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Spatio-temporal dynamics of the floating canopy of Macrocystis pyrifera in the Humboldt Current System
Citation
Guajardo Rubilar Eduardo (2025). Spatio-temporal dynamics of the floating canopy of Macrocystis pyrifera in the Humboldt Current System. SEANOE. https://doi.org/10.17882/108283
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Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Description

The database represents the extent of the floating canopy of M. pyrifera along the Chilean part of the Humboldt Current System and its seasonal variation from summer 2016 to summer 2015.

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The Google Earth Engine code for processing satellite images and recognizing floating canopy can be accessed at the following link:

https://code.earthengine.google.com/b9e498f597356f9094061abd3f5bf094

Data processing were performed using R. 

Lineage
Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output
Scope
Themes:
Biology > Macroalgae
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal · Bio-geographical regions · Biota · Environment · Geoscientific Information · Habitats and biotopes · Metadata non conformant · Metadata not evaluated · No limitations to public access · Oceans · Regional · Sea regions · WGS84 (EPSG:4326) · XYZ ASCII · EurOBIS calculated BBOX · Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh, 1820
Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -73,9942; MinLat: -41,552 - MaxLong: -70,0622; MaxLat: -18,4666 [WGS84]
Temporal coverage
21 December 2015 - 21 March 2025
Taxonomic coverage
Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh, 1820 [WoRMS]
Related datasets
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EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
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Dataset information:
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Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Release date: 2026-05-13
Metadatarecord created: 2026-03-12
Information last updated: 2026-06-04
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