AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Clarion Clipperton Zone (ISA Environmental Management Area, 2023)

Preferred citation:

International Seabed Authority (2023). The geographical limits of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone management area, exploration areas, reserved areas and areas of particular environmental interest (APEIs) (ISBA/17/LTC/7, ISBA/18/C/22, ISBA/26/C/58, ISBA/26/C/43). Esri shapefiles for exploration areas, reserved areas and APEIs are available online at https://www.isa.org.jm/exploration-contracts/maps/. Accessed on (date).
High Seas (v2, world, 2024)

High Seas from the VLIZ Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea describes the high seas as ‘all parts of the sea that are not included in the exclusive economic zone, in the territorial sea or in the internal waters of a State, or in the archipelagic waters of an archipelagic State.’ In the Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase, Marine Regions makes available most of the maritime areas defined in the Law of the Sea Convention: Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ), Territorial Seas (TS), Contiguous Zones (CZ), Internal Waters (IW), Archipelagic Waters (AW) and High Seas (HS).

Flanders Marine Institute (2024). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: High Seas, version 2. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/. https://doi.org/10.14284/696

Methodology: https://www.marineregions.org/eezmethodology.php
FAO Statistical Areas for Fishery Purposes

FAO Major Fishing Areas for Statistical Purposes are arbitrary areas, the boundaries of which were determined in consultation with international fishery agencies on various considerations, including (i) the boundary of natural regions and the natural divisions of oceans and seas; (ii) the boundaries of adjacent statistical fisheries bodies already established in inter-governmental conventions and treaties; (iii) existing national practices; (iv) national boundaries; (v) the longitude and latitude grid system; (vi) the distribution of the aquatic fauna; and (vii) the distribution of the resources and the environmental conditions within an area.

Purpose: 
	The rationale of the FAO Major Fishing Areas has been that the areas should, as far as possible, coincide with the areas of competence of other fishery commissions when existing. This system facilitates comparison of data, and improves the possibilities of cooperation in statistical matters in general.
Extended Continental Shelves (v02, world, 2024)

This dataset represents the legal continental shelves beyond 200 nautical miles as submitted to/recommended by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS), deposited to the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS) or claimed by (a) a Non-Party State to UNCLOS or (b) a Party State to UNCLOS through mechanisms other than a submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) or a deposit to the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS). In the Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase, Marine Regions makes available most of the maritime areas defined in the Law of the Sea Convention: Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ), Territorial Seas (TS), Contiguous Zones (CZ), Internal Waters (IW), Archipelagic Waters (AW) and High Seas (HS).
Exclusive Economic Zones (200 NM) (v12, world, 2023)

Version 12 of the Exclusive Economic Zones from the VLIZ Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase. An exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is a seazone extending from a state's coast or baseline over which the state has special rights over the exploration and use of marine resources. Generally a state's EEZ extends 200 nautical miles out from its coast, except where resulting points would be closer to another country. This dataset also contains delimitation of disputed areas and joint regimes.
Extended Continental Shelves - boundaries (v02, world, 2024)

This dataset represents the legal continental shelves beyond 200 nautical miles as submitted to/recommended by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS), deposited to the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS) or claimed by (a) a Non-Party State to UNCLOS or (b) a Party State to UNCLOS through mechanisms other than a submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) or a deposit to the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS). In the Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase, Marine Regions makes available most of the maritime areas defined in the Law of the Sea Convention: Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ), Territorial Seas (TS), Contiguous Zones (CZ), Internal Waters (IW), Archipelagic Waters (AW) and High Seas (HS).
Emission Control Areas (ECAs) designated under regulation 13 of MARPOL Annex VI (NOx emission control)

Polygon data representing the Emission Control Areas (ECAs) designated under regulation 13 of MARPOL Annex VI (NOx emission control). The outline coordinates were processed in June 2019. The coastline was extracted from the ESRI Countries 2014. 
Available ECAs: 
1) North American area (regulation 13.6.1 and appendix VII of MARPOL Annex VI); 
2) United States Caribbean sea area (regulation 13.6.2 and appendix VII of MARPOL Annex VI)

Preferred citation:
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium; (2020). Emission Control Areas (ECAs) designated under regulation 13 of MARPOL Annex VI (NOx emission control). Available online at http://www.marineregions.org/. https://doi.org/10.14284/396
Emission Control Areas (ECAs) designated under regulation 14 of MARPOL Annex VI (SOx and particulate matter emission control)

Polygon data representing the Emission Control Areas (ECAs) designated under regulation 14 of MARPOL Annex VI (SOx and particulate matter emission control). The outline coordinates were processed in June 2019. The coastline was extracted from the ESRI Countries 2014. 
Available ECAs: 
1) Baltic Sea area (regulation 14.3.1 of MARPOL Annex VI and regulation 1.11.2 of MARPOL Annex I); 
2) North Sea area (regulation 14.3.1 of MARPOL Annex VI and regulation 1.14.6 of MARPOL Annex V); 
3) North American area (regulation 14.3.2 and appendix VII of MARPOL Annex VI); 
4) United States Caribbean sea area (regulation 14.3.3 and appendix VII of MARPOL Annex VI)

Preferred citation:
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium; (2020). Emission Control Areas (ECAs) designated under regulation 14 of MARPOL Annex VI (SOx and particulate matter emission control). Available online at http://www.marineregions.org/. https://doi.org/10.14284/397
Arctic Marine Areas

There are many ways to divide the Arctic marine region—by ecosystem/ecological characteristics, by administrative criteria, or by some combination of the two. However, effective monitoring of biodiversity requires that an ecosystem-based approach be used for choosing areas.

http://geo.abds.is/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/dcd5c12f-3acb-4101-8e1a-bba0aec50582
Continental margins between 140m and 3500m depth

This shapefile has been prepared in the framework of COMARGE, one of the field project of the Census of Marine Life. It is intended to represent continental margins worldwide, with the exclusion of the continental shelf. The continental margins have been defined based on bathymetry and expert opinion. The upper margin of the boundary has been set at 140 m depth, which is the average depth of the shelf break, except in Antarctica where the shelf break goes deeper and the upper boundary has been set up at 500 m. The lower boundary has been set at 3500 m depth. Both isobaths were extracted from S2004 Bathymetry (a global bathymetry at 1 arc-minute resolution). The upper and lower boundaries were manually edited to follow the contour of continental margins in particular cases. Please note that some but not all margins around island are included in this shapefile.
Bras d'Or Lake Biosphere Reserve [foutief]

What is the Bras d’Or Lake Biosphere Reserve?

It is a UNESCO designated area defined by the watershed of the Bras d'Or lake. It is Canada's 16th biosphere.

Biosphere reserves are special places around the world where people are trying to live more sustainably – that means 4 things:

a healthy environment
a healthy economy
a healthy society
a healthy culture
The Bras d'Or Lake Biosphere Reserve Association is a group of volunteers who have worked to have the Bras d’Or Lake and its watershed designated as a UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Reserve. We now oversee the activities of the Biosphere Reserve. We are a registered society in the province of Nova Scotia.
532 Chebucto St.
P.O. Box 711
Baddeck, NS B0E 1B0

Email: contact@blbra.ca
Tel: (902) 674-2578

Canadian Biosphere Reserves Association


The CBRA aims to help create healthy, sustainable communities across Canada while conserving our natural and cultural heritage by supporting Canadian biosphere reserves. In addition, the CBRA serves as a national and international voice for Canadian biosphere reserves.

422 Chemin des Moulins
Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, J3G 4S6
Canada

Website: www.biospherecanada.ca
Summary presence/absence maps of macro-endobenthos in European Seas, based on the EMODNET Biology database

The large databases of EMODNET Biology only store confirmed presences of taxon. However, when mapping taxon distribution, it is also important where the taxon did not occur: there is at least as much information in absences as in presences. Inferring absences from presence-only databases is difficult and always involves some guesswork. In this product we have used as much meta-information as possible to guide us in inferring absences. There is important meta-information at two different levels: the level of the data set, and the level of the taxon. Datasets can contain implicit information on absences when they have uniformly searched for the same taxon over a number of sample locations. 

Normally, if the taxon would have been present there, it would have been recorded. Other datasets, however, are not informative at all about absences. Typical examples are museum collections. The fact that a specimen is found at a particular place confirms that it lived there, but does not give information on any other taxon being present or absent in the same spot. A difficulty is that some datasets have searched for a restricted part of the total community, e.g. only sampled shellfish but no worms. In this case, absence of a shellfish taxon is relevant, but absence of a worm is not. The dataset can only be used to infer absence for the taxa it has targeted. Here we implicitly assume that a dataset inventorying the endomacrobenthos, is targeting all taxa belonging to this functional group. Usually, the distinction can be made on the basis of the metadata. It is also helpful to plot the total number of taxa versus the total number of samples. Incomplete datasets have far less taxa than expected for their size, compared to 'complete' datasets. At the taxon level, taxonomic registers such as WoRMS (WoRMS Editorial Board, 2021) give information on the functional group the taxon belongs to. This information is present for many taxa, but it is most likely incomplete. The size of the register excludes any easy test of completeness of the traits. However, even if incomplete, the register trait data can be used to select the most useful datasets. If one were to use an incomplete register directly to restrict the taxa to be used in mapping, that would cause loss of interesting information. Therefore the present workflow contains additional steps using the identified promising datasets rather than the taxon list based on the register’s traits.
Community Temperature Index (CTI) for intertidal macroalgae in NW Spain

<p>Ocean warming is expected to drive quick shifts in marine species distributions modifying coastal communities. Previous research has shown how the southern Bay of Biscay is particularly affected and the canopy-forming subtidal and intertidal macroalgal assemblages are expected to be replaced by turf-forming Mediterranean-like communities with warmer affinities by the end of the century. The effect of temperature on macroalgal communities could be assessed using thermal metrics that can target temperature effects alone. An example is the Community Temperature Index (CTI) which is an abundance-weighted mean of the species’ optimal temperature. It has been previously used to understand the thermal preferences of different organisms such us birds, fish or invertebrates.</p>
<p>This product provides the Community Temperature Index (CTI) of macroalgae intertidal communities from NW Spain. The CTI has been calculated for 18 sites along a longitudinal thermal gradient in NW Spain, two intertidal levels (Low and Mid) and two different years (2011 and 2017). Results are stored in a csv file with the coordinates of each site ("decimalLongitude" and "decimalLatitude" columns), their codes ("Site" and "Intertidal_level" columns), the sampling year ("Year" column) and the mean CTI ("CTI column").</p>
Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW)

Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW) is a biogeographic classification of the world's coasts and shelves. It is the first ever comprehensive marine classification system with clearly defined boundaries and definitions and was developed to closely link to existing regional systems. The ecoregions nest within the broader biogeographic tiers of Realms and Provinces.

MEOW represents broad-scale patterns of species and communities in the ocean, and was designed as a tool for planning conservation across a range of scales and assessing conservation efforts and gaps worldwide. The current system focuses on coast and shelf areas and does not consider realms in pelagic or deep benthic environment. It is hoped that parallel but distinct systems for pelagic and deep benthic biotas will be devised in the near future.

The project was led by WWF and The Nature Conservancy, with broad input from a working group representing key NGO, academic and intergovernmental conservation partners.
Longhurst Provinces

The dataset represents the division of the world oceans into provinces as defined by Longhurst (1995; 1998; 2006). The division has been based on the prevailing role of physical forcing as a regulator of phytoplankton distribution. The dataset contains the initial static boundaries developed at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada. Note that the boundaries of these provinces are not fixed in time and space, but are dynamic and move under seasonal and interannual changes in physical forcing. At the first level of reduction, Longhurst recognised four principal biomes: the Polar biome, the Westerlies biome, the Trade winds biome, and the Coastal biome. These four biomes are recognised in every major ocean basin. At the next level of reduction, the ocean basins are divided into provinces, roughly ten for each basin. These regions provide a template for data analysis or for making parameter assignments on a global scale. Please refer to Longhurst's publications when using these shapefiles.
Species distribution model of invasive macroalgae

The number of marine seaweeds outside their natural boundaries has increased in the last decades generating impacts on biodiversity and economy. This makes the development of management tools necessary, where species distribution models (SDMs) play a crucial role. SDMs can help in the early detection of invasions and predict the extent of the potential spread. However, modelling non-native marine species distributions is still challenging in terms of model building, evaluation and selection. This product aims to predict the European distribution of four widespread introduced seaweed species selecting the best model building process.
Carte topographique de la Belgique, dressée sous la direction de Ph.Vander Maelen, fondateur de l'établissement géographique de Bruxelles, à l'échelle de 1 à 20.000, en 250 feuilles. le dessin et les levés topographiques par J.F.De Keyser, J.B.Vander Wee, I.Wery, J.Huvenne, etc. La gravure par P.J.Doms, J.Ongers, T.Kips, P.Nicolaï, F.Rademaeker, C.Smits, P.J.Van Gend, A.Van Mollé, L.Van Peteghem, etc et l'impression par F.Vandamme et F.Ghys - Ostende

Kaart gemaakt door Vander Maelen, Philippe (1846-1854)
Carte topographique de la Belgique, dressée sous la direction de Ph.Vander Maelen, fondateur de l'établissement géographique de Bruxelles, à l'échelle de 1 à 20.000, en 250 feuilles. le dessin et les levés topographiques par J.F.De Keyser, J.B.Vander Wee, I.Wery, J.Huvenne, etc. La gravure par P.J.Doms, J.Ongers, T.Kips, P.Nicolaï, F.Rademaeker, C.Smits, P.J.Van Gend, A.Van Mollé, L.Van Peteghem, etc et l'impression par F.Vandamme et F.Ghys - Termonde

Kaart gemaakt door Vander Maelen, Philippe (1846-1854)
Carte topographique de la Belgique, dressée sous la direction de Ph.Vander Maelen, fondateur de l'établissement géographique de Bruxelles, à l'échelle de 1 à 20.000, en 250 feuilles. le dessin et les levés topographiques par J.F.De Keyser, J.B.Vander Wee, I.Wery, J.Huvenne, etc. La gravure par P.J.Doms, J.Ongers, T.Kips, P.Nicolaï, F.Rademaeker, C.Smits, P.J.Van Gend, A.Van Mollé, L.Van Peteghem, etc et l'impression par F.Vandamme et F.Ghys - Tamise

Kaart gemaakt door Vander Maelen, Philippe (1846-1854)
Carte topographique de la Belgique, dressée sous la direction de Ph.Vander Maelen, fondateur de l'établissement géographique de Bruxelles, à l'échelle de 1 à 20.000, en 250 feuilles. le dessin et les levés topographiques par J.F.De Keyser, J.B.Vander Wee, I.Wery, J.Huvenne, etc. La gravure par P.J.Doms, J.Ongers, T.Kips, P.Nicolaï, F.Rademaeker, C.Smits, P.J.Van Gend, A.Van Mollé, L.Van Peteghem, etc et l'impression par F.Vandamme et F.Ghys - Stalhille

Kaart gemaakt door Vander Maelen, Philippe (1846-1854)
Carte topographique de la Belgique, dressée sous la direction de Ph.Vander Maelen, fondateur de l'établissement géographique de Bruxelles, à l'échelle de 1 à 20.000, en 250 feuilles. le dessin et les levés topographiques par J.F.De Keyser, J.B.Vander Wee, I.Wery, J.Huvenne, etc. La gravure par P.J.Doms, J.Ongers, T.Kips, P.Nicolaï, F.Rademaeker, C.Smits, P.J.Van Gend, A.Van Mollé, L.Van Peteghem, etc et l'impression par F.Vandamme et F.Ghys - Santvliet

Kaart gemaakt door Vander Maelen, Philippe (1846-1854)
Carte topographique de la Belgique, dressée sous la direction de Ph.Vander Maelen, fondateur de l'établissement géographique de Bruxelles, à l'échelle de 1 à 20.000, en 250 feuilles. le dessin et les levés topographiques par J.F.De Keyser, J.B.Vander Wee, I.Wery, J.Huvenne, etc. La gravure par P.J.Doms, J.Ongers, T.Kips, P.Nicolaï, F.Rademaeker, C.Smits, P.J.Van Gend, A.Van Mollé, L.Van Peteghem, etc et l'impression par F.Vandamme et F.Ghys - Puers

Kaart gemaakt door Vander Maelen, Philippe (1846-1854)
Carte topographique de la Belgique, dressée sous la direction de Ph.Vander Maelen, fondateur de l'établissement géographique de Bruxelles, à l'échelle de 1 à 20.000, en 250 feuilles. le dessin et les levés topographiques par J.F.De Keyser, J.B.Vander Wee, I.Wery, J.Huvenne, etc. La gravure par P.J.Doms, J.Ongers, T.Kips, P.Nicolaï, F.Rademaeker, C.Smits, P.J.Van Gend, A.Van Mollé, L.Van Peteghem, etc et l'impression par F.Vandamme et F.Ghys - Nieuport

Kaart gemaakt door Vander Maelen, Philippe (1846-1854)
Carte topographique de la Belgique, dressée sous la direction de Ph.Vander Maelen, fondateur de l'établissement géographique de Bruxelles, à l'échelle de 1 à 20.000, en 250 feuilles. le dessin et les levés topographiques par J.F.De Keyser, J.B.Vander Wee, I.Wery, J.Huvenne, etc. La gravure par P.J.Doms, J.Ongers, T.Kips, P.Nicolaï, F.Rademaeker, C.Smits, P.J.Van Gend, A.Van Mollé, L.Van Peteghem, etc et l'impression par F.Vandamme et F.Ghys - Lokeren

Kaart gemaakt door Vander Maelen, Philippe (1846-1854)
Carte topographique de la Belgique, dressée sous la direction de Ph.Vander Maelen, fondateur de l'établissement géographique de Bruxelles, à l'échelle de 1 à 20.000, en 250 feuilles. le dessin et les levés topographiques par J.F.De Keyser, J.B.Vander Wee, I.Wery, J.Huvenne, etc. La gravure par P.J.Doms, J.Ongers, T.Kips, P.Nicolaï, F.Rademaeker, C.Smits, P.J.Van Gend, A.Van Mollé, L.Van Peteghem, etc et l'impression par F.Vandamme et F.Ghys - L'Ecluse

Kaart gemaakt door Vander Maelen, Philippe (1846-1854)
Carte topographique de la Belgique, dressée sous la direction de Ph.Vander Maelen, fondateur de l'établissement géographique de Bruxelles, à l'échelle de 1 à 20.000, en 250 feuilles. le dessin et les levés topographiques par J.F.De Keyser, J.B.Vander Wee, I.Wery, J.Huvenne, etc. La gravure par P.J.Doms, J.Ongers, T.Kips, P.Nicolaï, F.Rademaeker, C.Smits, P.J.Van Gend, A.Van Mollé, L.Van Peteghem, etc et l'impression par F.Vandamme et F.Ghys - Heyst

Kaart gemaakt door Vander Maelen, Philippe (1846-1854)
Carte topographique de la Belgique, dressée sous la direction de Ph.Vander Maelen, fondateur de l'établissement géographique de Bruxelles, à l'échelle de 1 à 20.000, en 250 feuilles. le dessin et les levés topographiques par J.F.De Keyser, J.B.Vander Wee, I.Wery, J.Huvenne, etc. La gravure par P.J.Doms, J.Ongers, T.Kips, P.Nicolaï, F.Rademaeker, C.Smits, P.J.Van Gend, A.Van Mollé, L.Van Peteghem, etc et l'impression par F.Vandamme et F.Ghys - Ghistelles

Kaart gemaakt door Vander Maelen, Philippe (1846-1854)
Carte topographique de la Belgique, dressée sous la direction de Ph.Vander Maelen, fondateur de l'établissement géographique de Bruxelles, à l'échelle de 1 à 20.000, en 250 feuilles. le dessin et les levés topographiques par J.F.De Keyser, J.B.Vander Wee, I.Wery, J.Huvenne, etc. La gravure par P.J.Doms, J.Ongers, T.Kips, P.Nicolaï, F.Rademaeker, C.Smits, P.J.Van Gend, A.Van Mollé, L.Van Peteghem, etc et l'impression par F.Vandamme et F.Ghys - Furnes

Kaart gemaakt door Vander Maelen, Philippe (1846-1854)
Carte topographique de la Belgique, dressée sous la direction de Ph.Vander Maelen, fondateur de l'établissement géographique de Bruxelles, à l'échelle de 1 à 20.000, en 250 feuilles. le dessin et les levés topographiques par J.F.De Keyser, J.B.Vander Wee, I.Wery, J.Huvenne, etc. La gravure par P.J.Doms, J.Ongers, T.Kips, P.Nicolaï, F.Rademaeker, C.Smits, P.J.Van Gend, A.Van Mollé, L.Van Peteghem, etc et l'impression par F.Vandamme et F.Ghys - Dunkerque

Kaart gemaakt door Vander Maelen, Philippe (1846-1854)
Carte topographique de la Belgique, dressée sous la direction de Ph.Vander Maelen, fondateur de l'établissement géographique de Bruxelles, à l'échelle de 1 à 20.000, en 250 feuilles. le dessin et les levés topographiques par J.F.De Keyser, J.B.Vander Wee, I.Wery, J.Huvenne, etc. La gravure par P.J.Doms, J.Ongers, T.Kips, P.Nicolaï, F.Rademaeker, C.Smits, P.J.Van Gend, A.Van Mollé, L.Van Peteghem, etc et l'impression par F.Vandamme et F.Ghys - Contich

Kaart gemaakt door Vander Maelen, Philippe (1846-1854)
Carte topographique de la Belgique, dressée sous la direction de Ph.Vander Maelen, fondateur de l'établissement géographique de Bruxelles, à l'échelle de 1 à 20.000, en 250 feuilles. le dessin et les levés topographiques par J.F.De Keyser, J.B.Vander Wee, I.Wery, J.Huvenne, etc. La gravure par P.J.Doms, J.Ongers, T.Kips, P.Nicolaï, F.Rademaeker, C.Smits, P.J.Van Gend, A.Van Mollé, L.Van Peteghem, etc et l'impression par F.Vandamme et F.Ghys - Calloo

Kaart gemaakt door Vander Maelen, Philippe (1846-1854)
Carte topographique de la Belgique, dressée sous la direction de Ph.Vander Maelen, fondateur de l'établissement géographique de Bruxelles, à l'échelle de 1 à 20.000, en 250 feuilles. le dessin et les levés topographiques par J.F.De Keyser, J.B.Vander Wee, I.Wery, J.Huvenne, etc. La gravure par P.J.Doms, J.Ongers, T.Kips, P.Nicolaï, F.Rademaeker, C.Smits, P.J.Van Gend, A.Van Mollé, L.Van Peteghem, etc et l'impression par F.Vandamme et F.Ghys - Blankenberghe

Kaart gemaakt door Vander Maelen, Philippe (1846-1854)
Carte topographique de la Belgique, dressée sous la direction de Ph.Vander Maelen, fondateur de l'établissement géographique de Bruxelles, à l'échelle de 1 à 20.000, en 250 feuilles. le dessin et les levés topographiques par J.F.De Keyser, J.B.Vander Wee, I.Wery, J.Huvenne, etc. La gravure par P.J.Doms, J.Ongers, T.Kips, P.Nicolaï, F.Rademaeker, C.Smits, P.J.Van Gend, A.Van Mollé, L.Van Peteghem, etc et l'impression par F.Vandamme et F.Ghys - Anvers

Kaart gemaakt door Vander Maelen, Philippe (1846-1854)