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Dataset: AlongCoast Coordinate System

Spatial Extent: N:60.6667 E:-34.83333333 S:-54.6667 W:-97.83333333
Project: 
Principal Investigator: 
James E. Byers (University of Georgia, UGA)
James M. Pringle (University of New Hampshire, UNH)
Co-Principal Investigator: 
John P. Wares (University of Georgia, UGA)
Contact: 
Paula Pappalardo (University of Georgia, UGA)
BCO-DMO Data Manager: 
Ms Dicky Allison (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)
Version: 
working
Version Date: 
2015-04-01
Restricted: 
No
Validated: 
No
Current State: 
Final with updates expected

A series of coordinates and ranges from South and North America to which species occurrences are mapped according to a model (CoastBenthBiogeo project)

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Description

This dataset describes a series of points along the coast of South and North America, and the alongshore distance of the path connecting those points. A species occurrence on the East Coast of North America is mapped to an alongshore distance by finding the geographic point in this coordinate system closest to the occurrence, and then assigning to the occurrence the alongshore distance associated with that geographic point.

The complete dataset methodology is detailed in Pappalardo P, Pringle J, Wares J, and J Byers (2015): The location, strength, and mechanisms behind marine biogeographic boundaries of the east coast of North America. Ecography 38: 001–010, 2015

There are two datasets associated with this coordinate system:
http://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/554871: Database of marine invertebrate dispersal parameters and species ranges (NE Coast N. America)
and
http://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/555322: Database of marine invertebrate dispersal parameters, species ranges and lat-lon ranges (NE Coast N. America)

Data Files
File
alongcoastcoords.csv
(Comma Separated Values (.csv), 83.58 KB)
MD5:4eb0e618e991edc276bcd2f7c6c6579e
Primary data file for dataset ID 554893
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