Meiofauna distribution predicted with random forest regression in the German exploration area for polymetallic nodule mining, Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone, Pacific

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The dataset contains predicted distributions computed for overall meiofauna abundance, diversity (Simpson's Index D and Evenness E), richness (ntax) and individual taxa using random forest regressions. Furthermore, a habitatmap is provided, dividing the area based on k-means clustering of combined predicted distributions, bathymetry and backscatter.

The spatial layers are saved as grid-files, being the standard format of the R-package "raster" (https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/raster/index.html).

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.912216
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.912217
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.912216
Provenance
Creator Uhlenkott, Katja ORCID logo; Vink, Annemiek ORCID logo; Kuhn, Thomas ORCID logo; Martínez Arbizu, Pedro
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2020
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Representation
Language English
Resource Type Dataset
Format application/zip
Size 8.9 MBytes
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-117.446 LON, 11.928 LAT); Clarion-Clipperton Fraction Zone, North East Pacific Ocean