Meiofauna abundance and 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 counts of meiofauna organisms on high taxonomic level and 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).Study area is an area allocated to the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources for the exploration of polymetallic nodule mining. Deep-sea mining highly endangers the benthic communities; hence the definition of preservation zones, not only for preservation but also to enable the re-settlement of mined areas, is highly important. These datasets on the spatial distribution of meiofauna have been used to account for a modelling approach to find areas with similar environmental conditions and similar benthic communities.

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.912217
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13621
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.912217
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
Resource Type Publication Series of Datasets; Collection
Format application/zip
Size 2 datasets
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-119.307W, 11.195S, -116.163E, 13.187N)
Temporal Coverage Begin 2010-04-26T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2016-05-11T00:00:00Z