This archive contains information for *FM1.1 Deepwater coastal inlets*, a ecosystem functional group (EFG, level 3) of the IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (https://global-ecosystems.org/).

General notes on maps:
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The maps show areas of the world containing major or minor occurrences of *FM1.1 Deepwater coastal inlets*. Minor occurrences are areas where an EFG is scattered in patches within matrices of others or where they occur in substantial areas but only within a segment of a larger region.

The maps were designed to be indicative of global distribution patterns and are not intended to represent fine-scale patterns. Given bounds of resolution and accuracy of source data, the maps should be used to query which EFG are likely to occur within areas, rather than which occur at particular point locations.

Methods for this map:
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Known locations of fjords where selected from a global geographical gazetteer (GeoNames 2020) and the composite gazetteer of Antarctica (SCAR 1992-2020). We further selected related coastal areas from a global coastal typology (Type IV in Dürr et al. 2011) and the adjacent marine shelves to 2000 meter depth (Becker et al 2009). A composite map was created at 30 arc seconds spatial resolution in geographic projection, occurrences were then aggregated to half degree spatial resolution and reclassified as major occurrences (cells with at least one known occurrence) and minor occurrences (cells with > 5% occurrence of coastal/marine shelf areas). Minor occurrences were clipped to a 10km buffer along the coast to remove inland and oceanic areas.

For online visualization and navigation:
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https://global-ecosystems.org/explore/groups/FM1.1

Citation:
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David A. Keith, José R. Ferrer-Paris, Emily Nicholson and Richard T. Kingsford (eds.) (2020) The IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology 2.0: Descriptive profiles for biomes and ecosystem functional groups. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. ISBN: 978-2-8317-2077-7. DOI:10.2305/IUCN.CH.2020.13.en

Data set citation:
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Keith, David A., Ferrer-Paris, Jose R., Nicholson, Emily, ..., Kingsford, Richard T. (2020). Indicative distribution maps for Ecological Functional Groups - Level 3 of IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology [Data set]. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513

Content of the archive:
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FM1_1_Deepwater_coastal_inlets.xml      Profile text for the funcional group (XML format)
FM1.1.web.map_v1.0.tif      Indicative map (raster layer, GeoTIFF format)
FM1.1.web.map_v1.0.json      Indicative map (vector layer, GeoJSON format)
