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Maine and New Hampshire 2016 INVERT Polygons
Maine and New Hampshire 2016 INVERT Polygons
2016
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https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/40379
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https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi_guidelines
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ESI Guidelines
Guidelines for developing ESI data content and overview of ESI data structure. Useful for data collectors and users requiring more in depth information on the ESI process.
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https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi
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ESI Overview
Overview of ESI data content and uses.
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Prepared by Woolpert, Inc., Dayton, Ohio for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service, Office of Response and Restoration, Emergency Response Division, Seattle, Washington.
This data set contains sensitive biological resource invertebrate data in Maine and New Hampshire. Vector polygons in this data set represent concentration and general distribution areas for bivalves, rare/threatened insects, lobster, horseshoe crab, green urchin, and northern shrimp. Species-specific abundance, seasonality, status, life history, and source information are stored in associated data tables (described below) designed to be used in conjunction with this spatial data layer. This data set is a portion of the ESI data for Maine and New Hampshire. As a whole, the ESI data characterize the marine and coastal environments and wildlife by their sensitivity to spilled oil, and include information for three main components: shoreline habitats, sensitive biological resources, and human-use resources. See also the INVERT_PT (Invertebrate Points) data layer for additional invertebrate information.
The ESI data are intended to provide baseline environmental data for oil spill planning and response. The Clean Water Act with amendments by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 requires response plans for immediate and effective protection of sensitive resources. The ESI data may be appropriate for many other coastal management efforts, though the original intent should be kept in mind.
This project was supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R), Emergency Response Division (ERD), Seattle, Washington.
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ESI Program Manager
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle
WA
98115
orr.esi@noaa.gov
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ESI Program Manager
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle
WA
98115
orr.esi@noaa.gov
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Data content is considered static once published. However, if issues with the Geodatabase linkages or table contents are identified, the Geodatabase and/or the associated Map Document may be updated. Assure most current data is being used by downloading from https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi_download and/or comparing modification dates provided at this site.
https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/ESI-Browse-Graphic.pdf
ESI Browse Graphic depicts the relationships between the spatial data layers and the attribute data tables for the Maine and New Hampshire ESI data.
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EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > OIL SPILLS
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Cite As: Office of Response and Restoration, [Date of Access]: Maine and New Hampshire 2016 INVERT Polygons [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/40379.
NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
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Access Constraints: None
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Use Constraints: DO NOT USE MAPS FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES. Management boundaries are not to be considered legal boundaries. Edges may have been altered for cartographic processes. Note that the ESI database should not be used to the exclusion of other pertinent data or information held by state or federal agencies or other organizations. Likewise, information contained in the database cannot be used in place of consultations with environmental, natural resource, and cultural resource agencies, or in place of field surveys. Recognize that the information contained in the ESI database represents known concentration areas or occurrences of natural, cultural, and human-use resources, but does not necessarily represent the full distribution or range of each species or resource. This is particularly important to recognize when considering potential impacts to protected resources, such as endangered species, wetlands, etc. Besides the above warnings, there are no use constraints on these data. Acknowledgment of the originators, publishers, contributors, and sources listed would be appreciated in products derived from these data.
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Distribution Liability: Although these data have been processed and used successfully on a computer system at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by NOAA regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. NOAA warrants the delivery of this product in computer-readable format. If problems are encountered in downloading the ESI data or with file corruption, contact NOAA (see Distributor). These data represent a snapshot in time and temporal changes may have occurred. The data are not intended to include all biological or human-use resources present in an area; they focus on species and resources particularly sensitive to oiling. In the event of a spill, they should be used for a first assessment only. The data providers are the experts with regard to individual resources. They should be contacted to confirm if more current data exist or if in-depth information is needed about a particular resource.
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https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/orr/dmp/pdf/40379.pdf
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NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP)
NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort.
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The software packages used to develop the atlas are Environmental Systems Research Institute's ArcGIS for Desktop 10.2(R) . The hardware configuration is PCs with Windows Operating System 7.
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This reflects the extent of all land and water features included in the overall Maine and New Hampshire ESI study region. The bounding box for this particular feature class may vary depending on occurrences identified and mapped.
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This feature class is part of the downloadable Esri Arc Geodatabase.
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Accuracy
A multi-stage error checking process is used to verify both attribute accuracy and logical consistency throughout data production. The process includes a standardized data entry methodology, data review by in-house and external resource experts, a final Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) process, and multiple automated logical consistency checks. Quantitative data (such as densities, counts, abundances, or concentrations) provided by resource experts for inclusion in the data set may vary widely in attribute accuracy, depending upon the methodology used to collect and compile such data. For a more detailed evaluation of source data attribute accuracy, contact the sources listed in the Lineage section.
Horizontal Positional Accuracy
Spatial components for the biological data layers can come from expert interviews, hardcopy, or digital sources. Some of the spatial components of the biological data layers may have been developed using regional experts who estimate concentration areas. It is difficult to estimate the positional accuracy of such data, except to state that they are compiled on hardcopy base maps with a scale of 1:24,000. Some of the spatial components of the biological data sets are developed from pre-existing digital or hardcopy sources and reflect the positional accuracy of these original data. Note that biological resource data by their very nature are considered "fuzzy", and this should be understood when considering the positional accuracy of vector digital objects representing these resources. See the Lineage and Process_Description sections for more information on the original source data and how these data were integrated or manipulated to create the final data set.
Completeness Report
These data represent a synthesis of expert knowledge, available hardcopy documents, survey data, maps, and digital data on invertebrate concentration and general distribution areas. Invertebrates depicted in this data include bivalves, rare/threatened insects, lobster, horseshoe crab, green urchin, and northern shrimp. Species of commercial, recreational, ecological and/or conservation interest are emphasized. See also the INVERT_PT (Invertebrate Points) data layer for additional invertebrate information. These data do not necessarily represent all invertebrate occurrences in Maine and New Hampshire. The following species are included in this data set: I00019 ,Blue mussel, Mytilus edulis; I00025, Softshell clam, Mya arenaria; I00034, Sea scallop, Placopecten magellanicus; I00042, Northern quahog, Mercenaria mercenaria; I00043, Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica; I00077, Atlantic jackknife clam, Ensis directus; I00107, Squawfoot, Strophitus undulates; I00287, Atlantic surfclam, Spisula solidissima; I00503, European flat oyster, Ostrea edulis; I00543, Alewife floater, Anodonta implicate; I00544, Yellow lampmussel, Lampsilis cariosa; I00635, Brook floater, Alasmidonta varicose; I00044, Horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus; I00049, Blue crab, Callinectes sapidus; I00303, Atlantic rock crab, Cancer irroratus; I00305, Jonah crab, Cancer borealis; I00219, Green urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis; I00721, Rare snail, n/a; I00374, Saltmarsh tiger beetle, Cicindela marginata; I00378, Rare insect, n/a; I00529, Pale swallowtail, Papilio eurymedon; I00663, Hessel's hairstreak, Callophrys hesseli; I00667, Little bluet, Enallagma minusculum; I00670, Scarlet bluet, Enallagma pictum; I00694, Arrowhead spiketail, Cordulegaster oblique; I00711, Ringed boghaunter, Williamsonia lintneri; I00717, Zebra clubtail, Stylurus scudderi; I00045, American lobster, Homarus americanus; I00006, Northern shrimp, Pandalus borealis; I00276, Sevenspine bay shrimp, Crangon septemspinosa; I00289, Daggerblade grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio.
Conceptual Consistency
A multi-stage error checking process, described in the above Attribute Accuracy Report, is used to verify both attribute accuracy and logical consistency throughout data production. This process includes multiple automated logical consistency checks that test the files for missing or duplicate data, rules for proper coding, GIS topological consistencies, and SQL SERVER(R) to ArcGIS(R) consistencies. A final review is made by the GIS manager, before the final Geodatabase and metadata are created. After the data are delivered to NOAA, they are again subjected to several consistency checks, and processed into the final delivery format.
Invertebrate distributions were mapped using GIS data sets provided by Maine Department of Marine Resources (MDMR), Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW), and New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NH DES), as well as through interviews with local resource experts. All digital data obtained from NH and Maine for the Invertebrates Layer were edited as necessary to match NOAA ESI Shoreline layer included in this atlas. The MEDMR provided shellfish GIS data that included individual polygon data sets for eight species of molluscan shellfish. This data was based on locations indicated by town officials, harvesters, Harbormasters, MEDMR biologists, MEDMR specialists, MEDMR Marine Patrol officers or MEDMR scientists from February 2008 to September 2010. The MEDMR also provided GIS data for locations of Maine mussel seed conservation areas as outlined in the Maine Department of Marine Resources Rule 12.06.NH DES provided current and historic GIS data on softshell clams, oysters, blue mussels, surf clams, and razor clams. Other invertebrate concentrations, as well as larger, more general distribution areas in NH and ME coastal waters were developed through interviews with resource experts at UNH, NH DES and NH Fish and Game. Horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) distributions in this atlas include general distribution polygons as well as known spawning sites based on GIS data sets provided by the MEDMR, and from expert opinion provided by UNH. The MDIFW ETSC GIS data set was used to map distributions of invertebrate species classified as endangered, threatened, or of special concern within Maine. NH Freshwater mussel distribution maps were used from the NH Fish & Game Nongame & Endangered Wildlife Program.
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ESI Program Manager
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Source Contribution: INVERT information | Source Geospatial Form: EXPERT KNOWLEDGE | Type of Source Media: UNKNOWN
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BRIAN SMITH, GREAT BAY NERR; LARRY HARRIS, UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
2016
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2013
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DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF HORSESHOE CRAB AND AMERICAN LOBSTER IN GULF OF MAINE
WIN WATSON, UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
2016
Source Contribution: INVERT information | Source Geospatial Form: EXPERT KNOWLEDGE | Type of Source Media: UNKNOWN
DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF INVERTEBRATES AND FISH IN COASTAL WATERS
LARRY HARRIS, UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
2016
Source Contribution: INVERT information | Source Geospatial Form: EXPERT KNOWLEDGE | Type of Source Media: UNKNOWN
DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF INVERTEBRATES IN GREAT BAY
RAY GRIZZLE, UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
2003
Source Contribution: INVERT information | Source Geospatial Form: EXPERT KNOWLEDGE | Type of Source Media: UNKNOWN
DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF INVERTEBRATES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE ESTUARIES
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2016
Source Contribution: INVERT information | Source Geospatial Form: EXPERT KNOWLEDGE | Type of Source Media: UNKNOWN
DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF MARINE INVERTEBRATES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE COASTAL WATERS
CHERI PATTERSON, NEW HAMPSHIRE FISH AND GAME
2016
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DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF WILDLIFE FOR THE ISLES OF SHOALS
JAMES COYER, UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
2016
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2014-01-01
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NH FISH & GAME
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NH FISH & GAME
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WILDLIFE CONCENTRATION AREAS FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE ESTUARIES
STEVE JONES, UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
2016