Sharks

General Information

North Sea

Baltic Sea

Clyde Marine Region

Adriatic Sea

Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Sharks

File:Layer Sharks.png
Layer Info
Category	Ecology
Sub-category	Fish

Description

Scientific name:

Habitat:

Main role:

Trophic level:

IUCN Red List Assessment:

Diet:

Threats:

Not applicable. This layer is not yet available in the MSP Challenge North Sea Edition.

North Sea Digital Twin

In the North Sea Digital Twin Edition, the layer 'Sharks and Rays Abundance' include both Sharks and Rays.

Types

• 0 - 0.03
• 0.03 - 0.5
• 0.5 - 1.0
• 1.0-1.5
• 1.5-2.0
• 2.5 - 3.0
• >3

Metadata

Data Source

EMODnet Biology, data available as a tif file under the folder 'SharksRaysAbundance'. Original netCDF file with other species groups, Elasmobranches fall under the name group 4.

Original Title

Sharks and Rays Abundance.

Description

"Sharks and Rays fall under the group of 'Elasmobranch'. In fact, species abundance data of this group can be found in EMODnet Biology, data available as a tif file under the folder 'SharksRaysAbundance'. Original netCDF file with other species groups, Elasmobranches fall under the name group 4. In personal communication with Peter Herman, indeed it is recommended to view impact on biodiversity based on species groups as opposed to looking at specific species abundance."

Creation Date

2021-01-01. Can't find the layer in new Emodnet portal, but available here here

Methodology

Web Map Services via Maris https://digitwin.maris.nl/

Not applicable. This layer is not yet available in the MSP Challenge Baltic Sea Edition.

Types

• Extremely Low
• Low
• Medium
• High
• Extra High

Metadata

Data Source

Sharks is a month-by-month, computer generated data layer following calculations made by the ecosystem simulation (EwE). For more information on how Ecopath-with-Ecosim (EwE) works, please visit our Wiki page or visit the official EwE website at https://ecopath.org.

For detailed information on how the simulation works for the Clyde Marine Region Edition, we recommend further exploring our research publication called "Combining ecosystem modeling with serious gaming in support of transboundary maritime spatial planning".

Not applicable. This layer is not yet available in the MSP Challenge Adriatic Sea Edition.

Not applicable. This layer is not yet available in the MSP Challenge Eastern Mediterranean Sea Edition.