CEFAS77cc19f2-572a-42c4-b644-be7d1c3426a0 English dataset Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk pointOfContact 2025-04-30T12:38:45 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-01-07 revision WGS 84 Modelled distribution data layers for three sea pen species on the UK shelf 2024-12-13 publication 2025-04-30 revision 2021-12-01 creation CEFAS21390 https://data.cefas.co.uk Random forest modelled distribution layers for three sea pen species ( *Virgularia mirabilis, Pennatula phosphorea and Funiculina quadrangularis*) on the UK shelf. The raster layers provided here contain the number of repeated split sample models runs that predict a presence, for each individual species. Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk originator Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk custodian Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk distributor Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) data.manager@cefas.co.uk owner notPlanned Benthos Species GEMET, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Habitat extent SeaDataNet P02 parameter discovery vocabulary 2011-03-25 revision Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Unknown SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2010-05-18 revision Marine Environmental Data and Information Network MEDIN metadata record availability 2012-01-11 publication data.gov.uk MEDIN metadata record availability 2012-01-11 publication otherRestrictions noLimitations otherRestrictions Public data - no limitations to reuse 200 English biota 1.73881 1.74086 52.4581 52.4595 2021 2025-04-30 Unknown https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/21390 Cefas Data Portal information The Cefas Data Portal contains metadata records and data sets available to download and connect to in support of our commitment to open science. dataset INSPIRE Data Specification on Species Distribution – Technical Guidelines 2013-12-10 publication false See the referenced specification Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication true See the referenced specification Random forest distribution models were built for three species (*Virgularia mirabilis, Pennatula phosphorea and Funiculina quadrangularis*) on the UK shelf, using modelled environmental layers and presence / absence data from multiple legacy sources, including underwater imagery, dive surveys, benthic trawls and grab samples over a period spanning 1961-2019. The predicted distribution layers were produced as part of the published study. Detailed information on they methodology employed to produce the layers is available in 'Predicting sea pen (Pennatulacea) distribution on the UK continental shelf: evidence of range modification by benthic trawling' (Downie et al., 2021) DOI: `https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13744`_. .. _`https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13744`: https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v670/p75-91/ MEDIN 3.1.1