EFG M2.1 Epipelagic waters – previous maps

M2. Pelagic ocean waters 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 M2.1 Epipelagic waters. Check the current maps here.

  • Indicative Map (code: M2.1.IM.orig, version v2.0) discarded
  • Web navigation (code: M2.1.web.orig, version v2.0) discarded
  • Web navigation (code: M2.1.WM.nwx, version v1.0) in preparation
  • Indicative Map (code: M2.1.IM.orig, version v1.0) discarded
  • Web navigation (code: M2.1.web.orig, version v1.0) discarded

Datasets

Datasets considered for previous versions of the indicative map

  • EMU-2017 (Sayre et al. 2017).
  • SRTM30-PLUS-V11 (Becker et al. 2009).
dataset url
EMU-2017 https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/science/ecological-marine-units/overview :: https://rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov/outgoing/ecosystems/Global/ :: https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2017.116 :: https://community.esri.com/groups/ecological-marine-units/blog/2017/01/03/getting-started-with-ecological-marne-units-emu-s-using-arcgis-desktop
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:

M2.1.web.orig (v2.0): Mapbox tileset

M2.1.IM.orig (v1.0): Zenodo repository (bundle of maps)

M2.1.web.orig (v1.0): Mapbox tileset

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
EMU-2017 https://data.amerigeoss.org/dataset/ecological-marine-unit-emu-explorer :: http://opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by/
SRTM30-PLUS-V11 https://topex.ucsd.edu/pub/srtm30_plus/topo30/COPYRIGHT.txt

References

References used in these versions of the maps.

  • Sayre, R.G., D.J. Wright, S.P. Breyer, K.A. Butler, K. Van Graafeiland, M.J. Costello, P.T. Harris, K.L. Goodin, J.M. Guinotte, Z. Basher, M.T. Kavanaugh, P.N. Halpin, M.E. Monaco, N. Cressie, P. Aniello, C.E. Frye, and D. Stephens (2017) A three-​dimensional mapping of the ocean based on environmental data Oceanography 30(1):90–103 DOI:10.5670/oceanog.2017.116
  • 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