Reef Genomics Lab, PI Voolstra

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Published January 4, 2021 | Version v0.1.4
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reefMapMaker - convenient creation of user-defined regional maps with coral reef locations

Creators

  • 1. University of Konstanz

Description

Coral reefs are globally distributed in tropical and subtropical oceans around the world, roughly between 30 deg S and 30 deg N latitude. Despite the availability of datasets that detail the global distribution of coral reefs around the world, it is not straightforward to produce user-defined regional maps with coral reef locations indicated.

Here we present reefMapMaker, a conda-installed Python script that uses the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre's (UNEP-WCMC) global distribution of warm-water coral reefs dataset to produce a map figure (.png and .svg format) of a user specified region annotated with coral reef locations as well as user-specified sites. reefMapMaker is designed to simplify the task of producing publication-ready map figures and to enable users with no prior experience in scripting languages to make use of the available online resources to support their research.

For further documentation, see the reefMapMaker repository on GitHub.

Notes

Funding was supported by the University of Konstanz Sequencing Analysis Core Facility (SequAna) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) project number 433042944.

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References

  • UNEP-WCMC, WorldFish Centre, WRI, TNC (2018). Global distribution of warm-water coral reefs, compiled from multiple sources including the Millennium Coral Reef Mapping Project. Version 4.0. Includes contributions from IMaRS-USF and IRD (2005), IMaRS-USF (2005) and Spalding et al. (2001). Cambridge (UK): UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre. URL: http://data.unep-wcmc.org/datasets/1
  • IMaRS-USF (Institute for Marine Remote Sensing-University of South Florida) (2005). Millennium Coral Reef Mapping Project. Unvalidated maps. These maps are unendorsed by IRD, but were further interpreted by UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Cambridge (UK): UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
  • IMaRS-USF, IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement) (2005). Millennium Coral Reef Mapping Project. Validated maps. Cambridge (UK): UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
  • Spalding MD, Ravilious C, Green EP (2001). World Atlas of Coral Reefs. Berkeley (California, USA): The University of California Press. 436 pp.