Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_12426 eng dataset Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) +44 (0)300 244 4000 marinescotland@gov.scot pointOfContact 2022-07-27 MEDIN Discovery Metadata Version 2.3.7 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 OGP 2022 UK EEZ sedimentary organic carbon vulnerability ranking estimates GIS layers 2022-07-26 publication Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_12426 The mapping is based of secondary data sources for bottom fishing pressure (OSPAR), sediment type and organic carbon (OC) content (Smeaton et al 2021), and sediment lability as a function of grain size (Smeaton et al 2022). A new calculation methodology has been created to estimate the potential vulnerability of OC to bottom fishing induced disturbance as a function of sediment grain size and resettling speed. This allows for the potential OC lost through lateral transportation, consumption, or remineralisation as a result of bottom fishing disturbance to be estimated. By using fuzzy set theory, the potential vulnerability of sedimentary OC is estimated and mapped for the UK EEZ. All calculations and modelling were carried out within the ESRI ArcGIS software package using the spatial overlay, raster calculator and the zonal statistics tools. Full details of the study and methodology can be found in Black et al. (2022) and relevant supporting documents. Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) +44 (0)300 244 4000 Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay Edinburgh EH6 6QQ United Kingdom marinescotland@gov.scot pointOfContact Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) +44 (0)300 244 4000 Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay Edinburgh EH6 6QQ United Kingdom marinescotland@gov.scot custodian Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) +44 (0)300 244 4000 Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay Edinburgh EH6 6QQ United Kingdom marinescotland@gov.scot distributor University of St. Andrews, School of Geography and Geoscience kb99@st-andrews.ac.uk originator Not Planned Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Carbon concentrations in sediment Fishing effort Sediment resuspension SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2018-12-12 revision The following attribution statement must be used: Contains information from the Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. otherRestrictions no limitations to public access 200.00 eng biota oceans -23.94809 3.399998 48.16774 63.89084 SeaDataNet vertical extent keywords 2010-01-01 revision The unlithified sediments (of any grain size from silt to boulders) that form a layer between the solid crust and either the atmosphere or the water column. 2009-01-01 2020-12-31 https://dx.doi.org/10.7489/12426-1 DOI:https://dx.doi.org/10.7489/12426-1 https://doi.org/10.7489/12426-1 download dataset Shapefiles and datasets obtained from OSPAR, Smeaton et al., 2021, and Smeaton et al., 2022 were used to create the GIS layers on the potential carbon vulnerability ranking of marine sedimentary carbon under anthropogenic disturbance from different types of fishing gears.