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Southeast Regional Office, 2024: Elkhorn and Staghorn Corals Critical Habitat, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/18670.

Item Identification

Title: Elkhorn and Staghorn Corals Critical Habitat
Short Name: Elkhorn and Staghorn Corals Critical Habitat
Status: Completed
Creation Date: 2007-10-30
Revision Date: 2015-05-07
Publication Date: 2008-11-26
Abstract:

These data represent the critical habitat for elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) and staghorn coral (A. cervicornis) as designated by 73 FR 72210, November 26, 2008, Rules and Regulations.

Purpose:

The purpose of these data is to visually represent the critical habitat areas for GIS analysis and display.

Notes:

Loaded by FGDC Metadata Uploader, batch 4534, 03-06-2013 15:19

The following FGDC sections are not currently supported in InPort, but were preserved and will be included in the FGDC export:

- Entity Attribute Information (FGDC:eainfo)

- Spatial Reference Information (FGDC:spref),

- Spatial Data Organization Information (FGDC:spdoinfo)

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
PARR Exclusion Non-Environmental Data
None Acropora cervicornis
None Acropora palmata
None Critical Habitat
None elkhorn coral
None Endangered Species
None fishery-dependent
None GIS
None staghorn coral

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None Atlantic Ocean
None Broward County
None Caribbean
None Caribbean Sea
None Florida
None Florida Keys
None Miami-Dade County
None Monroe County
None Palm Beach County
None Puerto Rico
None St. Croix
None St. John
None St. Thomas
None Virgin Islands

Physical Location

Organization: Southeast Regional Office
City: St. Petersburg
State/Province: FL
Country: USA
Location Description:

web page, or web map

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Data Set Type: GIS Files
Maintenance Frequency: As Needed
Data Presentation Form: GIS data
Entity Attribute Overview:

FID and Shape are attributes created internally with Esri software. Id is the identification number for the polygons, AREA is the area in square kilometers, CH_AREA_NO is the unit number for the critical habitat, CH_AREA_NM is the unit name for the critical habitat, COMNAME is the common name for the species.

Entity Attribute Detail Citation:

Entity attribute citation for FID and Shape is Esri.

Entity Attribute Detail URL: https://www.esri.com/
Distribution Liability:

Users be advised that the accuracy of this data set is completely dependent upon the accuracy of the shoreline and bathymetric data used in the creation process. For more details on this process, see the process description. The text description in 73 FR 72210 is always the one, true definition of Acropora critical habitat. These or any other depictions are for information purposes only and shouldn't be relied on for regulatory purposes.

Data Set Credit: Amanda Frick

Support Roles

Distributor

CC ID: 845825
Date Effective From: 2019-05-30
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): Southeast Regional Office (SERO)
Address: 263 13th Ave. South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
USA
Phone: (727)824-5301
URL: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-regional-office
Business Hours: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm EST
Contact Instructions:

(727) 824-5301

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 103517
Date Effective From: 2013-03-06
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Frick, Amanda L
Address: 263 13th Ave. South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
USA
Email Address: amanda.frick@noaa.gov
Phone: 727-824-5301
Fax: 727-824-5320

Originator

CC ID: 184591
Date Effective From: 2008
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Frick, Amanda L
Address: 263 13th Ave. South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
USA
Email Address: amanda.frick@noaa.gov
Phone: 727-824-5301
Fax: 727-824-5320

Point of Contact

CC ID: 175275
Date Effective From: 2008-11-26
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Moore, Jennifer
Address: 263 13th Ave. South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
USA
Email Address: Jennifer.Moore@noaa.gov
Phone: 727-824-5312
Fax: 727-824-5309

Extents

Currentness Reference: Ground Condition

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 103516
W° Bound: -83.120607
E° Bound: -64.438286
N° Bound: 26.545134
S° Bound: 17.637457

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 103515
Time Frame Type: Continuing
Start: 2008-11-26 09:00+0000
Description:

The start date is the date the critical habitat final rule became effective.

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Security Classification System:

none

Security Handling Description:

none

Data Access Policy:

critical habitat data is to be made public when the final rule is published

Data Access Procedure:

none

Data Access Constraints:

None

Data Use Constraints:

Users be advised that the accuracy of this data set is completely dependent upon the accuracy of the shoreline and bathymetric data used in the creation process. For more details on this process, see the process description. The text description in 73 FR 72210 is always the one, true definition of Acropora critical habitat. These or any other depictions are for information purposes only and shouldn't be relied on for regulatory purposes.

Metadata Access Constraints:

none

Metadata Use Constraints:

none

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 103550
Start Date: 2019-05-30
End Date: Present
Download URL: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/map/acropora-elkhorn-and-staghorn-coral-critical-habitat-map-and-gis-data
Distributor: Southeast Regional Office (SERO) (2019-05-30 - Present)
File Name: shapefile_acropora_critical_habitat_florida_caribbean_sero.zip
Description:

Online Linkage for shapefile of acropora critical habitat GIS layer.

File Date/Time: 2007-10-30 00:00:00
File Type (Deprecated): zip
File Size: 1,047 MB
Application Version: 10.8
Compression: Zip
Review Status: Chked Viruses Inapp Content

URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 103519
URL: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/map/acropora-elkhorn-and-staghorn-coral-critical-habitat-map-and-gis-data
Name: Acropora: Elkhorn and Staghorn coral critical habitat map and GIS data
URL Type:
Online Resource
File Resource Format: zipped shapefile
Description:

Online Linkage for shapefiles, maps, zipped KML, and metadata

Technical Environment

Description:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000

Data Quality

Representativeness:

Users be advised that the accuracy of this data set is completely dependent upon the accuracy of the shoreline and bathymetric data used in the creation process. Both bathymetry and shoreline are dynamic in the real world and this fact needs to be considered when consulting on a project within or near the designated critical habitat.

Accuracy:

Bathy and shoreline data are both between 1:20,000- 1:80,000 scale.

Analytical Accuracy:

no analysis

Horizontal Positional Accuracy:

Both bathymetric and shoreline data were created by other offices and they do not have accuracy statements associated with their data.

Vertical Positional Accuracy:

Both bathymetric and shoreline data were created by other offices and they do not have accuracy statements associated with their data.

Quantitation Limits:

not applicable to this data

Bias:

not applicable to this data

Comparability:

not applicable to this data

Completeness Measure:

New data is being collected all of the time and will be evaluated to continue to use the best available bathymetric and shoreline data.

Precision:

Bathy and shoreline data are both between 1:20,000- 1:80,000 scale.

Analytical Precision:

Bathy and shoreline data are both between 1:20,000- 1:80,000 scale.

Field Precision:

not applicable

Sensitivity:

not applicable

Detection Limit:

not applicable

Completeness Report:

The accuracy of this data set is completely dependent upon the accuracy of the shoreline and bathymetric data used in the creation process. Bathymetry: NGDC Coastal Relief Model for Puerto Rico & Virgin Islands (Vol. 9), and Florida and Eastern Gulf of Mexico (Vol. 3). Used detailed shoreline for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands from NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), by selecting 'Land' and 'mangrove' polygons. Used NOAA medium resolution vector shoreline for Florida to create land polygon. Erased the bathymetry polygons with the land/mangrove polygons . For Florida shoreline, or shoreward side of the critical habitat polygon, used Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission (FWC) for nearshore bathymetry (digitized from NOAA nautical charts) for the 6 ft depth to Government Cut, FWC 1:24,000 scale shoreline, COLREG lines, and intercouncil boundary between South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Councils at the mouths of bays and inlets, and information from the U.S. Navy for exclusions. The polygon that included to the 30 meter contour was erased with the appropriate data for the shoreward side.

Conceptual Consistency:

Users be advised that the accuracy of this data set is completely dependent upon the accuracy of the shoreline and bathymetric data used in the creation process. Both bathymetry and shoreline are dynamic in the real world and this fact needs to be considered when consulting on a project within or near the designated critical habitat.

Quality Control Procedures Employed:

visual comparison of imagery and various shorelines with bathymetric data for shallow water boundaries.

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 18670
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:18670
Metadata Record Created By: Amanda L Frick
Metadata Record Created: 2013-03-06 15:19+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2023-08-15 17:09+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2021-05-03
Owner Org: SERO
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2021-05-03
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2022-05-03