Artificial substrate (sometimes referred to as artificial habitat) is a human-made or synthetic environment in which an organism lives, or the surface or medium on which an organism grows or is attached.
The artificial substrate pressure is calculated on a month-by-month basis considering the activities running (or planned) in the sea basin. The contribution from each human activity to the total artificial substrate in the sea region is defined from 0 (no impact) to 1 (full impact) by expert knowledge.
Artificial substrate is subsequently a pressure on the ecosystem. This means that this data layer is fed into the ecosystem simulation (EwE), and the ecosystem will respond accordingly.
Return to pressures.
Not applicable. This layer is calculated by the system.
In the North Sea the following data layers contribute to Artificial Substrate, their contribution to Artificial Substrate (from 0 to 1) is indicated in brackets:
In the Baltic Sea the following data layers contribute to artificial substrate:
Enter data source for Clyde Marine Region here.
Enter name of the layer at the source.
Enter the description of the Clyde Marine Region dataset here.
yyyy-mm-dd Clyde Marine Region
Enter here how the layer was prepared to be integrated into the MSP Challenge.
Adriatic Sea types here
Enter data source for Adriatic Sea here.
Enter name of the layer at the Adriatic Sea source.
Enter the description of the Adriatic Sea dataset here.
yyyy-mm-dd Adriatic Sea
Enter here how the layer was prepared to be integrated into the MSP Challenge Adriatic Sea Edition.
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