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Environmental_Kerguelen_Plateau_1955_2012

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Citation
Guillaumot, C., Martin , A., Fabri-Ruiz, S., Eleaume, M. and Saucede, T. (2016) Environmental parameters (1955-2012) for echinoids distribution modelling on the Kerguelen Plateau, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/578ED5A08050F, Accessed: 2026-05-09
Title
Environmental parameters (1955-2012) for echinoids distribution modelling on the Kerguelen Plateau
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
DOI
doi:10.4225/15/578ED5A08050F
Created Date
2016-07-16
Revision Date
2022-05-02
Expected Date of Data Release
2016-07-20
Data Version
1
Parent record
None

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    Description

    Environmental variables in the region of the Kerguelen Plateau compiled from different sources and provided in the ascii raster format. Mean surface and seafloor temperature, salinity and their respective amplitude data are available on the time coverage 1955-2012 and over five decades: 1955 to 1964, 1965 to 1974, 1975 to 1984, 1985 to 1994 and 1995 to 2012. N/A was set as the no data reference.
    Future projections are provided for several parameters: they were modified after the Bio-ORACLE database (Tyberghein et al. 2012). They are based on three IPCC scenarii (B1, AIB, A2) for years 2100 and 2200 (IPCC, 4th report).

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    Purpose

    The dataset belongs to a toolkit of both occurrences and environmental parameters that may be used in species distribution modelling. The environmental descriptors provided in the dataset were compiled from different sources. They were selected according to their relevance to echinoid ecology.

    Quality

    Environmental data were sized up with R3.3.0 software (R Core Team 2015) to better fit the sampling area of where echinoids occur on the Kerguelen Plateau (63 degrees/81 degrees W; -46 degrees/-56 degrees S). They were set up to a 0.1 degree grid-cell spatial resolution with origin fixed at 0 (top left corner). Seafloor temperature, salinity, oxygen and nutrient concentration data were generated by using the provided data of the World Ocean Circulation experiment 2013 database and depth data.

    In marine nearshore areas, grid-cells with positive depth values above sea level were corrected for accuracy using ArcGis Raster Editor Tool (ESRI 2011) based on geographic charts (IGN: National Geographic Institute, EAN: 3282110102707, scale 1/200 000) and raw depth values measured in the field (Feral et al. 2013, 2014, Saucede et al. 2015).
    Roughness data were computed using the 'terrain' function of the raster package R3.3.0 (Hijmans and van Etten 2012).

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude

    Northernmost:
    -46
    Southernmost:
    -56

    Longitude

    Westernmost:
    61
    Easternmost:
    83

    Data Resolution

    Latitude Resolution:
    11 Kilometre(s)
    Longitude Resolution:
    11 Kilometre(s)

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • SOUTHERN OCEAN
    • ENVIRONMENTAL DESCRIPTORS
    • KERGUELEN PLATEAU
    • FUTURE PROJECTIONS
    • HISTORICAL OVERVIEW

    Locations

    • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
    • OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN

    Platforms

    • Environmental Modeling

    Instruments

    • Computer

    Researchers

    • guillaumot, charlene (INVESTIGATOR,TECHNICAL CONTACT,DIF AUTHOR)
    • martin, alexis (INVESTIGATOR)
    • fabri-ruiz, salome (INVESTIGATOR)
    • eleaume, marc (INVESTIGATOR)
    • saucede, thomas (INVESTIGATOR)

    Use Constraints

    This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

    Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=Environmental_Kerguelen_Plateau_1955_2012 when using these data.

    Project

      ISO Topic

      • OCEANS
      • BIOTA

      Dataset Language

      • English

      Orignating Centre

      • Australian Antarctic Division

      Dataset Progress

      • COMPLETE

      IDN Node

      • AMD/AU
      • AMD
      • CEOS

      Publications

      • Douglass LL, Turner J, Grantham HS, Kaiser S, Constable A, Nicoll R, Raymond B, Post A, Brandt A, Beaver D (2014) A hierarchical classification of benthic biodiversity and assessment of protected areas in the Southern Ocean., PloS one, 9(7), doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0100551
      • Durham JW, Melville RV (1957) A classification of echinoids., Journal of Paleontology, 31(1), 242-272
      • Feral JP, Marschal C, Marty G, Poulin E, Saucede T (2013) PROTEKER: report of the 2nd field campaign, 17
      • Feral JP, Marschal C, Marty G, Motreuil S, Roca JC (2014) PROTEKER: report of the 3rd field campaign., 10
      • Saucede T, Fabri-Ruiz S, Fournier J, De Ridder C, Marty G (2015) PROTEKER 4: report of the 4th field campaign., 33
      • Smith W, Sandwell D (1997) Global seafloor topography from satellite altimetry and ship depth soundings., Science, 277(5334), 1957-1962, doi:10.1126/science.277.5334.1956.
      • Tyberghein L, Verbruggen H, Pauly K, Troupin C, Mineur F, De Clerck O (2012) Bio-ORACLE: a global environmental dataset for marine species distribution modelling., Global Ecology and Biogeography, 21(2), 272-28, doi:10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00656.x.

      Metadata Revision History

        2016-07-16 - record created by Charlene Guillaumot. 2019-03-19 - record updated by Dave Connell for ISO compliance. 2022-05-02 - record updated by Dave Connell for ISO compliance.

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