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Short Citation
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, 2024: A Biogeographic Assessment of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary - Kriged Probability Map of Zooplankton Samples, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/39624.
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Abstract

Zooplankton communities have been well studied in the northeast Atlantic (Sherman et al., 1983) and on Georges Bank within the Gulf of Maine (Bigelow, 1927; Davis, 1984; Backus, 1987; Kane, 1993; Pershing et al., 2004). Few studies have examined zooplankton spatial patterns within the Gulf of Maine. Twelve years (1977-1988) of zooplankton data from the National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Marine Resources Monitoring Assessment and Prediction Program (MARMAP) were obtained to examine spatial and temporal patterns. A subset of the entire database was selected to include all zooplankton surveys in the Gulf of Maine during this time period (Figure 1.7.4). Overall, 6,864 samples were collected within this area; sampling methodology is described in Sibunka and Silverman (1989).

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biota, oceans

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Contact Information

Point of Contact
NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
NCCOS.data@noaa.gov

Metadata Contact
NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
NCCOS.data@noaa.gov

Extents

Geographic Area 1

-74.8846° W, -62.2017° E, 46.307° N, 37.9393° S

Time Frame 1
2006-09

Item Identification

Title: A Biogeographic Assessment of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary - Kriged Probability Map of Zooplankton Samples
Short Name: zooplankton_krig_prob
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2006-12
Abstract:

Zooplankton communities have been well studied in the northeast Atlantic (Sherman et al., 1983) and on Georges Bank within the Gulf of Maine (Bigelow, 1927; Davis, 1984; Backus, 1987; Kane, 1993; Pershing et al., 2004). Few studies have examined zooplankton spatial patterns within the Gulf of Maine. Twelve years (1977-1988) of zooplankton data from the National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Marine Resources Monitoring Assessment and Prediction Program (MARMAP) were obtained to examine spatial and temporal patterns. A subset of the entire database was selected to include all zooplankton surveys in the Gulf of Maine during this time period (Figure 1.7.4). Overall, 6,864 samples were collected within this area; sampling methodology is described in Sibunka and Silverman (1989).

Purpose:

To examine the spatial distribution of zooplankton in the Gulf of Maine and, in particular, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary

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biota
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oceans
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None Gulf of Maine
None Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary

Physical Location

Organization: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
City: Silver Spring
State/Province: MD

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Maintenance Frequency: As Needed
Data Presentation Form: document
Entity Attribute Overview:

kriged probability map of zooplankton samples

Entity Attribute Detail Citation:

ArcMap Geostatistical Analyst Extension (ESRI, Inc.)

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These data were prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, make any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. Any views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. Although all data have been used by NOAA, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by NOAA as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by NOAA in the use of these data or related materials. NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA can not assume liability for and damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data, nor as a result of the failure of these data to function on a particular system.

Data Set Credit: NOAA/NOS/CCMA/NCCOS/Biogeography Program

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 477184
Date Effective From: 2006-12
Date Effective To:
Contact (Position): NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
Email Address: NCCOS.data@noaa.gov

Distributor

CC ID: 477186
Date Effective From: 2006-12
Date Effective To:
Contact (Position): NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
Email Address: NCCOS.data@noaa.gov

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 477187
Date Effective From: 2006-12
Date Effective To:
Contact (Position): NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
Email Address: NCCOS.data@noaa.gov

Point of Contact

CC ID: 477185
Date Effective From: 2006-12
Date Effective To:
Contact (Position): NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
Email Address: NCCOS.data@noaa.gov

Principal Investigator

CC ID: 477188
Date Effective From: 2006-12
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Clark, Randy
Address: 1021 Balch Blvd
Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
Email Address: randy.clark@noaa.gov
Phone: 228-688-3732

Extents

Currentness Reference: Ground Condition

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 477191
W° Bound: -74.8846
E° Bound: -62.2017
N° Bound: 46.307
S° Bound: 37.9393

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 477190
Time Frame Type: Discrete
Start: 2006-09

Spatial Information

Spatial Representation

Representations Used

Grid: Yes

Grid Representation 1

CC ID: 586072
Dimension Count: 2
Cell Geometry: Area
Transformation Parameters Available?: No

Axis Dimension 1

Dimension Type: Row
Size: 420

Axis Dimension 2

Dimension Type: Column
Size: 416

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Procedure:

Please contact the Stellwagen Banks NMS Research Coordinator for additional information on data access (david.wiley@noaa.gov);

Data Access Constraints:

none

Data Use Constraints:

none

Metadata Access Constraints:

none

Metadata Use Constraints:

none

URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 477183
URL: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/sanctuaries/stellwagen_nms/
URL Type:
Online Resource

Activity Log

Activity Log 1

CC ID: 477200
Activity Date/Time: 2017-03-29
Description:

Date that the source FGDC record was last modified.

Activity Log 2

CC ID: 477199
Activity Date/Time: 2017-04-05
Description:

Converted from FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml.pl' script. Contact Tyler Christensen (NOS) for details.

Activity Log 3

CC ID: 586070
Activity Date/Time: 2017-09-13
Description:

Partial upload of Spatial Info section only.

Data Quality

Completeness Report:

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Conceptual Consistency:

Unknown

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Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 477180
Description:

To examine the spatial and temporal patterns of zooplankton abundance and distribution the data were divided into three-year seasonal bins. Yearly bins included 1977-79, 1980-82, 1983-85, 1986-88 and seasons include: spring-March, April, May; summer-June, July, August; fall-September, October, November; and, winter-December, January, February. These binned data were separately mapped in a GIS and interpolated to create a predictive surface of zooplankton abundance throughout the Gulf of Maine. Prior to interpolation, all data were tested for spatial autocorrelation. Spatial autocorrelation is frequently encountered in ecological data, and many ecological theories and models assume an underlying spatial pattern in the distributions of organisms and their environment (Legendre and Fortin, 1989). Typically, species abundance is positively autocorrelated, such that nearby points have similar values than distant points. Moran's I and Geary's C statistics were calculated for all the data to identify significant autocorrelation (Levine, 2002). Detrending was done to standardize estimates across the analysis extent, and is a prerequisite for the interpolation used here. Empirical variograms show the decrease in relatedness between pairs of points as a function of distance. Chapter 1 page 38A Biogeographic Assessment of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Analysis Sample size Lag Size Number of Lags Cross Validation Prediction Map -r2Cross Validation Probability Map -r2Neighbors (total, minimum)spring 77-7936420120.020.035, 2spring 80-8235220120.020.025, 2spring 83-8539120120.580.265, 2spring 86-8832020120.270.265, 2spring all1,22320120.140.145, 2summer 77-7923120120.360.325, 2summer 80-8229820120.300.255, 2summer 83-8536720120.370.395, 2summer 86-8834630120.580.535, 2summer all1,02930120.360.325, 2fall 77-7944620120.360.235, 2fall 80-8232020120.390.315, 2fall 83-8540220120.580.505, 2fall 86-8846320120.550.475, 2fall all1,35220120.470.395, 2winter 77-7917530120.240.195, 2winter 80-8215220120.360.355, 2winter 83-8514720120.540.455, 2winter 86-8822530120.580.555, 2winter all44520120.450.405, 2Table 1.7.1. Summary statistics for NEFSC MARMAP zooplankton ordinary and indicator kriging. In order to calculate the empirical variogram, pairs of points must be binned by distance and an average value calculated for all pairs in a given bin. The size of the bin is called the lag size. A variogram model is fit to the empirical variogram and its parameters are later used in the interpolation. Empirical variograms were calculated using the default lag size and number of lags, as well as for 10, 15, 20 and 30 km lag sizes. The appropriate lag size and number of lags were chosen to optimize variogram coherence. The interpolation method used is termed ordinary kriging. Kriging is a linear interpretation method that allow predictions of unknown values of a random function from observations at known locations (Kaluzny et al., 1998). Ordinary kriging is the method generally used for interpolation of a single continuous variable of unknown mean. Kriging is a preferred method because weights are based on the data's spatial structure (the variogram) and has been shown to outperform other interpolation techniques, such as inverse distance weighting and triangulated irregular networking (Guan et al., 1999). (continued)

Process Date/Time: 2005-12-01 00:00:00

Process Step 2

CC ID: 477181
Description:

(continued from above) Trend analysis was conducted using JMP statistical software (SAS Institute), while detrending, variogram modeling, and kriging were conducted using ArcMap Geostatistical Analyst Extension (ESRI, Inc.).In addition to creating predictive maps, probability maps were developed using indicator kriging. Indicator kriging is a technique used to identify areas or values that exceed a certain threshold (Isaaks and Srivastava, 1989). Through indicator kriging, data values are transformed into binary indicator values (1 or 0), values which exceed a chosen threshold are coded 1, those below coded 0. These indicators are then analyzed to determine their spatial direction variability with a series of variograms. By inspection of these variograms, orientations of greatest and least spatial continuity are determined. Variogram models are fit to the experimental variograms corresponding to the directional continuity. Then the indicator data are kriged using the variogram models to determine the probability of exceeding the threshold value in a spatial extent. For this analysis, the spatial mean of the zooplankton data was used as the threshold to compare predicted estimates and to also identify areas of high zooplankton abundance.The kriging neighborhood was set to the nearest 5 neighbors with a minimum of 2 to capture small scale variability(NCCOS, 2002). Cross validation was conducted to assess model accuracy by regressing observed versus predicted values (See modeling statistics Table 1.7.1). Maps of the kriging standard error were also generated and used to exclude poorly interpolated areas within the analysis extent. The lowest 50% of standard error was clipped from the interpolated map to depict the areas of strongest interpolation. (end continuation)

Process Date/Time: 2005-12-01 00:00:00

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 39624
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:39624
Metadata Record Created By: Tyler Christensen
Metadata Record Created: 2017-04-05 12:53+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2023-05-30 18:09+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2017-09-13
Owner Org: NCCOS
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2017-09-13
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2018-09-13