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Global Kelp Timeseries from NCEAS/KEEN Working Group

Global Kelp Timeseries from NCEAS/KEEN Working Group is an open dataset published by IMAS (University of Tasmania) TemperateReefBase / KEEN, under CC BY 4.0. It describes kelp forests. Coverage: global temperate (38 ecoregions), 1952-2014 (lineage); start 1952-01-01. Biohotspot shows it on its map as 2 layers.

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What it describes

Habitat
Kelp forests
Variables
Change (Rate of change /year)

On the Biohotspot map

Open a layer to see it on the map, then tap any sea or draw an area to read its values there.

Get the data

Download the CSVs from the IMAS GeoServer WFS links on the metadata record (raw and aggregated). The data are also on OBIS (dataset 9656db40-e4f9-4d8f-9023-38c7782efd9c). The R code is at github.com/kelpecosystems/global_kelp_time_series.

How to cite it

Rassweiler, A., Novak, M., Okamoto, D., Byrnes, J., Krumhansl, K. (2016). Global Kelp Timeseries from NCEAS/KEEN Working Group. Florida State University, Oregon State University, Simon Fraser University, University of Massachusetts Boston. [access URL and date]

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