Benthic Habitats and Surficial Geology of Apalachicola Bay, Florida 2006 Geoform
Data Set (DS) | Office for Coastal Management (OCM)GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:47874 | Updated: May 30, 2023 | Published / External
Item Identification
Title: | Benthic Habitats and Surficial Geology of Apalachicola Bay, Florida 2006 Geoform |
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Short Name: | fl_ab06-geoform_Metadata |
Status: | Completed |
Publication Date: | 2015 |
Abstract: |
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 |
Purpose: |
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. |
Notes: |
10031 |
Keywords
Theme Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords |
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords |
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords |
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > ESTUARY
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ISO 19115 Topic Category |
environment
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UNCONTROLLED | |
General | benthic |
General | CMGP |
General | Coastal and Marine Geology Program |
General | field activity serial number 05001 |
General | field activity serial number 06001 |
General | geologic interpretation |
General | geologic mapping |
General | Geology |
General | habitat |
General | interpreted seafloor facies |
General | Marine Geology |
General | oyster beds |
General | Seafloor |
General | Sidescan-Sonar |
General | Surficial Sediments |
General | U.S. Geological Survey |
General | USGS |
General | WHSC |
General | Woods Hole Science Center |
None | CMECS |
None | Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard |
None | Geoform Component |
Temporal Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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UNCONTROLLED | |
General | 2005 |
General | 2006 |
Spatial Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords |
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > FLORIDA
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UNCONTROLLED | |
General | Apalachicola Bay |
General | Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve |
General | Florida |
General | Gulf of Mexico |
General | St. George Sound |
General | United States |
Physical Location
Organization: | Office for Coastal Management |
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City: | Charleston |
State/Province: | SC |
Data Set Information
Data Set Scope Code: | Data Set |
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Maintenance Frequency: | As Needed |
Data Presentation Form: | Map (digital) |
Distribution Liability: |
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. |
Support Roles
Data Steward
Date Effective From: | 2015 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Organization): | NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM) |
Address: |
2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston, SC 29405-2413 |
Email Address: | coastal.info@noaa.gov |
Phone: | (843) 740-1202 |
URL: | https://coast.noaa.gov |
Distributor
Date Effective From: | 2015 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Organization): | NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM) |
Address: |
2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston, SC 29405-2413 |
Email Address: | coastal.info@noaa.gov |
Phone: | (843) 740-1202 |
URL: | https://coast.noaa.gov |
Metadata Contact
Date Effective From: | 2015 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Organization): | NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM) |
Address: |
2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston, SC 29405-2413 |
Email Address: | coastal.info@noaa.gov |
Phone: | (843) 740-1202 |
URL: | https://coast.noaa.gov |
Point of Contact
Date Effective From: | 2015 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Organization): | NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM) |
Address: |
2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston, SC 29405-2413 |
Email Address: | coastal.info@noaa.gov |
Phone: | (843) 740-1202 |
URL: | https://coast.noaa.gov |
Extents
Currentness Reference: | Ground Condition |
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Extent Group 1
Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1
W° Bound: | -85.096005 | |
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E° Bound: | -84.755168 | |
N° Bound: | 29.783119 | |
S° Bound: | 29.601303 |
Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1
Time Frame Type: | Range |
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Start: | 2005 |
End: | 2006 |
Spatial Information
Spatial Representation
Representations Used
Vector: | Yes |
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Vector Representation 1
Complex Object Present?: | Yes |
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Complex Object Count: | 83 |
Access Information
Security Class: | Unclassified |
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Data Access Constraints: |
None |
Data Use Constraints: |
None |
Distribution Information
Distribution 1
Download URL: | ftp://ftp.coast.noaa.gov/pub/benthic/Benthic_Cover_Data/FL_ApalachicolaBay.zip |
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Distributor: | |
File Name: | Bulk Download |
Description: |
FTP download of data files. |
URLs
URL 1
URL: | https://iocm.noaa.gov/cmecs |
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Name: | CMECS Home Page |
URL Type: |
Online Resource
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Description: |
Information and resources on the CMECS standard and how to apply it |
URL 2
URL: | http://www.cmecscatalog.org/ |
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Name: | CMECS Catalog |
URL Type: |
Online Resource
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Description: |
Searchable online catalog of CMECS units, descriptions, and source references |
URL 3
URL: | https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/ |
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Name: | NOAA's Office for Coastal Management (OCM) Digital Coast Data section |
URL Type: |
Online Resource
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Description: |
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. |
URL 4
URL: | https://coast.noaa.gov/data/Images/Collections/BenthicCover_thumbnail.jpg |
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Name: | Browse Graphic |
URL Type: |
Browse Graphic
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File Resource Format: | JPEG |
Description: |
Sample of benthic cover data |
URL 5
URL: | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1381/GIS/thumbnails/SurficialGeology.jpg |
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Name: | Browse Graphic |
URL Type: |
Browse Graphic
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File Resource Format: | JPEG |
Description: |
JPEG image of Surficial Geology shapefile |
Activity Log
Activity Log 1
Activity Date/Time: | 2017-03-30 |
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Description: |
Date that the source FGDC record was last modified. |
Activity Log 2
Activity Date/Time: | 2017-11-14 |
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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
Activity Date/Time: | 2018-04-11 |
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Description: |
Partial upload to move data access FTP links to Distribution Info and remove broken URLs. |
Data Quality
Accuracy: |
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. |
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Completeness Report: |
Interpreted facies were qualitatively compared to ground truth data collected for NOAA in 1999. No quantitative comparison was conducted. |
Conceptual Consistency: |
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. |
Lineage
Process Steps
Process Step 1
Description: |
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. |
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Process Date/Time: | 2006-12-21 00:00:00 |
Process Step 2
Description: |
Completed shapefile was imported to a polygon feature class. Topological rules were built to identify and fix any gaps or overlaps between adjacent polygons. |
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Process Date/Time: | 2007-01-02 00:00:00 |
Process Step 3
Description: |
Resulting feature class was visually reviewed to identify and edit any polygons that did not extend to the border of the sidescan sonar. |
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Process Date/Time: | 2007-01-25 00:00:00 |
Process Step 4
Description: |
Exported feature class from personal geodatabase to a shapefile and projected to geographic. |
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Process Date/Time: | 2007-07-01 00:00:00 |
Process Step 5
Description: |
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). |
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Process Date/Time: | 2012-02-01 00:00:00 |
Process Step 6
Description: |
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, geoform, and geoform feature layers from the original input benthic habitat dataset. This geoform feature layer contains CMECS geoform component attributes where an "Equal" or "Nearly Equal" SCHEME value was present in the original data. Polygons for which no geoform 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. |
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Process Date/Time: | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 |
Catalog Details
Catalog Item ID: | 47874 |
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GUID: | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:47874 |
Metadata Record Created By: | Anne Ball |
Metadata Record Created: | 2017-11-14 12:57+0000 |
Metadata Record Last Modified By: | SysAdmin InPortAdmin |
Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2023-05-30 18:09+0000 |
Metadata Record Published: | 2018-04-11 |
Owner Org: | OCM |
Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
Do Not Publish?: | N |
Metadata Last Review Date: | 2018-04-11 |
Metadata Review Frequency: | 1 Year |
Metadata Next Review Date: | 2019-04-11 |