EFG MT1.3 Sandy shores – previous maps

MT1. Shorelines biome

MT1
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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 MT1.3 Sandy shores. Check the current maps here.

  • Indicative Map (code: MT1.3.IM.orig, version v1.0) discarded
  • Web navigation (code: MT1.3.web.grid, version v1.0) discarded
  • Web navigation (code: MT1.3.web.orig, version v1.0) requires review
  • Web navigation (code: MT1.3.WM.nwx, version v1.0) in preparation

Datasets

Datasets considered for previous versions of the indicative map

  • GSFM-2014 (Harris PT et al. 2014).
  • MEOW-2008 (Spalding MD et al. 2008).
  • Sandy-Coastlines-2020 (Vousdoukas et al. 2020).
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
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
Sandy-Coastlines-2020 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0697-0 :: https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset/18eb5f19-b916-454f-b2f5-88881931587e

Available files

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

MT1.3.IM.orig (v1.0): Zenodo repository (EFG map)

MT1.3.web.grid (v1.0): GitHub repository

MT1.3.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/
MEOW-2008 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License :: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0
Sandy-Coastlines-2020 https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/licence/com_reuse :: https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/access-rights/no-limitations

References

References used in these versions of the maps.

  • Vousdoukas, M., Ranasinghe, R., Mentaschi, L., Plomaritis, T., Athanasiou, P., Luijendijk, A. and Feyen, L. (2020) Sandy coastlines under threat of erosion Nature Climate Change 10, 260–263 DOI:10.1038/s41558-020-0697-0

  • 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

  • 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