EFG M4.1 Submerged artificial structures – current maps

M4. Anthropogenic marine biome

M4
valid
Published

June 7, 2024

This page provides information about the valid indicative distribution map for the ecosystem functional group M4.1 Submerged artificial structures. For older or alternative maps, see here.

Methods

Here is the methods summary for Map code and version: M4.1.web.orig v1.0.

Marine ecoregions that include occurrences of submerged artificial structures were identified by overlaying a mapped distribution of shipwrecks (Monfils 2004) on marine ecoregions (Spalding et al. 2008). Occurrences were converted to 30arc second spatial resolution. In many cases these ecoregions encompassed other submerged structures such as energy infrastructure. To represent uncertainty, indicative distributions were mapped as minor occurrences.

Datasets

MEOW-2008 (Spalding MD et al. 2008):

Source of biogeographical range. Resolution: variable (polygons), static. Accuracy evaluation: qualitative (experts judgement).

Shipwrecks2004 (Monfils R 2004):

Source of validated distribution records. Resolution: variable (points), static. Accuracy evaluation: known records.

dataset url
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
Shipwrecks2004 https://doi.org/10.7901/2169-3358-2005-1-1049

Processing

Processing steps used in this map are: Selection.

Map evaluation

This map is considered to be a Coarse quality map based on the following characteristics:

Concept alignment is Direct,general.

Ground observations are yes.

The accuracy evaluation Known records,undocumented.

How to use the data

Available files

Following maps are considered current and valid indicative distribution maps for this ecosystem functional group. Web navigation maps are optimised for use in webapps, but they have similar methods and differ only in details of format and processing.

  • Indicative Map (code: M4.1.IM.orig, version v1.0)
  • Web navigation (code: M4.1.web.orig, version v1.0)

You can download geospatial data for this map from the following sources:

M4.1.IM.orig (v1.0): Google Cloud bucket :: Zenodo repository (bundle of maps)

M4.1.web.orig (v1.0): Google Cloud bucket :: Zenodo repository (bundle of maps) :: Zenodo repository (EFG map) :: GitHub repository :: GitHub repository :: GitHub repository :: Earth Engine assets

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.

Datasets used to create this map might have some restriction for commercial use, see details below.

dataset license_info
MEOW-2008 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License :: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0

References

References used in this version of the maps.

  • Rean Monfils (2005) The global risk of marine pollution from WWII shipwrecks: Examples from the Seven Seas International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings May 2005, Vol. 2005, No. 1, pp. 1049-1054. PDF from Sea Australia, Civic DOI:10.7901/2169-3358-2005-1-1049
  • 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