Species Distribution - A verified distribution model for the lesser sandeel (Ammodytes marinus)

The lesser sandeel Ammodytes marinus is a key component of the North East Atlantic ecosystem but little is known about its distribution outside of fished areas. In this study, species distribution models were developed to predict the occurrence and density of sandeels in parts of the North Sea and Celtic Seas regions. A hurdle model was found to be the best fitting model with the highest predictive performance; model evaluation with independent data demonstrated that it had significant discrimination ability across the study region. The distribution model helps refine past inferences about sandeel availability to predators and indicates to marine planners potential areas where anthropogenic impacts should be considered

SDM Metadata sandeel: An excel file containing detailed metadata relating to the development of the species distribution model using the checklist based on that published in Feng et al. (2019) A checklist for maximising reproducibility of ecological niche models. Nature ecology & evolution.

Four geotiffs:

CelticSeas_ProbPres - probability of presence of buried sandeel in the Celtic Seas study region.

CelticSeas_PredictedDensity - predicted density of buried sandeel in the Celtic Seas study region (number per m^2).

NorthSea_ProbPres - probability of presence of buried sandeel in the North Sea study region.

NorthSea_PredictedDensity - predicted density of buried sandeel in the North Sea study region (number per m^2).

Date (): 2021-06-10

Identifier: Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_12377

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Scottish Government

Marine Directorate

Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay

Edinburgh

EH6 6QQ

United Kingdom

+44 (0)300 244 4000

Scottish Government

Marine Directorate

Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay

Edinburgh

EH6 6QQ

United Kingdom

+44 (0)300 244 4000

Scottish Government

Marine Directorate

Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay

Edinburgh

EH6 6QQ

United Kingdom

+44 (0)300 244 4000

Maintenance and update frequency: unknown

Keywords

Marine Environmental Data and Information Network

SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary

Fish taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of the bed
Habitat extent

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()

Species distribution

Marine Strategy Framework Directive descriptors

Biological diversity maintained
Marine food webs are at normal abundance and diversity

Use constraints: This project was supported by the EU's INTERREG VA Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB). The views and opinions expressed in this study do not necessarily reflect those of the European Commission of the SEUPB.

Use constraints: The following attribution statement must be used: Contains information from the Scottish Government licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Use constraints: If you use this data, please cite Langton, R., Boulcott, P. and Wright P.J. (2021) A verified distribution model for the lesser sandeel Ammodytes marinus. Marine Ecology Progress Series. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13693

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Metadata language: eng (en)

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Biota
Environment

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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

Begin date: 2020-04-01

End date: 2021-06-10

Supplemental Information: Langton, Boulcott & Wright (2021) A verified distribution model for the lesser sandeel Ammodytes marinus. Marine Ecology Progress Series. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13693

Reference system identifier: OGP
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urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

Distribution format

OnLine resource: https://msmap1.atkinsgeospatial.com/geoserver/nmpwfs/ows?token=d46ffd2a-e192-4e51-8a6a-b3292c20f1ee&service=wms&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities (
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OnLine resource: https://msmap1.atkinsgeospatial.com/geoserver/nmpwfs/ows?token=d46ffd2a-e192-4e51-8a6a-b3292c20f1ee&service=wcs&version=1.1.0&request=getCapabilities (
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OnLine resource: View "Lesser Sandeel (Ammodytes marinus) - Celtic Seas - Predicted density of buried sandeels (number per m^2)" on Marine Scotland Maps (
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OnLine resource: View "Lesser Sandeel (Ammodytes marinus) – North Sea - Predicted density of buried sandeels (number per m^2)" on Marine Scotland Maps (
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OnLine resource: View "Lesser Sandeel (Ammodytes marinus) – North Sea - Probability of presence of buried sandeel" on Marine Scotland Maps (
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OnLine resource: View "Lesser Sandeel (Ammodytes marinus) – Celtic Seas - Probability of presence of buried sandeel" on Marine Scotland Maps (
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)

OnLine resource

species_distribution_lesser_sandeels_celtic_seas_predicted_density (

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species_distribution_lesser_sandeels_celtic_seas_probability_presence (

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species_distribution_lesser_sandeels_north_sea_predicted_density (

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Download "Lesser Sandeel (Ammodytes marinus) – North Sea - Predicted density of buried sandeels (number per m^2)" as geotiff on WGS84 datum

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species_distribution_lesser_sandeels_north_sea_probability_presence (

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Download "Lesser Sandeel (Ammodytes marinus) – North Sea - Probability of presence of buried sandeel" as geotiff on WGS84 datum

Medium note: GIS - - zip folder, GIS - - species_distribution_lesser_sandeels_north_sea_probability_presence

Scope: dataset

Statement: Source of occurrence data: Holland et al. (2005). Identifying sandeel Ammodytes marinus sediment habitat preferences in the marine environment. MEPS. 303: 269-282. Obtained by personal communication.

Sources of environmental data:

Emodnet Bathymetry Portal - ( https://portal.emodnet-bathymetry.eu/#) Grids D3 and D4 downloaded on 10th Jan 2019.

Depth and slope were extracted from Emodnet Bathymetry data using terrain function in the Raster package in R.

Sediment point data from BGS ( http://www.bgs.ac.uk/GeoIndex/offshore.htm) were downloaded in January 2019

INFOMAR sediment data downloaded June 2019

Marine recorder version Feb 2019 was downloaded April 2019

Layers of percentage sand, mud and gravel were interpolated from the point records by inverse distance weighting.

The analysis was done using a Hurdle model fitted with the countreg package. All analyses were undertaken in R version 3.6.2.

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File identifier: Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_12377

Metadata language: eng (en)

Resource Type: dataset

Date stamp: 2024-02-15

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.2

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