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| Content Citation | ||
| Title of Content: | U.S. West Coast Geological Seafloor Habitat Characterization for Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) | |
| Type of Content: | Downloadable Data | |
| Content Publisher: | TerraLogic GIS, Inc. (data compilation), Active Tectonics and Seafloor Mapping Lab, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University (data development, Oregon and Washington), Center for Habitat Studies, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (data development for California) | |
| Publication Date: | 2004 | |
| Content Description | ||
| Content Summary: This data set delineates geological seafloor characteristics of the continental margin of the United States West Coast. Seafloor types are classified according to Greene et. al. (1999) deep-water marine benthic habitat scheme. Seafloor feature interpretation was performed by West Coast geologic mapping experts as a synthesis of various source data sets, including side-scan sonar, bottom samples, seismic data, and multibeam bathymetry. The Active Tectonics and Seafloor Mapping Lab, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University developed the data for Oregon and Washington. The Center for Habitat Studies, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories developed the data for California. | ||
| Content Purpose: These data were developed for Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission in cooperation with the National Marine Fisheries Service Northwest Region and the Pacific Fishery Management Council in support of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to consider the designation and conservation of Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) for Pacific Coast Groundfish. These data were consolidated and integrated in a GIS format to support spatially explicit groundfish habitat modelling and impacts assessment on a coastwide scale. | ||
| Supplemental Information: The level of detail in seafloor type boundary delineation varies across the data set, based on the quantity and quality of original data sources. | ||
| Time Period of Content | ||
| Beginning Date: | 1960 | |
| Ending Date: | 2002 | |
| Content Status | ||
| Progress: | Complete | |
| Update Frequency: | Unknown | |
| Spatial Domain | ||
| West Coordinate: | -126.441240 | |
| East Coordinate: | -114.821462 | |
| North Coordinate: | 48.508643 | |
| South Coordinate: | 31.669350 | |
| Coverage Area: | west coast, Washington, Oregon, California, Northwest Pacific Ocean | |
| Content Keywords | ||
| Theme Keywords: | seafloor, habitat, benthic, geophysical, marine, essential fish habitat (EFH) | |
| Place Keywords: | west coast, Washington, Oregon, California, Northwest Pacific Ocean | |
| Spatial Data Information | ||
| Data Type: | vector digital data | |
| Data Format: | SDE Feature Class | |
| Data Projection: | Albers Conical Equal Area | |
| Data Scale: | 2,500 to 250,000 | |
| Access and Usage Information | ||
| Access Constraints: | none | |
| Use Constraints: | none | |