18670
Elkhorn and Staghorn Corals Critical Habitat
Elkhorn and Staghorn Corals Critical Habitat
Data Set
Published / External
18668
Endangered Species Information
Project
Completed
2007-10-30
2015-05-07
2008-11-26
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.
The purpose of these data is to visually represent the critical habitat areas for GIS analysis and display.
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)
Theme
PARR Exclusion
Non-Environmental Data
Theme
Acropora cervicornis
Theme
Acropora palmata
Theme
Critical Habitat
Theme
Endangered Species
Theme
GIS
Theme
elkhorn coral
Theme
fishery-dependent
Theme
staghorn coral
Spatial
Atlantic Ocean
Spatial
Broward County
Spatial
Caribbean
Spatial
Caribbean Sea
Spatial
Florida
Spatial
Florida Keys
Spatial
Miami-Dade County
Spatial
Monroe County
Spatial
Palm Beach County
Spatial
Puerto Rico
Spatial
St. Croix
Spatial
St. John
Spatial
St. Thomas
Spatial
Virgin Islands
Southeast Regional Office
St. Petersburg
FL
USA
web page, or web map
Data Set
GIS Files
As Needed
GIS data
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 citation for FID and Shape is Esri.
https://www.esri.com/
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.
Amanda Frick
Distributor
2019-05-30
Organization
Southeast Regional Office
SERO
263 13th Ave. South
St. Petersburg
FL
33701
USA
(727)824-5301
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-regional-office
About South East Regional Office
Online Resource
8:00 am - 5:00 pm EST
(727) 824-5301
Metadata Contact
2013-03-06
Person
Frick, Amanda L
amanda.frick@noaa.gov
263 13th Ave. South
St. Petersburg
FL
33701
USA
727-824-5301
727-824-5320
Originator
2008
Person
Frick, Amanda L
amanda.frick@noaa.gov
263 13th Ave. South
St. Petersburg
FL
33701
USA
727-824-5301
727-824-5320
Point of Contact
2008-11-26
Person
Moore, Jennifer
Jennifer.Moore@noaa.gov
263 13th Ave. South
St. Petersburg
FL
33701
USA
727-824-5312
727-824-5309
Ground Condition
-83.120607
-64.438286
26.545134
17.637457
Continuing
2008-11-26T09:00+00:00
The start date is the date the critical habitat final rule became effective.
Unclassified
none
none
critical habitat data is to be made public when the final rule is published
none
None
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.
none
none
2019-05-30
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/map/acropora-elkhorn-and-staghorn-coral-critical-habitat-map-and-gis-data
2019-05-30
Organization
Southeast Regional Office
shapefile_acropora_critical_habitat_florida_caribbean_sero.zip
Online Linkage for shapefile of acropora critical habitat GIS layer.
2007-10-30T00:00:00
zip
1,047 MB
10.8
Zip
Chked Viruses Inapp Content
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/map/acropora-elkhorn-and-staghorn-coral-critical-habitat-map-and-gis-data
Acropora: Elkhorn and Staghorn coral critical habitat map and GIS data
Online Resource
zipped shapefile
Online Linkage for shapefiles, maps, zipped KML, and metadata
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000
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.
Bathy and shoreline data are both between 1:20,000- 1:80,000 scale.
no analysis
Both bathymetric and shoreline data were created by other offices and they do not have accuracy statements associated with their data.
Both bathymetric and shoreline data were created by other offices and they do not have accuracy statements associated with their data.
not applicable to this data
not applicable to this data
not applicable to this data
New data is being collected all of the time and will be evaluated to continue to use the best available bathymetric and shoreline data.
Bathy and shoreline data are both between 1:20,000- 1:80,000 scale.
Bathy and shoreline data are both between 1:20,000- 1:80,000 scale.
not applicable
not applicable
not applicable
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.
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.
visual comparison of imagery and various shorelines with bathymetric data for shallow water boundaries.
gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:18670
Amanda Frick
2013-03-06T15:19:57
SysAdmin InPortAdmin
2023-08-15T17:09:41
2021-05-03
Southeast Regional Office
SERO
263 13th Ave. South
St. Petersburg
FL
33701
USA
(727)824-5301
8:00 am - 5:00 pm EST
1001
Public
No
2021-05-03
1 Year
2022-05-03
Vector
G-polygon
78
Simple
Polygon
FALSE
78
TRUE
FALSE
D_WGS_1984
WGS_1984
6378137.000000
298.257224
GCS_WGS_1984
Decimal degrees
0.000000
0.000000
Acropora_CH_po
Feature Class
78
FID
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
FID
OID
4
0
0
Shape
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Coordinates defining the features.
Shape
Geometry
0
0
0
ET_ID
ET_ID
Number
9