Spiny Lobster Essential Fish Habitat

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Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) in association with the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC)
Publication_Date: 2008
Title: Spiny Lobster Essential Fish Habitat
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Description:
Abstract:
This merged dataset represents the Essential Fish Habitats of Spiny Lobster as described in Final Habitat Plan for the South Atlantic Region: Essential Fish Habitiat Requirements for Fishery Management Plans of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, The Shrimp Fishery Management Plan, The Red Drum Fishery Management Plan, The Snapper Grouper Fishery Management Plan, The Coastal Migratory Pelagics Fishery Management Plan, The Golden Crab Fishery Management Plan, The Spiny Lobster Fishery Management Plan, The Coral, Coral Reefs, and Live/Hard Bottom Habitat Fishery Management Plan, and the Calico Scallop Fishery Management Plan (October 1998).
The particular components included in this assembled dataset include: Coral in FL's Broward and Palm Beach counties, and S FL; Estuarine Scrub/Shrub Wetlands in FL, GA, SC, NC; Seagrass in FL; the Gulf Stream off the SE US Atlantic coast; Contintental Margin Sand Sediments.
Purpose:
This dataset was assembled in support of ongoing South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) imternet mapping service (IMS) efforts in association with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI)
Supplemental_Information:
Prior to July 1, 2004, the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) was known as the Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI). The institute name has not been changed in historical data sets or references to work completed by the Florida Marine Research Institute. The institute name has been changed in references to ongoing research, new research, and contact information.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: varies
Currentness_Reference: varies
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.517586
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.453304
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.654632
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.216335
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: FWRItheme
Theme_Keyword: pelagic fish (tuna, mackerel, amberjack, sharks)
Theme_Keyword: other fish
Theme_Keyword: other inverts
Theme_Keyword: science
Theme_Keyword: research
Theme_Keyword: marine
Theme_Keyword: mapping
Theme_Keyword: lobster
Theme_Keyword: GIS
Theme_Keyword: crab
Theme_Keyword: corals (reefs, etc)
Theme_Keyword: coastal
Theme_Keyword: benthic
Theme_Keyword: artificial reefs
Theme_Keyword: essential fish habitat
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: FWRIplace
Place_Keyword: Atlantic
Place_Keyword: East Coast of Florida
Place_Keyword: Georgia
Place_Keyword: North Carolina
Place_Keyword: wildlife and environmental area
Place_Keyword: South Carolina
Place_Keyword: Florida
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
Access_Constraints: Available without restriction
Use_Constraints:
FWC-FWRI must be credited. This is not a survey data set and should not be utilized as such. These data are not to be used for navigation.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: GIS Data Librarian
Contact_Organization:
FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute)
Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:
Fish and Wildlife Research Institute 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: Florida
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-893-1679
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com
Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Eastern time
Security_Information:
Security_Classification_System: FWRI-DC
Security_Classification: Available without restriction
Security_Handling_Description: Available without restriction
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.4.1420
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
Feature attributes were visually inspected and appear to be correct.
Logical_Consistency_Report: No logical inconsistencies are known to exist in this data set.
Completeness_Report:
EFH areas [as defined in SAFMC, 1998] are represented within the constraints of available information.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center
Publication_Date: 11-22-2004
Title: camra_mrgis_benthic_broward_2004
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2004
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: camra_mrgis_benthic_broward_2004
Source_Contribution:
This GIS data set represents coral and hardbottom habitats off Broward County Florida. These data are the results of an integrated mapping project undertaken to provide a habitat map of the shallow Broward County seafloor between the 0m and 35m contour. All data were mapped in ArcGIS9 and polygons were drawn at a scale of 1:6000 with a one acre minimum mapping unit. The entire area mapped was roughly 110 square-kilometers. For the production of these polygons, high resolution LADS bathymetry was used to map reef geomorphology, acoustic data (QTC and Echoplus) were used to aid in defining the geomorphologic features into habitat types, and a waterproof drop video camera from a boat was used as groundtruthing to confirm substrate type. The shallow inshore seafloor from the 0m to -6m contour was mapped using a combination of assimilated data types including aerial photography and high-resolution bathymetry and the deeper seafloor habitats, from the -6m to the -35m contour, were mapped using mostly high-resolution bathymetry and acoustic ground discrimination. The result produced a seamless GIS benthic habitat classification of the entire nearshore reef system in Broward County. Refer to the final project report: Development of GIS Maps for Southeast Florida Coral Reefs, for a complete description of the classification.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center
Publication_Date: 20070331
Title: ISM_CSA_benthic_palmbeach_2002
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20070331
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: ISM_CSA_benthic_palmbeach_2002
Source_Contribution:
These data are the results of an integrated mapping project undertaken to provide a habitat map of the shallow Palm Beach County seafloor between the 0m and 35m contour. All data were mapped in ArcGIS9x and polygons were drawn at a scale of 1:6000 with a one acre minimum mapping unit. The entire area mapped was roughly 254 square-kilometers. For the production of these polygons, high resolution LADS bathymetry was used to map reef geomorphology, acoustic ground discrimination were used to aid in defining the geomorphologic features into habitat types, and a waterproof drop video camera from a boat was used as groundtruthing to confirm substrate type. The shallow inshore seafloor from the 0m to -6m contour was mapped using a combination of assimilated data types including aerial photography and high-resolution bathymetry and the deeper seafloor habitats, from the -6m to the -35m contour, were mapped using mostly high-resolution bathymetry and acoustic ground discrimination. The result produced a seamless GIS benthic habitat classification of the entire nearshore reef system in Palm Beach County. See report for a description of the classification.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI), Center for Spatial Analysis
Publication_Date: 1992
Title: camra_view_benthic_sfl_1992_corals
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1992
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: camra_view_benthic_sfl_1992_corals
Source_Contribution:
This GIS data set is a view referencing the feature class "FMRI.benthic_south_fl_poly". This view is a reselection where S_CLASS = 'CR', including patch reefs and platform margin reefs. For more information about the source data set see the metadata for "camra_mrgis_benthic_south_fl"
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
NOAA, Coastal Services Center, excerpted and modified by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI)
Publication_Date: 2008
Title: Estuarine Scrub/Shrub Wetlands of the NC, SC, GA, and FL Coasts
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2001
Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Estuarine Scrub/Shrub Wetlands of the NC, SC, GA, and FL Coasts
Source_Contribution:
This dataset includes all tidal wetlands dominated by woody vegetation less than 5 meters in height, and all such wetlands that occur in tidal areas in which salinity due to ocean-derived salts is equal to or greater than 0.5 percent. Total vegetation coverage is greater than 20 percent.
Characteristic species: Sea-myrtle (Baccharis halimifolia) and marsh elder (Iva frutescens).
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Center for Spatial Analysis
Publication_Date: 2007
Title: seagrass_fl_1987to2007_poly
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1987
Ending_Date: 2007
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: seagrass_fl_1987to2007_poly
Source_Contribution:
This polygon GIS data set represents a compilation of statewide seagrass data from various source agencies and scales. The data were mapped from sources ranging in date from 1987 to 2007. Not all data in this compilation are mapped from photography; some are the results of field measurements. See the "Sources" section for more information. The original source data sets were not all classified in the same manner; some used the Florida Land Use Cover and Forms Classification System (FLUCCS) codes 9113 for discontinuous seagrass and 9116 for continuous seagrass; some defined only presence and absence of seagrass, and some defined varying degrees of seagrass percent cover. In order to merge all of these data sources into one compilation data set, FWRI reclassified the various source data attribute schemes into two categories: "continuous" and "discontinuous" seagrass. In areas where studies overlap, the most recent study where a given area has been interpreted is represented in this data set.This data set is not comparable to previous statewide data sets for time series studies - not all areas have been updated since the previous statewide compilation and some areas previously not mapped are now included. Please contact GIS Librarian to request the source data if you need to do a time series comparison.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI)
Publication_Date: 2008
Title: Gulf Stream off the Southeast US Coast - polygon
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1990
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Gulf Stream off the Southeast US Coast - polygon
Source_Contribution:
Represented is the Gulf Stream off the Southeastern US Atlantic coast. This polygon represents the extreme front positions as based on information produced in: Mineral Management Service. 1990. Final Environmental Report on Proposed Exploratory Drilling Offshore North Carolina. Volume 1. Environmental Assessment Division. OCS MMS. pp 663; and reproduced in: FINAL HABITAT PLAN FOR THE SOUTH ATLANTIC REGION: ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT REQUIREMENTS FOR FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLANS OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL THE SHRIMP FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN, THE RED DRUM FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN, THE SNAPPER GROUPER FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN, THE COASTAL MIGRATORY PELAGICS FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN, THE GOLDEN CRAB FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN, THE SPINY LOBSTER FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN, THE CORAL, CORAL REEFS, AND LIVE/HARD BOTTOM HABITAT FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN, THE SARGASSUM HABITAT FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND THE CALICO SCALLOP FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN Prepared by the: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council OCTOBER 1998
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 200506
Title:
CONMAPSG--Sand: Continental Margin Mapping (CONMAP) sediments grainsize distribution for the United States East Coast Continental Margin
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1982
Ending_Date: 1999
Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
CONMAPSG--Sand: Continental Margin Mapping (CONMAP) sediments grainsize distribution for the United States East Coast Continental Margin
Source_Contribution:
Sediments off the eastern United States vary markedly in texture - the size, shape, and arrangement of their grains. However, for descriptive purposes, it is typically most useful to classify these sediments according to their grain-size distributions. Starting in 1962, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) began a joint program to study the marine geology of the continental margin off the Atlantic coast of the United States. As part of this program and numerous subsequent projects, thousands of sediment samples were collected and analyzed for particle size.
This selection represents those sediments defined as SAND.
The sediment map of the Continental Margin Mapping Program (CONMAP) series is a compilation of grain-size data produced in the sedimentation laboratory of the Woods Hole Science Center (WHSC) of the Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and from both published and unpublished studies. Sediment was classified using the Wentworth (1929) grain-size scale and the Shepard (1954) scheme of sediment classification. Certain grain-size categories are combined because of the paucity of some sediment textures; blank parts of the maps indicate areas where data are insufficient to infer sediment type. Bathymetry is used as a guide in placing some of the contacts between different sediment types. However, because the true boundaries between sediment types are probably highly irregular or gradational, because the extreme textural variability that characterizes some areas does not appear at this scale, and because the accuracy of the navigational systems used during the earlier studies is limited, all contacts should be considered to be inferred.
The sediment classification for any given polygon (i.e. area) reflects the dominant surficial sediment type for that polygon. It does not mean that other sediment types are not present within the polygon, only that the dominant sediment type is the one that is most common.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Seven different datasets of varied sources were assembled using the "merge" tool within ArcGIS 9.2. This merged dataset was then modified with the removal of vast quantities of attribute fields of widely varying specificity and purpose. The dataset was then processed using the "Dissolve" tool based on the "ITEM" field resulting in a more simplified attribute table.
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Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222
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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
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Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ITEM
Attribute_Definition: The source dataset of the particular polygon.
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: GIS Data Librarian
Contact_Organization:
FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute)
Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:
Fish and Wildlife Research Institute 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: Florida
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-893-1679
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com
Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Eastern time
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This data set is in the public domain, and the recipient may not assert any proprietary rights thereto nor represent it to anyone as other than a FWC-FWRI produced data set; it is provided "as-is" without warranty of any kind, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The user assumes all responsibility for the accuracy and suitability of this data set for a specific application. In no event will the staff of the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute be liable for any damages, including lost profits, lost savings, or other incidental or consequential damages arising from the use of or the inability to use this data set.
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Metadata_Date: 20081105
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Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: GIS Data Librarian
Contact_Organization:
FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute)
Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:
Fish and Wildlife Research Institute 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: Florida
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-893-1679
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com
Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Eastern time
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Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
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