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Metadata: Species Distribution - A verified distribution model for the lesser sandeel (Ammodytes marinus)
Abstract:
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).
Data holder:
Scottish Government (Marine Scotland)
Use constraints:
no limitations to public access
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 3966 |
| Title | The title is used to provide a brief and precise description of the dataset such as 'Date', 'Originating organisation/programme', 'Location' and 'Type of survey'. All acronyms and abbreviations should be reproduced in full. | Species Distribution - A verified distribution model for the lesser sandeel (Ammodytes marinus) |
| File Identifier | The File Identifier is a code, preferably a GUID, that is globally unique and remains with the same metadata record even if the record is edited or transferred between portals or tools. | Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_12377 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_12377 |
| Resource type | The resource type will likely be a dataset but could also be a series (collection of datasets with a common specification) or a service. | dataset |
| Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2020-04-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2021-06-10 |
| Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | 200.00 |
| Spatial resolution unit | This describes the unit of spatial resolution which for distance must be metres. | http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/ISO_19139_Schemas/resources/uom/gmxUom.xml#m |
| Frequency of updates | This describes the frequency with which the resource is modified or updated i.e. a monitoring programme that samples once per year has a frequency that is described as 'annually'. | unknown |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | 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). |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | 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. |
| Additional information | This describes relevant references to the data e.g. reports, articles, websites plus other useful information not captured elsewhere. | Langton, Boulcott & Wright (2021) A verified distribution model for the lesser sandeel Ammodytes marinus. Marine Ecology Progress Series. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13693 |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Fish taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of the bed | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Habitat extent | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Species distribution | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Biological diversity maintained | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine food webs are at normal abundance and diversity | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 61.19621 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 3.405762 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 52.12 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -9.953613 |
| Responsible organisations | ||
| Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
| Organisation name | Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) | |
| Phone | +44 (0)300 244 4000 | |
| marinescotland@gov.scot | ||
| Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
| Organisation name | Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) | |
| Phone | +44 (0)300 244 4000 | |
| Delivery point | Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay | |
| Postal code | EH6 6QQ | |
| City | Edinburgh | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| marinescotland@gov.scot | ||
| Role | The custodian is the person or organisation that accepts responsibility for the resource and ensures appropriate care and maintenance. If a dataset has been lodged with a Data Archive Centre for maintenance then this organisation is be entered here. | custodian |
| Organisation name | Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) | |
| Phone | +44 (0)300 244 4000 | |
| Delivery point | Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay | |
| Postal code | EH6 6QQ | |
| City | Edinburgh | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| marinescotland@gov.scot | ||
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) | |
| Phone | +44 (0)300 244 4000 | |
| Delivery point | Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay | |
| Postal code | EH6 6QQ | |
| City | Edinburgh | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| marinescotland@gov.scot | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Marine Scotland | |
| Phone | +44 (0)300 244 4000 | |
| Delivery point | 1B South, Victoria Quay | |
| Postal code | EH6 6QQ | |
| City | Edinburgh | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| marinescotland@gov.scot | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Marine Scotland Science | |
| rebecca.langton@gov.scot | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://msmap1.atkinsgeospatial.com/geoserver/nmpwfs/ows?token=d46ffd2a-e192-4e51-8a6a-b3292c20f1ee&service=wms&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities |
| Locator function | Code that describes the function of the resource. ISO function code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | download |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | otherRestrictions | |
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | This states any limitations on access to the data and uses free text. | no limitations to public access |
| 21 Conditions for Access and Use - Use limitation | This states any constraints on use of the data. Multiple conditions can be recorded for different parts of the data resource. If no conditions apply, then `No condtions apply` is recorded. This uses free text. | 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., The following attribution statement must be used: Contains information from the Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0., 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 |
| Version info | ||
| Date of publication | The publication date of the resource or if previously unpublished the date that the resource was made publicly available via the MEDIN network. | 2021-06-10 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-04-19 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2021-06-28 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN Discovery Metadata |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | Version 2.3.7 |