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- f9c0e15a-a904-11eb-9c07-0242c0a8100c
- Title
- 5. Subtropical open-ocean ecosystems of the Sargasso Sea
- Date
- April 14, 2021, midnight, Publication
- Abstract
- This subtropical open-ocean ecosystem is bounded by four different ocean currents, which form an ocean gyre. The Sargasso Sea plays a crucial role in the wider North Atlantic ecosystem as habitat, foraging area, spawning ground and important migratory corridor, and is named after the endemic Sargassum seaweed that is found here. This sea is a haven for biodiversity, and is recognised as an Ecologically or Biologically Significant Area by the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. It is the planet’s only sea without a land boundary.
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- Owner
- t.morato@gmail.com
- Point of Contact
- Morato
- t.morato@gmail.com
- Purpose
- Boundary of the iAtlantic study region: 5. Subtropical open-ocean ecosystems of the Sargasso Sea
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- por
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- Supplemental Information
- The area was expanded to the West to encompass the cruises planned in the US continental shelf. TU noted that the Deep Search program is focused on the area between about 30N and 37N on the continental shelf of the US. A few of their cruises have been listed as part of the iAtlantic field work, but do not fall within the preliminary boundary. UCL noted that their paleo work have some cores on the continental shelf (Gulf of Maine and also of New Jersey - Hudson Canyon) and also continental slope cores off Cape Hatteras. However, since this is quite a broad area the region boundary was note modified. After the September 2020 SC meeting UEDIN noted the northern boundary could be extended very slightly to bring Norfolk & Baltimore canyons (38.5°N) into scope. It turns out both UEDIN through the cold seep megafauna work and Didier at the Sorbonne have activities on-going there. The boundary would need to extend to. UEDIN noted (April 2021) that iAtlantic is working with datasets from the Bermudan EEZ including the BATS time series and the citizen science data from Whales Bermuda. It was an oversight to exclude the EEZ from the regional working areas so the boundary was rectified.
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- Spatial Reference System Identifier
- EPSG:4326
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- Boundaries
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