Bio‐ORACLE v2.0: Extending marine data layers for bioclimatic modelling
University of Algarve · Flanders Marine Institute · +2 more institutions
Abstract
Abstract Motivation The availability of user‐friendly, high‐resolution global environmental datasets is crucial for bioclimatic modelling. For terrestrial environments, WorldClim has served this purpose since 2005, but equivalent marine data only became available in 2012, with pioneer initiatives like Bio‐ORACLE providing data layers for several ecologically relevant variables. Currently, the available marine data packages have not yet been updated to the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predictions nor to present times, and are mostly restricted to the top surface layer of the oceans, precluding the modelling of a large fraction of the benthic diversity that inhabits deeper…
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6Topics & keywords
- Environmental science
- Climate change
- Benthic zone
- Global change
- Ecology
- Oceanography
- Geology
- Life below water