EUNIS coastal habitat types, distribution based on vegetation plot data - version 1, Nov. 2021

This metadata corresponds to the EUNIS Coastal habitat types, distribution based on vegetation plot data dataset.

Coastal habitats are those above spring high tide limit (or above mean water level in non-tidal waters) occupying coastal features and characterised by their proximity to the sea, including coastal dunes and wooded coastal dunes, beaches and cliffs. Includes free-draining supralittoral habitats adjacent to marine habitats which are normally only very rarely subject to any type of salt water, in as much as they may be inhabited predominantly by terrestrial species, strandlines characterised by terrestrial invertebrates and moist and wet coastal dune slacks and dune-slack pools. Supralittoral sands and wracks may be found also in marine habitats (M). Excludes supralittoral rock pools and habitats, the splash zone immediately above the the mean water line, as well the spray zone and zone subject to sporadic inundation with salt water in as much as it may be inhabited predominantly by marine species, which are included in marine (M).

The verified coastal habitat samples used are derived from the Braun-Blanquet database ( http://www.sci.muni.cz/botany/vegsci/braun_blanquet.php?lang=en ) which is a centralised database of vegetation plots and comprises copies of national and regional databases using a unified taxonomic reference database. The geographic extent of the distribution data are all European countries except Armenia and Azerbaijan. The dataset is provided both in Geodatabase and Geopackage formats.

Date (Publication): 2021-11-15

Date (Creation): 2019-03-01

Edition: 01.00

Citation identifier: eea_v_3035_10_mio_eunis-hab-n_p_1940-2017_v01_r00

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European Environment Agency		sdi@eea.europa.eu	Point of contact
European Environment Agency		sdi@eea.europa.eu	Custodian

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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Habitats and biotopes

Keywords

GEMET

habitat
terrestrial ecosystem
natural area
coastal ecosystem

Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.

United Kingdom
EEA38 (from 2020)

Spatial scope

European

EEA topics

Biodiversity

Temporal resolution

Not planned

Sous-regions marines

/Métropole
/Métropole/Manche mer du Nord
/Métropole/Mers Celtiques
/Métropole/Golfe de Gascogne
/Métropole/Méditerranée occidentale

Thématiques - SIMM

/Etat du Milieu/Habitats

Type de jeux de donnée - ODATIS

/Données dérivées/Produits composites

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: no limitations to public access

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged ( https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright ). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).

Spatial representation type: Vector

Denominator: 10000000

Language: English

Topic category

Biota

Begin date: 1940-01-01

End date: 2017-12-31

Unique resource identifier: EPSG:3035

Distribution format

Name	Version
GDB	1
Geopackage

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
EEA:FOLDERPATH	https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/webdav/datastore/public/eea_v_3035_10_mio_eunis-hab-n_p_1940-2017_v01_r00/
WWW:URL	https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/data/da521e3e-95bb-4eb3-8226-358e1171e298	Direct download
ESRI:REST	https://bio.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/EUNIS/Coastal_Distribution_point/MapServer	Vegetation Plot Layer
OGC:WMS	https://portal.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=935fccd1b61948c19d6d10d75ea35751
WWW:URL	https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/data/f5946d76-bf09-4261-8f2e-6218210ae3af	EUNIS documentation for habitat classification

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Statement: The database compiled for the Braun-Blanquet project comprises various national and regional vegetation databases. The maintenance of these databases is in principle in the hands of the custodians. However, before uploading datasets into the Braun-Blanquet database a quality check is performed by Alterra and Masaryk University. If possible, detected errors are corrected and reported back to the data provider. Attributes added to the distribution data are: YEAR (year of recording) and PRECISION (precision in meters, indicating how precise the location is indicated).

More information can be found in the Braun-Blanquet project website: http://www.sci.muni.cz/botany/vegsci/braun_blanquet.php?lang=en .

Supporting information on the creation of this dataset is available in the ETC/BD Technical paper 3/2019: 'Distribution and habitat suitability maps of revised EUNIS coastal and wetland habitats' at: https://www.eionet.europa.eu/etcs/etc-bd/products/etc-bd-reports/etc-bd-technical-paper-3-2019-distribution-and-habitat-suitability-maps-of-revised-eunis-coastal-and-wetland-habitats .

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File identifier: da521e3e-95bb-4eb3-8226-358e1171e298 XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2024-05-22T13:16:05.979568Z

Metadata standard name: ISO 19115/19139

Metadata standard version: 1.0

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
European Environment Agency		sdi@eea.europa.eu	Point of contact

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