Seabed Assemblage Data for Biological Habitat Classification

Cooper et al. (2019) provide files for an R script analyzing seabed assemblages to promote cost-efficient monitoring. The dataset is associated with a paper published in the Journal of Applied Ecology in 2019. The data is hosted by the Marine Environmental Data & Information Network on the uk_data platform.

Use Cases

• Compare biological-based habitat classification approaches based on seabed assemblage data.
• Assess the cost-efficiency of monitoring methods based on the described biological classification framework.
• Replicate the analysis from Cooper et al. (2019) using the provided R script and linked data files.

Strengths

• Dataset is directly linked to a peer-reviewed publication (Cooper et al., 2019, J. Appl. Ecol.).
• Includes an R script for analysis, suggesting reproducibility.
• References a specific external data source (DOI: 10.14466/CefasDataHub.34).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Marine Environmental Data & Information Network

Collection Method

Likely collected via marine environmental surveys, as inferred from the paper's focus on seabed assemblages.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-11 08:10:07.484796; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Geography is not specified, but the uk_data platform suggests a likely focus on UK waters.