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Cumulative human impacts: raw stressor data (2008 and 2013)

Cumulative human impacts: raw stressor data (2008 and 2013) is an open dataset published by Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB), under CC0. It describes pollution. Coverage: global ocean, 2008 and 2013. Biohotspot shows it on its map as 40 layers.

CC0Published 2015Free downloadOn the map · 40 layers

About this dataset

This is a portion of the data used to calculate 2008 and 2013 cumulative human impacts in: Halpern et al. 2015. Spatial and temporal changes in cumulative human impacts on the world's ocean. Seven data packages are available for this project: (1) supplementary data (habitat data and other files); (2) raw stressor data (2008 and 2013); (3) stressor data rescaled by one time period (2008 and 2013, scaled from 0-1); (4) stressor data rescaled by two time periods (2008 and 2013, scaled from 0-1); (5) pressure and cumulative impacts data (2013, all pressures); (6) pressure and cumulative impacts data (2008 and 2013, subset of pressures updated for both time periods); (7) change in pressures and cumulative impact (2008 to 2013). All raster files are .tif format and coordinate reference system is mollweide wgs84. Here is an overview of the calculations: Raw stressor data -> rescaled stressor data (values between 0-1) -> pressure data (stressor data after adjusting for habitat/pressure vulnerability) -> cumulative impact (sum of pressure data) -> difference between 2008 and 2013 pressure and cumulative impact data. This data package includes 2008 and 2013 raw stressor data. The 2008 data includes 18 raster files (preceeded by raw_2008_). The 2013 data includes 19 raster files (preceeded by raw_2013_). There is no sea level rise data for 2008.

The authors' description, from the dataset's DataCite record (10.5063/f1s180fs, CC0).

What it describes

Driver/Pressure
Pollution
Variables
Pesticide plumes (normalised 0-1)

On the Biohotspot map

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Get the data

On KNB, open doi:10.5063/F1S180FS and download raw_2013_plumes_pest_mol.zip (pesticide plumes) and raw_2013_inorganic_mol.zip (inorganic pollution); 2008 versions are also available. No login is needed for public read.

How to cite it

Halpern BS, Frazier M, Potapenko J, Casey KS, Koenig K, Longo C, Lowndes JS, Rockwood RC, Selig ER, Selkoe KA, Walbridge S (2015) Cumulative human impacts: raw stressor data (2008 and 2013). KNB. doi:10.5063/F1S180FS