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BiologicallyImportantAreas

Entity (ENT)  |  Office for Coastal Management (OCM)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:49063  |  Updated: August 9, 2022  |  Published / External 
Summary
Item Identification
Data Attributes
Catalog Details

Summary

Abstract

Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue) | Description Source: NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)

Entity Information

Data Attribute / Type Description
OBJECTID
Unknown 		Internal feature number. | Description Source: Esri
BIA_ID
Unknown 		Unique identifier for each Biologically Important Area across all seven regions in US waters. | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
region
VARCHAR 		The region (one of seven regional divisions in US waters that reflect Large Marine Ecosystem delineations [Sherman & Alexander, 1986]) this BIA belongs to. | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
sci_name
Unknown 		Scientific name of the species | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
cmn_name
Unknown 		Common name of the species | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
stock_pop
Unknown 		Identifying stock or population name that this species, as part of this BIA, belongs to. | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
BIA_name
Unknown 		Identifying name of this Biologically Important Area | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
BIA_type
VARCHAR 		Type of Biologically Important Area, can be one of Reproductive, Feeding, Migratory Corridor, or Small and Resident Population. | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
BIA_time
Unknown 		Time period for which this BIA is considered active. | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
migr_dir
Unknown 		General description of what direction the animals are migrating, if this is a migratory corridor BIA. | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
BIA_size
Unknown 		Area, in square kilometers, of this entire BIA. | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
BIA_months
Unknown 		Specific months as numbers that this BIA is considered active. This field is used in the online BIA mapper for user selection criteria, and can also be useful for GIS selection criteria to display BIAs for specific months. | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
MC_BIA_size
Unknown 		Area, in square kilometers, of this individual polygon with the large BIA feature. | Description Source: MarineCadastre.gov Data Team
Shape
Unknown 		Feature geometry. | Description Source: ESRI

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Item Identification

Title: BiologicallyImportantAreas
Short Name: BiologicallyImportantAreas
Status: In Work
Abstract:

Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue) | Description Source: NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
Notes:

Converted from FGDC using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml_entity.pl' script.

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
100
 OBJECTID Unknown Internal feature number. | Description Source: Esri
100
 BIA_ID Unknown Unique identifier for each Biologically Important Area across all seven regions in US waters. | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
100
 region VARCHAR The region (one of seven regional divisions in US waters that reflect Large Marine Ecosystem delineations [Sherman & Alexander, 1986]) this BIA belongs to. | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
100
 sci_name Unknown Scientific name of the species | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
100
 cmn_name Unknown Common name of the species | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
100
 stock_pop Unknown Identifying stock or population name that this species, as part of this BIA, belongs to. | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
100
 BIA_name Unknown Identifying name of this Biologically Important Area | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
100
 BIA_type VARCHAR Type of Biologically Important Area, can be one of Reproductive, Feeding, Migratory Corridor, or Small and Resident Population. | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
100
 BIA_time Unknown Time period for which this BIA is considered active. | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
100
 migr_dir Unknown General description of what direction the animals are migrating, if this is a migratory corridor BIA. | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
100
 BIA_size Unknown Area, in square kilometers, of this entire BIA. | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
100
 BIA_months Unknown Specific months as numbers that this BIA is considered active. This field is used in the online BIA mapper for user selection criteria, and can also be useful for GIS selection criteria to display BIAs for specific months. | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
100
 MC_BIA_size Unknown Area, in square kilometers, of this individual polygon with the large BIA feature. | Description Source: MarineCadastre.gov Data Team
100
 Shape Unknown Feature geometry. | Description Source: ESRI

Attribute Details

OBJECTID

CC ID: 655599
Seq. Order: 1
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Internal feature number. | Description Source: Esri
Allowed Values: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

BIA_ID

CC ID: 655600
Seq. Order: 2
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Unique identifier for each Biologically Important Area across all seven regions in US waters. | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
Allowed Values: Unique values.

region

CC ID: 655601
Seq. Order: 3
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The region (one of seven regional divisions in US waters that reflect Large Marine Ecosystem delineations [Sherman & Alexander, 1986]) this BIA belongs to. | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
Allowed Values: Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea: Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea | Arctic: Arctic | East Coast: East Coast | Gulf of Alaska: Gulf of Alaska | Gulf of Mexico: Gulf of Mexico | Hawaii: Hawaii | West Coast: West Coast |

sci_name

CC ID: 655602
Seq. Order: 4
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Scientific name of the species | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
Allowed Values: Unique values.

cmn_name

CC ID: 655603
Seq. Order: 5
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Common name of the species | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
Allowed Values: Unique values.

stock_pop

CC ID: 655604
Seq. Order: 6
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Identifying stock or population name that this species, as part of this BIA, belongs to. | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
Allowed Values: Unique values.

BIA_name

CC ID: 655605
Seq. Order: 7
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Identifying name of this Biologically Important Area | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
Allowed Values: Unique values.

BIA_type

CC ID: 655606
Seq. Order: 8
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Type of Biologically Important Area, can be one of Reproductive, Feeding, Migratory Corridor, or Small and Resident Population. | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
Allowed Values: Feeding: Areas and times within which aggregations of a particular species preferentially feed. These either may be persistent in space and time or associated with ephemeral features that are less predictable but are located within a larger area that can be delineated. | Migration: Migratory Corridor - Areas and times within which a substantial portion of a species is known to migrate; the corridor is spatially restricted. | Reproduction: Reproductive Area - Areas and times within which a particular species selectively mates, gives birth,or is found with neonates or calves. | Small and resident: Small and Resident Population - Areas and times within which small and resident populations occupy a limited geographic extent. |

BIA_time

CC ID: 655607
Seq. Order: 9
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Time period for which this BIA is considered active. | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
Allowed Values: Unique values.

migr_dir

CC ID: 655608
Seq. Order: 10
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

General description of what direction the animals are migrating, if this is a migratory corridor BIA. | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
Allowed Values: Unique values.

BIA_size

CC ID: 655609
Seq. Order: 11
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Area, in square kilometers, of this entire BIA. | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
Allowed Values: Unique values.

BIA_months

CC ID: 655610
Seq. Order: 12
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Specific months as numbers that this BIA is considered active. This field is used in the online BIA mapper for user selection criteria, and can also be useful for GIS selection criteria to display BIAs for specific months. | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
Allowed Values: Unique values.

MC_BIA_size

CC ID: 655611
Seq. Order: 13
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Area, in square kilometers, of this individual polygon with the large BIA feature. | Description Source: MarineCadastre.gov Data Team
Allowed Values: Unique values.

Shape

CC ID: 655612
Seq. Order: 14
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Feature geometry. | Description Source: ESRI
Allowed Values: Coordinates defining the features.

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 49063
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:49063
Metadata Record Created By: Anne Ball
Metadata Record Created: 2017-11-15 08:29+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2022-08-09 17:11+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2017-11-16
Owner Org: OCM
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2017-11-16
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2018-11-16