coral: Global distribution of cold-water corals

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Global distribution of cold-water corals

Description

Global distribution of cold-water corals from Freiwald et al. (2017)

Format

A SpatialPointsDataFrame

Details

This dataset has compiled 32631 occurrence records of cold-water corals in the world ocean.

Source

http://data.unep-wcmc.org/datasets/3

References

Freiwald A, Rogers A, Hall-Spencer J, Guinotte JM, Davies AJ, Yesson C, Martin CS, Weatherdon LV (2017). Global distribution of cold-water corals (version 3.0). Second update to the dataset in Freiwald et al. (2004) by UNEP-WCMC, in collaboration with Andre Freiwald and John Guinotte. Cambridge (UK): UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Examples

# VME-associated cold water corals
# corals between 200 and 2500 m water depth
library(plotKML)
plotKML(subset(coral, Summit<=2500 & Summit>=200)[, "UNIQUE_ID"],
        folder.name="seamount", colour_scale = jet.colors(100), raster_name="seamount.png")

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