The habitat suitability map (HSM) of the Magelona-Ensis community is a map describing the likelihood of presence of the Magelona-Ensis community from 0 to 100% across the Belgian Part of the North Sea. The Magelona-Ensis community is a macrobethic species assemblage characteristics of the area. The map is the visualization of a species distribution modelling exercise which consisted in modelling the likelihood of presence of the specific macrobenthic community based on the environmental parameters available. The modelling exercise was performed using a large dataset of macrobenthos samples.
- habitat suitability modelling
- benthos
- macrobenthos
- Belgian part of the North Sea
- Magelona ensis community