ec8ca3cae386be17507caac1e90fedb3 English dataset Tom Higginbottom Irish Sea Conservation Zones GIS Officer dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk pointOfContact 2019-10-04 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 2011 Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts UK Areas of Additional Pelagic Ecological Importance 2010-12-31 publication ISCZ00000001 The areas of additional pelagic ecological importance (APEI) data layer was created from several NGO datasets and two data layers provided by JNCC. These provide some information on areas of pelagic biodiversity around the UK, but are by no means the complete picture and there will, no doubt, be other areas that are equally important but are without any data. It is hoped that these data will complement the Marine Biological Association's 'benthic biodiversity hotspot' information. The purpose of this data layer is to provide additional ecological information to be used alongside existing ecological datasets submitted by JNCC and NGOs and is not to be considered a substitute for these data. As the data used for the APEI layer were at a UK resolution, regional datasets will still be vitally important and need to be used alongside this work. Dr Lissa (The Wildlife Trusts) Batey Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) Living Seas Officer, Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, The Kiln, Waterside, 01752 633102 01752 633291 Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill Plymouth PL1 2PB dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk originator Dr Lissa (The Wildlife Trusts) Batey Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) Living Seas Officer, Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, The Kiln, Waterside, 01752 633102 01752 633291 Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill Plymouth PL1 2PB dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk custodian continual Geographic Information System Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-06 revision Zoobenthos generic abundance SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary 2009-11-16 revision Restricted to SNCBs/DEFRA/MMO otherRestrictions Restricted to SNCBs/DEFRA/MMO English biota Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2009-06-18 creation Western Channel and Celtic Sea -6.0394 -2.7960 51.7659 54.9726 2011-01-01 2011-10-31 This information was extracted from ESRIISO metadata (incorporating ISO and FGDC elements) using the EsriIsoToMedin xslt version 1.0;ISO Resource created in environment: Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.0 (Build 6002) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.0.1770 Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) Data Manager 01752 633102 01752 633291 Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill Plymouth PL1 2PB dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk distributor dataset Datasets Each of the data layers used were pre-processed into the same resolution grid - thermal front data grid was used as a template due to it having the highest resolution data (thereby preventing this data from losing it's own resolution) - and classified based on JNCC recommended methodology (see table in Appendix 1). These classification scores were then summed to produce the final score for use when presenting the APEI data layer (Figure 1). Table 1: APEI data table. Each data layer that makes up the final APEI layer has a column containing the classification score for that dataset. These scores are then summed to give the AEI score. Field Name Field Description Scoring ID Primary key field for differentiating each grid cell in the layer. N/A TF_Class Thermal front data which indicates percentage of time that a summer frontal system is present within each grid cell. These percentages were then classified. 1/2/3 RSPB_Class Classification score for RSPB foraging radii data 0/1/2/3 WDCS_Class Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society data for important areas for marine mammals. 0/1/2/3 NS_Class Cefas and ICES nursery and spawning data based on plankton surveys. 0/1/2/3 BS_Class Classification score for Marine Conservation Society and Shark Trust basking shark sightings data layer. 0/1/2/3 AEI_Score Total score represented as sum of all other columns (excluding the Grid ID field).