eprintid: 1473621
rev_number: 36
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datestamp: 2016-01-05 12:01:22
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type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Yesson, C
creators_name: Bedford, F
creators_name: Rogers, AD
creators_name: Taylor, ML
title: The global distribution of deep-water Antipatharia habitat
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B02
divisions: C08
divisions: D09
keywords: Black coral; Maxent; Habitat suitability modelling; Vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs); Marine protected areas (MPAs)
note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
abstract: Antipatharia are a diverse group of corals with many species found in deep water. Many Antipatharia are habitat for associates, have extreme longevity and some species can occur beyond 8500. m depth. As they are major constituents of'coral gardens', which are Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs), knowledge of their distribution and environmental requirements is an important pre-requisite for informed conservation planning particularly where the expense and difficulty of deep-sea sampling prohibits comprehensive surveys.This study uses a global database of Antipatharia distribution data to perform habitat suitability modelling using the Maxent methodology to estimate the global extent of black coral habitat suitability. The model of habitat suitability is driven by temperature but there is notable influence from other variables of topography, surface productivity and oxygen levels.This model can be used to predict areas of suitable habitat, which can be useful for conservation planning. The global distribution of Antipatharia habitat suitability shows a marked contrast with the distribution of specimen observations, indicating that many potentially suitable areas have not been sampled, and that sampling effort has been disproportionate to shallow, accessible areas inside marine protected areas (MPAs). Although 25% of Antipatharia observations are located in MPAs, only 7-8% of predicted suitable habitat is protected, which is short of the Convention on Biological Diversity target to protect 10% of ocean habitats by 2020.
date: 2017-11
date_type: published
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.12.004
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1098393
doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.12.004
lyricists_name: Yesson, Christopher
lyricists_id: CYESS52
actors_name: Yesson, Christopher
actors_id: CYESS52
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
volume: 145
pagerange: 79-86
issn: 0967-0645
citation:        Yesson, C;    Bedford, F;    Rogers, AD;    Taylor, ML;      (2017)    The global distribution of deep-water Antipatharia habitat.                   Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography , 145    pp. 79-86.    10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.12.004 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.12.004>.       Green open access   
 
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