R/coral.R

In chihlinwei/SCC85: Seafloor Climate Change Projections from CIMP5

#' Global distribution of cold-water corals
#'
#' Global distribution of cold-water corals from Freiwald et al. (2017)
#'
#' @details
#' This dataset has compiled 32631 occurrence records of cold-water corals in the world ocean.
#' @docType data
#' @keywords datasets
#' @format A SpatialPointsDataFrame
#' @source \url{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.
#' @name coral
#' @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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