ALBERT

Description: This dataset contains raster grids in TIFF format describing the past distribution (21000 yrs) of Pelmatellus columbianus in continental Ecuador. The spatial resolution is 2.5 m x 2.5 m.

Description: This dataset contains raster grids in TIFF format describing the present distribution of Pelmatellus columbianus in continental Ecuador. The spatial resolution is 2.5 m x 2.5 m.

Description: The present study describes Artemisina sponge grounds in Iberia Peninsula. A. transiens is a sponge described in 1890 by Topsent in Galicia (Spain); A. hispanica was also collected in the north of Spain by Ferrer-Hernández (1917); World Porifera Database (WPD) considers at the moment both mushroom-shaped species as synonyms (van Soest et al., 2018), but we have only been able to check the types of A. hispanica. The studied samples were collected in Somos Llungo station and they correspond clearly to those described as A. hispanica by Ferrer-Hernández (1917) and it presents differences in the skeleton with respet to description of A. transiens in the literture. There are no more records after 1917 and there are no data of ecological characterisation nor is there a detailed description of its skeletal composition with Scanning Electron Microscopy. In the previous records the formation of sponge grounds of these species was not known. Oceana, the largest international organization focused solely on protecting the world's oceans, has recorded the habitat of Artemisina in Atlantic and Cantabrian waters during a series of ROV cruises for the identification of marine areas with high ecological value that need protection. Its life conditions and associated fauna are described from direct observations for the first time.

Description: We used environmental niche modelling along with the best available species occurrence data and environmental parameters to model habitat suitability for key cold-water coral and commercially important deep-sea fish species under present-day (1951-2000) environmental conditions and to forecast changes under severe, high emissions future (2081-2100) climate projections (RCP8.5 scenario) for the North Atlantic Ocean (from 18°N to 76°N and 36°E to 98°W). The VME indicator taxa included Lophelia pertusa , Madrepora oculata, Desmophyllum dianthus, Acanela arbuscula, Acanthogorgia armata, and Paragorgia arborea. The six deep-sea fish species selected were: Coryphaenoides rupestris, Gadus morhua, blackbelly Helicolenus dactylopterus, Hippoglossoides platessoides, Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, and Sebastes mentella. We used an ensemble modelling approach employing three widely-used modelling methods: the Maxent maximum entropy model, Generalized Additive Models, and Random Forest. This dataset contains: 1) Predicted habitat suitability index under present-day (1951-2000) and future (2081-2100; RCP8.5) environmental conditions for twelve deep-sea species in the North Atlantic Ocean, using an ensemble modelling approach.  2) Climate-induced changes in the suitable habitat of twelve deep-sea species in the North Atlantic Ocean, as determined by binary maps built with an ensemble modelling approach and the 10-percentile training presence logistic (10th percentile) threshold. 3) Forecasted present-day suitable habitat loss (value=-1), gain (value=1), and acting as climate refugia (value=2) areas under future (2081-2100; RCP8.5) environmental conditions for twelve deep-sea species in the North Atlantic Ocean. Areas were identified from binary maps built with an ensemble modelling approach and two thresholds: 10-percentile training presence logistic threshold (10th percentile) and maximum sensitivity and specificity (MSS). Refugia areas are those areas predicted as suitable both under present-day and future conditions. All predictions were projected with the Albers equal-area conical projection centred in the middle of the study area. The grid cell resolution is of 3x3 km.

Description: This collection of datasets contains data measured by two weather stations related to the OBSEA platform since Feb, 2010. The first weather station is deployed at the OBSEA buoy, the second is located at the OBSEA shore station on top of the UPC building. OBSEA is a permanent underwater cabled seabed observatory located in front of the Catalan's coast near Barcelona, at 20 m depth which is used as a test site for different experiments related with marine sensors. It has a sea station and a ground station, which include a surface buoy equipped with weather station and camera and a coastal cabled system (seabed platform). OBSEA is part of the European Multidisciplinary Seafloor Observatory (EMSO) infrastructure and participates as a Coastal Observatory data provider and Test Site on the JERICO-RI. For a comfortable handling of these weather station data they were summarized monthly to one data set each. A complete list of the datasets belonging to this collection can be found at the end of this page.

Description: This collection of datasets contains current and wave data measured by an ADCP instrument related to the OBSEA platform since Mar, 2010. OBSEA is a permanent underwater cabled seabed observatory located in front of the Catalan's coast near Barcelona, at 20 m depth which is used as a test site for different experiments related with marine sensors. It has a sea station and a ground station, which include a surface buoy equipped with weather station and camera and a coastal cabled system (seabed platform). OBSEA is part of the European Multidisciplinary Seafloor Observatory (EMSO) infrastructure and participates as a Coastal Observatory data provider and Test Site on the JERICO-RI. For a comfortable handling of these weather station data they were summarized monthly to one data set each. A complete list of the datasets belonging to this collection can be found at the end of this page.