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File Identifier:
gov.noaa.nodc:0303081
Metadata Date Stamp:
2025-05
Organization:
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Organization Role:
custodian
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Identification Information
Title:
Stacked species distribution models of deep-sea corals and sponges off the United States west coast (NCEI Accession 0303081)
Abstract:
These data are a set of raster maps of community-level predictions of deep-sea coral and sponge taxa distributions off the continental U.S. west coast, spanning depths from 50 to 1200 m. The raster files come in two versions: one where predicted distribution suitability range from 0 - 1 and one where the predicted suitability is classified into five classes; very low (0–0.2), low (0.21–0.40), moderate (0.41–0.60), high (0.61–0.80) and very high (0.81–1.00). These raster maps were derived from 40 deep-sea coral and sponge habitat suitability models (HSMs), generated at the genus- and species-level maps generated by Poti et al. (2020). A cluster analysis of the HSMs identified 10 groups whose member taxa were stacked and averaged to produce a stacked species distribution model (S-SDM). The individual S-SDM rasters are numbered and the numbers refer to distinct groups identified in the cluster analysis. The member taxa for each S-SDM are listed in a data dictionary included with this data package. Further details about the generation of the S-SDMs and their interpretation can be found in Shantharam et al. (2025).
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Data Theme
Theme Topics:
Environment and Conservation, Oceans and Estuaries
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Spatial Domain
West Bounding Longitude:
-125
South Bounding Latitude:
33
East Bounding Longitude:
-117
North Bounding Latitude:
48
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Data Quality Information
Scope (quality information applies to):
Dataset
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Contact Information
Email:
ncei.info@noaa.gov
Contact Website:
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
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Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Standard Name:
ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
Metadata Standard Version:
ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
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