Summary

• The Allen Coral Atlas maps and monitors the world’s coral reefs to provide actionable data and a shared understanding of coastal ecosystems

Source

Category

• Habitats

Format

• gpkg
• csv

Data Range

• NA

Link Access (Internal)

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Original Source

Allen Coral Atlas | Atlas

Metadata

• Two mapped levels: 1. global geomorphic zones, 2. global benthic zones
• Corals are animals that deposit limestone skeletons that contribute - along with other abiotic factors - to the incremental development of complex 3D limestone structures: reefs
• ACA is a shallow reef atlas: displaying reef features 10m deep (benthic) and 20m (geomorphic) or shallower
• ACA is a coral reef atlas, not a coral atlas - coral reef are built by corals, but not all corals build reefs