Pelagic Regionalisation

This layer is a circumpolar, pelagic regionalisation of the Southern Ocean south of 40°S, based on sea surface temperature, depth, and sea ice information. The results show a series of latitudinal bands in open ocean areas, consistent with the oceanic fronts. Around islands and continents, the spatial scale of the patterns is finer, and is driven by variations in depth and sea ice.

Raymond B (2014) Pelagic Regionalisation. In: de Broyer C, Koubbi P, Griffiths H, Raymond B et al. (eds) The Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, Cambridge UK, pp. 418-421

https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_4124_pelagic_regionalisation

Downloaded
29 May 2017
Downloaded as ASC grid, polygonized to SHP. Added cluster descriptions to the attribute table from the Biogeographic Atlas Chapter 10.2 (2014)
Multiple citations in the DESCRIPTION section of the AAD link

Editor
Biology
Huw Griffiths
hjg@bas.ac.uk

Author
Ben Raymond
Ben.Raymond@aad.gov.au