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NCCOS Metadata Library > CCMA > Biogeography > Pac_Terr > Benthic Habitats of American Samoa Derived from... >

as_benthic_habitats_final

Entity (ENT) | National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:41228 | Updated: August 9, 2022 | Published / External

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Abstract

Shapefile attribute table | Description Source: None

Data Attribute / Type	Description
FID Unknown	Internal feature number. \| Description Source: ESRI
Shape Unknown	Feature geometry. \| Description Source: ESRI
ID VARCHAR	Value copied from UNIQUID field and used to run adjacency script for QA/QC \| Description Source: NOAA mapping QA/QC standard
UNIQUEID VARCHAR	4 digit numerical value representing a unique habitat combination of structure and cover attributes \| Description Source: Habitat digitizing extension
POLYGONID Unknown	Incremental value generated for QA/QC adjacency test \| Description Source: ArcView script
AREA NUMBER	Area of polygon \| Description Source: ArcView script
PERIMETER NUMBER	Perimeter of polygon \| Description Source: ArcView script
ACRES NUMBER	Area of polygon in acres \| Description Source: ArcView script
ISLAND Unknown	Name of Island \| Description Source: Manually assigned string
M_STRUCT Unknown	Major reef structure \| Description Source: Habitat digitizing extension
D_STRUCT Unknown	Detailed structure \| Description Source: Habitat digitizing extension
M_COVER Unknown	Major biological cover \| Description Source: Habitat classification scheme
P_COVER Unknown	Percent biological cover of major cover type \| Description Source: Habitat classification scheme
ZONE Unknown	Geomorphologic zone \| Description Source: Habitat classification scheme
COVER_TYPE Unknown	Concatenated field of major cover and percent cover used for legend fill \| Description Source: ArcView script

Data Attribute / Type

Description

FID
Unknown

Internal feature number. | Description Source: ESRI

Shape
Unknown

Feature geometry. | Description Source: ESRI

ID
VARCHAR

Value copied from UNIQUID field and used to run adjacency script for QA/QC | Description Source: NOAA mapping QA/QC standard

UNIQUEID
VARCHAR

4 digit numerical value representing a unique habitat combination of structure and cover attributes | Description Source: Habitat digitizing extension

POLYGONID
Unknown

Incremental value generated for QA/QC adjacency test | Description Source: ArcView script

AREA
NUMBER

Area of polygon | Description Source: ArcView script

PERIMETER
NUMBER

Perimeter of polygon | Description Source: ArcView script

ACRES
NUMBER

Area of polygon in acres | Description Source: ArcView script

ISLAND
Unknown

Name of Island | Description Source: Manually assigned string

M_STRUCT
Unknown

Major reef structure | Description Source: Habitat digitizing extension

D_STRUCT
Unknown

Detailed structure | Description Source: Habitat digitizing extension

M_COVER
Unknown

Major biological cover | Description Source: Habitat classification scheme

P_COVER
Unknown

Percent biological cover of major cover type | Description Source: Habitat classification scheme

ZONE
Unknown

Geomorphologic zone | Description Source: Habitat classification scheme

COVER_TYPE
Unknown

Concatenated field of major cover and percent cover used for legend fill | Description Source: ArcView script

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