Species Distribution - Spawning grounds of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in the North Sea (Gonzalez-Irusta and Wright 2016)
The spawning grounds of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) layer has been generated to identify the likely distribution of Atlantic cod spawning in the North Sea, taking account of certain environmental influences. The map key classifies Atlantic cod spawning areas as ‘recurrent’, ‘occasional’, ‘rare’ and ‘unfavourable’.
This layer updates the existing (Coull et al., 1998) spawning map for Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) also available on NMPi, by providing finer granularity to the likely Atlantic cod spawning areas. The Coull et al., (1998) maps have been used for more than a decade to ensure that appropriate protection is afforded to sensitive areas from disturbance.
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- Alternate title
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Spawning layers updated for cod using ecological niche modelling
- Date ()
- 2020-11-09
- Identifier
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Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_12348
Scottish Government
-Marine Directorate
Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay
,Edinburgh
,EH6 6QQ
,United Kingdom
Scottish Government
Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay
,Edinburgh
,EH6 6QQ
,United Kingdom
Scottish Government
Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay
,Edinburgh
,EH6 6QQ
,United Kingdom
Scottish Government
Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay
,Edinburgh
,EH6 6QQ
,United Kingdom
- Maintenance and update frequency
- unknown
- Keywords
- SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
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Fish reproduction
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- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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Habitats and biotopes
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Species distribution
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- Marine Strategy Framework Directive descriptors
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Biological diversity maintained
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- Use constraints
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The following attribution statement must be used: Contains information from the Scottish Government licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Access constraints
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
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no limitations to public access
- Distance
- 200 http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/ISO_19139_Schemas/resources/uom/gmxUom.xml#m
- Metadata language
- eng (en)
- Topic category
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- Biota
![](https://spatialdata.gov.scot/geonetwork/srv/api/regions/geom.png?geomsrs=EPSG:4326&geom=POLYGON((7.998047%2049.49667,7.998047%2061.6064,-11.20605%2061.6064,-11.20605%2049.49667,7.998047%2049.49667)))
- Geographic identifier
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The water column that is significantly influenced by the seabed, which is broader in deep ocean than in shelf seas. Guideline approximation is bottom 10m of oceans and bottom 5% of shelf (<200m) seas.
- Date ()
- 2010-01-01
- Geographic identifier
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The entire body of water between the bed and the atmosphere.
- Date ()
- 2010-01-01
- Begin date
- 2013-05-01
- End date
- 2015-12-09
- Reference system identifier
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OGP
/urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
- Distribution format
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- OnLine resource
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View on MS Maps
(
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
)
- OnLine resource
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species_distribution_spawning_cod_north_sea
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OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-capabilities
)
- OnLine resource
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species_distribution_spawning_cod_north_sea
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OGC:WCS
)
- OnLine resource
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species_distribution_spawning_cod_north_sea
(
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
)Download as geotiff on WGS84 datum
- OnLine resource
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ICES Journal of Marine Science, Volume 73, Issue 2, January/February 2016, Pages 304–315
(
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
)
- Scope
- dataset
- Statement
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Data was obtained from the North Sea International Bottom Trawl Survey (NS-BTS) (2009-2014) to assess the abundance of cod in spawning stage (CSS). The importance of environmental influences on spawning distribution was then examined using General Additive Models (GAMs). Environmental variables such as depth, slope, distance to coast, springtide (tidal currents), sediment type, temperature and salinity were considered.
This output serves as an update to the existing (Coull et al., 1998) spawning map for Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) also available on NMPi, by providing finer granularity to the likely Atlantic cod spawning areas.
Metadata
- Metadata language
- eng (en)
- Resource Type
- dataset
- Date stamp
- 2023-09-12
- Metadata standard name
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UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
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2.2