| Content Citation | ||
| Title of Content: | Public Seagrass Compilation for West Coast Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) | |
| Type of Content: | Downloadable Data | |
| Content Publisher: | TerraLogic GIS, Inc. (data compilation) | |
| Publication Date: | 2004 | |
| Content Description | ||
| Content Summary: These data are a compilation of currently available seagrass GIS data sets for the west coast of the United States. These data have been compiled from seventeen different data sources. The source data were acquired over a large range of time periods, at many different spatial resolutions using a variety of methods, including aerial photography, videography, multispectral sensors, sonar, and field surveys. Users are cautioned to use these data as only a regional view of seagrass locations. Areas without mapped seagrass may contain seagrass, but digital data were unavailable during this data compilation | ||
| 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: Users are cautioned to use these data as only a regional view of seagrass locations. Areas without mapped seagrass may contain seagrass, but digital data were unavailable during this data compilation. | ||
| Time Period of Content | ||
| Beginning Date: | 1987 | |
| Ending Date: | 2003 | |
| Content Status | ||
| Progress: | Complete | |
| Update Frequency: | Unknown | |
| Spatial Domain | ||
| West Coordinate: | -124.621616 | |
| East Coordinate: | -114.700005 | |
| North Coordinate: | 49.027159 | |
| South Coordinate: | 32.595930 | |
| Coverage Area: | west coast, Washington, Oregon, California, Northwest Pacific Ocean | |
| Content Keywords | ||
| Theme Keywords: | seafloor, seagrass, eelgrass, surfgrass, Zostera spp., Phyllospadix sp., marine, estuarine, essential fish habitat (EFH) | |
| Place Keywords: | west coast, Washington, Oregon, California, Northwest Pacific Ocean | |
| Spatial Data Information | ||
| Data Type: | vector digital data | |
| Data Format: | Shapefile | |
| Data Projection: | Albers Conical Equal Area | |
| Access and Usage Information | ||
| Access Constraints: | none | |
| Use Constraints: | Before using the data for Morro Bay,California, users must contact Morro Bay National Estuary Program at 805-772-3834. | |