EFG S1.1 Aerobic caves – current maps

S1. Subterranean lithic biome

This page provides information about the valid indicative distribution map for the ecosystem functional group S1.1 Aerobic caves. For older or alternative maps, see here.

Methods

Here is the methods summary for Map code and version: S1.1.web.orig v1.0.

Distributions of Aerobic caves were based on mapped area of carbonate rock outcrop (Williams & Ting Fong 2016). This. provides an upper limit on the area of exposed karst terrain, as not all carbonate rocks are karstified. Lava tubes and other rocks that may contain these ecosystem functional groups are not shown on this indicative map, but are less extensive than those in carbonate rock.

Datasets

Carbonate-rocks-3.0 (Williams P, Ting Fong Y 2016):

Source of topography and geomorphology. Resolution: variable (polygons), static. Accuracy evaluation: qualitative (experts judgement).

dataset	url
Carbonate-rocks-3.0	https://www.fos.auckland.ac.nz/our_research/karst/

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 Indirect,general.

Ground observations are no.

The accuracy evaluation Qualitative expert assessment,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: S1.1.IM.orig, version v1.0)
• Web navigation (code: S1.1.web.orig, version v1.0)

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

S1.1.IM.orig (v1.0): Google Cloud bucket :: Zenodo repository (bundle of maps)

S1.1.web.orig (v1.0): Google Cloud bucket :: Zenodo repository (bundle of maps) :: Zenodo repository (EFG map) :: Mapbox tileset :: GitHub repository :: Earth Engine assets :: 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.

License information for some datasets used to create this map is incomplete or undocumented. Check details below.

dataset	license_info

References

References used in this version of the maps.

• Williams P, Ting Fong Y (2016) World map of carbonate rock outcrops v3.0 The University of Auckland, Auckland. Webpage