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Coastgons: regional coastal characteristics along a global hexagonal coastline grid
Coastgons: regional coastal characteristics along a global hexagonal coastline grid is an open dataset published by 4TU.ResearchData, under CC BY 4.0. It describes marine reptiles. Coverage: global coastlines 37S-48N.
About this dataset
This dataset contains the global coastgon grid, covering the Earth's coastline between -37 and 48 degrees latitude in a hexagonal cell grid. Each Coastgon (hexagonal coastal cell) has a diameter of around 50 km (although this varies with almost all Coastgon diameters between 45 and 55 km). Each coastgon is characterized by 22 coastal indicators derived from state-of-the-art global datasets, spanning hydrodynamic, atmospheric, geophysical, habitat, and human processes. For more details on the derivation and background of the data, the reader is refered to the accompanying publication:
Christiaanse, J.C., Antolínez, J.A.A., Luijendijk, A.P., Athanasiou, P., Duarte, C.M., and Aarninkhof, S. (2024). Distribution of global sea turtle nesting explained from regional-scale coastal characteristics. Scientific Reports, 14(752). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-50239-5
The authors' description, from the dataset's DataCite record (10.4121/68377ee4-892d-40f0-a490-29f2601e6825.v2, CC0).
What it describes
- Biodiversity
- Marine reptiles
- Variables
- Turtle nesting (Suitability)
Get the data
Open https://doi.org/10.4121/68377ee4-892d-40f0-a490-29f2601e6825.v2 (4TU.ResearchData) and download the files (file list/format not checked).
How to cite it
Christiaanse, J. C., Antolinez, J. A. A. (2024). Coastgons: regional coastal characteristics along a global hexagonal coastline grid. 4TU.ResearchData. Version 2. https://doi.org/10.4121/68377ee4-892d-40f0-a490-29f2601e6825.v2
- Supplement to: 10.1038/s41598-023-50239-5