Published May 20, 2026 | Version v5
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Data for benthic habitat changes in the Joulters cays and the North Abacos region, the Bahamas

  • 1. ROR icon Utrecht University
  • 2. EDMO icon University of Utrecht, Institute of Earth Sciences Utrecht
  • 3. ROR icon University of Liverpool
  • 4. EDMO icon Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science , University of Miami
  • 5. ROR icon University of Münster

Description

The aim of this work is to understand how benthic habitat changes in the shallow water of the Bahamas in the last 80 years. Therefore, we compared the modern statellite images with historic images. 

This dataset contains:

Data S1: original individual vintage image.

Data S2: assembled vintage image.

Data S3: ArcGIS file that interpret vintage/modern images.

Data S4: Interpreted habitat maps (shapefile).

Data S5: Spreadsheet containing area and perimeter statistics for individual patches.

Data S6: Spreadsheet containing tracking results.

Data S7: Input and output of STACKER model (including sensitivity test results). 

Readme: descriptions of these dataset in more details.

 

The code associated with Data S6, S7 is stored in: https://github.com/MindTheGap-ERC/TrackingHabitat.git.

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Additional details

Funding

European Commission
MindTheGap - Quantifying the completeness of the stratigraphic record and its role in reconstructing the tempo and mode of evolution 101041077

Dates

Updated
2026-02-26