of the maps.

  • Wernberg T, Filbee-Dexter K (2019) Missing the marine forest for the trees Mar Ecol Prog Ser 612:209-215 DOI:10.3354/meps12867

  • Dinusha R.M. Jayathilake, Mark John Costello (2020) A modelled global distribution of the kelp biome Biological Conservation 252: 108815 DOI:10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108815

  • Spalding MD, Fox HE, Allen GR, Davidson N, Ferdaña ZA, Finlayson M, Halpern BS, Jorge MA, Lombana A, Lourie SA, Martin KD, McManus E, Molnar J, Recchia CA, Robertson J (2007) Marine ecoregions of the world: a bioregionalization of coastal and shelf areas. Bioscience 57: 573–583. DOI:10.1641/B570707

  • Becker JJ, Sandwell DT, Smith WHF, Braud J, Binder B, Depner J, Fabre D, Factor J, Ingalls S, Kim S-H, Ladner R, Marks K, Nelson S, Pharaoh A, Trimmer R, Von Rosenberg J, Wallace G, Weatherall P (2009) Global Bathymetry and Elevation Data at 30 Arc Seconds Resolution: SRTM30_PLUS, Marine Geodesy 32: 355-371. DOI:10.1080/01490410903297766

  • Steneck RS, Graham MH, Bourque BJ, Corbett D, Erlandson JM, Estes JA, Tegner MJ (2002) Kelp forest ecosystems - biodiversity, stability, resilience and future. In: Environmental Conservation 29: 436–459.

  • Harris PT, Macmillan-Lawler M, Rupp J, Baker EK (2014) Geomorphology of the oceans. Marine Geology 352: 4-24. 10.1016/j.margeo.2014.01.011