From seafloor depths to fishing activity, free software brings ocean data together
Researchers led by Jason Flower at UC Santa Barbara's Environmental Markets Lab released oceandatr, a free R package that retrieves and standardizes global ocean spatial data—including seafloor depth, seamount locations, temperature and fishing effort—into consistent formats, facilitating marine science and planning in regions such as Micronesia, Vanuatu and Fiji.
Source: From seafloor depths to fishing activity, free software brings ocean data together — Phys.org
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