47872
Benthic Habitats and Surficial Geology of Apalachicola Bay, Florida 2006 Biotic
fl_ab06-biotic_Metadata
Data Set
Published / External
37225
Benthic
Project
Completed
2015
These data were collected under a cooperative mapping program between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office for Coastal Management (NOAA\OCM), and the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR). The primary objectives of this program were to collect marine geophysical data to develop a suite of seafloor maps to better define the extent of oyster habitats, the overall seafloor geology of the bay and provide updated information for management of this resource. In addition to their value for management of the bay's oyster resources, the maps also provide a geologic framework for scientific research and the public.
High-resolution bathymetry, backscatter intensity, and seismic profile data were collected over 230 square kilometers of the floor of the bay. The study focused on the Apalachicola Bay and Western St. George Sound portions of the estuary in mostly in depths > 2.0 meters.
Original contact information:
Contact Org: NOAA Office for Coastal Management
Phone: 843-740-1202
Email: coastal.info@noaa.gov
This shapefile provides a high-resolution interpretation of the surficial geology of Apalachicola Bay, and western part of St. George Sound, Florida. The interpretation is based on the sidescan sonar imagery, the bathymetry, available sediment sample information, and seafloor observations. The initial surficial geologic interpretations have been translated by the Office for Coastal Management into the Florida System for Classifying Habitats in Estuarine and Marine Environments (SCHEME). No sediment classes were lost during this process.
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Theme
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC
Theme
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL
Theme
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > ESTUARY
Theme
ISO 19115 Topic Category
environment
Spatial
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > FLORIDA
Theme
General
CMGP
Theme
General
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme
General
Geology
Theme
General
Marine Geology
Theme
General
Seafloor
Theme
General
Sidescan-Sonar
Theme
General
Surficial Sediments
Theme
General
U.S. Geological Survey
Theme
General
USGS
Theme
General
WHSC
Theme
General
Woods Hole Science Center
Theme
General
benthic
Theme
General
field activity serial number 05001
Theme
General
field activity serial number 06001
Theme
General
geologic interpretation
Theme
General
geologic mapping
Theme
General
habitat
Theme
General
interpreted seafloor facies
Theme
General
oyster beds
Theme
Biotic Component
Theme
CMECS
Theme
Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard
Temporal
General
2005
Temporal
General
2006
Spatial
General
Apalachicola Bay
Spatial
General
Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve
Spatial
General
Florida
Spatial
General
Gulf of Mexico
Spatial
General
St. George Sound
Spatial
General
United States
Office for Coastal Management
Charleston
SC
Data Set
As Needed
Map (digital)
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.
49275
Biotic
Biotic
Published / External
Completed
Shallow benthic habitats CMECS 2012 biotic component polygons | Description Source: NOAA Office for Coastal Management
Converted from FGDC using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml_entity.pl' script.
1
OBJECTID
Unknown
No
No
Active
Internal feature number. | Description Source: Esri
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
2
SHAPE
Unknown
No
No
Active
Feature geometry. | Description Source: Esri
Coordinates defining the features.
3
Shape_Length
Unknown
No
No
Active
Length of line features in meters | Description Source: Esri
Distance
4
Shape_Area
Unknown
No
No
Active
Polygon area in square meters | Description Source: Esri
Area
5
CMECS_CODE
Unknown
No
No
Active
CMECS biotic unit code. | Description Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC 2012
Alphanumeric code for CMECS units
6
B_SETTING
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Biotic Setting - Indication of whether the biota are attached or closely associated with the benthos or are suspended or floating in the water column. | Description Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC 2012
See list of biotic setting units; CMECS FGDC 2012: See definitions of biotic setting units; CMECS FGDC 2012 |
7
B_CLASS
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Biotic Class - Dominant (percent cover) taxonomy and life forms of the living components of the sampled area at a fairly coarse level. | Description Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC 2012
See list of biotic class units; CMECS FGDC 2012: See definitions of biotic class units; CMECS FGDC 2012 |
8
B_SUBCLASS
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Biotic Subclass - Dominant (percent cover) taxonomy and life forms of the living components of the sampled area at a fairly coarse level | Description Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC 2012
See list of biotic subclass units; CMECS FGDC 2012: See definitions of biotic subclass units; CMECS FGDC 2012 |
9
B_GROUP
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Biotic Group - Functional groupings of characteristic biological types based on finer distinctions of taxonomy, structure, position, environment, and salinity levels | Description Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC 2012
See list of biotic group units; CMECS FGDC 2012: See definitions of biotic group units; CMECS FGDC 2012 |
10
B_COMMUNITY
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Biotic Community - repeatable, characteristic assemblages of organisms that are relatively uniform in structure, species composition, and habitat conditions | Description Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC 2012
See list of biotic community units; CMECS FGDC 2012: See definitions of biotic community units; CMECS FGDC 2012 |
11
Description
Unknown
No
No
Active
Descriptive information on biotic units | Description Source: Dewberry, Inc./NOAA Office for Coastal Management
Free text further describing biotic units
12
Anthropogenic_Impact
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Modifier further describing condition or character of biotic units due to anthropogenic activities | Description Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC 2012
See list of modifier units; CMECS FGDC 2012: See definitions of modifier units; CMECS FGDC 2012 |
Data Steward
2015
Organization
NOAA Office for Coastal Management
NOAA/OCM
coastal.info@noaa.gov
2234 South Hobson Ave
Charleston
SC
29405-2413
(843) 740-1202
https://coast.noaa.gov
NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page
Online Resource
Distributor
2015
Organization
NOAA Office for Coastal Management
NOAA/OCM
coastal.info@noaa.gov
2234 South Hobson Ave
Charleston
SC
29405-2413
(843) 740-1202
https://coast.noaa.gov
NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page
Online Resource
Metadata Contact
2015
Organization
NOAA Office for Coastal Management
NOAA/OCM
coastal.info@noaa.gov
2234 South Hobson Ave
Charleston
SC
29405-2413
(843) 740-1202
https://coast.noaa.gov
NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page
Online Resource
Point of Contact
2015
Organization
NOAA Office for Coastal Management
NOAA/OCM
coastal.info@noaa.gov
2234 South Hobson Ave
Charleston
SC
29405-2413
(843) 740-1202
https://coast.noaa.gov
NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page
Online Resource
Ground Condition
-85.096005
-84.755168
29.783119
29.601303
Range
2005
2006
Yes
Yes
80
Unclassified
None
None
ftp://ftp.coast.noaa.gov/pub/benthic/Benthic_Cover_Data/FL_ApalachicolaBay.zip
Bulk Download
FTP download of data files.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1381/GIS/thumbnails/SurficialGeology.jpg
Browse Graphic
Browse Graphic
JPEG
JPEG image of Surficial Geology shapefile
https://coast.noaa.gov/data/Images/Collections/BenthicCover_thumbnail.jpg
Browse Graphic
Browse Graphic
JPEG
Sample of benthic cover data
http://www.cmecscatalog.org/
CMECS Catalog
Online Resource
Searchable online catalog of CMECS units, descriptions, and source references
https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/
NOAA's Office for Coastal Management (OCM) Digital Coast Data section
Online Resource
The website provides not only coastal data, but also the tools, training, and information needed to make these data truly useful. Content comes from many sources, all of which are vetted by NOAA.
https://iocm.noaa.gov/cmecs
CMECS Home Page
Online Resource
Information and resources on the CMECS standard and how to apply it
2017-03-30
Date that the source FGDC record was last modified.
2017-11-14
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.
2018-04-11
Partial upload to move data access FTP links to Distribution Info and remove broken URLs.
The accuracy of this interpretive data layer is dependent on the level of detail of the source material and interpretation procedures for capturing that source. The primary limiting factor for the level of detail of the source is the scale of the remotely sensed data, and positional accuracy, distribution and total number of surficial samples available for the area. The map scale or remotely sensed image resolution determines the level of content that may be extracted from a given source during digitization.
Interpreted facies were qualitatively compared to ground truth data collected for NOAA in 1999. No quantitative comparison was conducted.
Topology was created for these polygons to identify/verify/and fix the following rules:
1) Polygons must not have gaps. All data gaps less than 15 m across were automatically fixed. A total of 5 errors were identified and fixed
2) Polygons must not overlap. No errors were found.
1
This data layer was digitized from visual interpretations using ArcView 3.3. Shapefile was digitized at a zoom scale of 1:5000 or greater. Each polygon was digitized and given one of 11 attributes to describe the general composition of that unit.
2006-12-21T00:00:00
2
Completed shapefile was imported to a polygon feature class. Topological rules were built to identify and fix any gaps or overlaps between adjacent polygons.
2007-01-02T00:00:00
3
Resulting feature class was visually reviewed to identify and edit any polygons that did not extend to the border of the sidescan sonar.
2007-01-25T00:00:00
4
Exported feature class from personal geodatabase to a shapefile and projected to geographic.
2007-07-01T00:00:00
5
Original USGS Surficial Geology classes were cross-walked into the Florida System for Classifying Habitats in Estuarine and Marine Environments (SCHEME). All surficial geology classes translated smoothly into SCHEME. Descriptive information was captured in the Modifiers field. No information or data records were lost during this process. Geoform attributes not captured in the SCHEME hierarchy have been added as modifiers (ex. tidal inlet).
2012-02-01T00:00:00
6
The data were converted from a single ESRI polygon shapefile classified according to the System for Classifying Habitats in Estuarine and Marine Environments (SCHEME) to the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) 2012 format (which can be found at https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/tools/cmecs-crosswalk) which produces separate geoform, biotic, and biotic feature layers from the original input benthic habitat dataset. This biotic feature layer contains CMECS biotic component attributes where an "Equal" or "Nearly Equal" SCHEME value was present in the original data. Polygons for which no biotic information was present have been removed. No other changes to the original polygon boundaries or any other alterations of the original SCHEME data were made during this process.
2015-01-01T00:00:00
49275
Entity
Biotic
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Anne Ball
2017-11-14T12:57:20
SysAdmin InPortAdmin
2023-05-30T18:09:28
2018-04-11
Office for Coastal Management
OCM
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Public
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2018-04-11
1 Year
2019-04-11