AquaMaps

AquaMaps is a modelling system that produces predicted global distribution maps for marine species based on their environmental tolerances and habitat preferences.

The model estimates species occurrence probability using environmental variables including:

• depth
• temperature
• salinity
• primary productivity
• sea-ice association
• coastal habitat proximity

Species occurrence data are integrated from large biodiversity databases such as:

• FishBase
• SeaLifeBase
• OBIS
• GBIF

The resulting outputs are global maps of habitat suitability and predicted species distribution for thousands of marine species.