187331bb-a41d-4140-a8f3-58d584ed7ee5 EUNIS littoral biogenic habitat types (salt marshes) European Environment Agency Custodian sdi@eea.europa.eu http://www.eea.europa.eu/ SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics Chiara Bortoluzzi Data Manager chiara.bortoluzzi@sib.swiss https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6589-6635 2021-11-15 English This metadata describes the EUNIS littoral biogenic habitat types (salt marshes) distribution datasets created from habitat probability mapping. Probability maps are refined versions of habitat suitability maps. Suitability maps model areas where the environment is suitable for a certain habitat type. Probability maps include information on existing land cover and narrow the modelled suitable distribution to areas where the habitat type is probable to occur. Littoral biogenic habitats (commonly known as salt marshes) are formed by animals such as worms and mussels or plants. The verified saltmarsh habitat samples used are derived from the Braun-Blanquet database (<a href="http://www.sci.muni.cz/botany/vegsci/braun_blanquet.php?lang=en" target="_blank">http://www.sci.muni.cz/botany/vegsci/braun_blanquet.php?lang=en</a>) which is a centralised database of vegetation plots and comprises copies of national and regional databases using a unified taxonomic reference database. The geographic extent of the distribution data are all European countries except Armenia and Azerbaijan. Biodiversity: state of habitats and species EEA topics habitat natural area terrestrial ecosystem salt marsh GEMET Habitats and biotopes GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 Monaco Moldova EEA38 (from 2020) Russian Federation (European part) Andorra Georgia Ukraine San Marino United Kingdom Belarus Continents, countries, sea regions of the world No limitations to public access. Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ EUNIS littoral biogenic habitat types (salt marshes) probability maps - version 1, Nov. 2021 https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/webdav/datastore/public/eea_r_3035_100_m_eunis-hab-propability-ma_p_1940-2020_v01_r00 EUNIS documentation for habitat classification https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/data/f5946d76-bf09-4261-8f2e-6218210ae3af EEA geospatial data catalogue https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/catalogue/srv/api/records/7a2d78ec-8a31-4e7b-91df-45db6e64e842?language=all Europe -29.00 58.00 82.00 28.00 1940-01-01 2017-12-31 European Environment Agency Point of contact sdi@eea.europa.eu http://www.eea.europa.eu/ European Environment Agency (2021).EUNIS littoral biogenic habitat types (salt marshes) probability maps - version 1, Nov. 2021. https://doi.org/10.2909/7a2d78ec-8a31-4e7b-91df-45db6e64e842