49063
BiologicallyImportantAreas
BiologicallyImportantAreas
Entity
Published / External
48853
Biologically Important Areas for Cetaceans within U.S. Waters
Data Set
In Work
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)
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
BIA_ID
Unknown
No
No
Active
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)
Unique values.
3
region
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
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)
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 |
4
sci_name
Unknown
No
No
Active
Scientific name of the species | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
Unique values.
5
cmn_name
Unknown
No
No
Active
Common name of the species | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
Unique values.
6
stock_pop
Unknown
No
No
Active
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)
Unique values.
7
BIA_name
Unknown
No
No
Active
Identifying name of this Biologically Important Area | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
Unique values.
8
BIA_type
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
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)
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. |
9
BIA_time
Unknown
No
No
Active
Time period for which this BIA is considered active. | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
Unique values.
10
migr_dir
Unknown
No
No
Active
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)
Unique values.
11
BIA_size
Unknown
No
No
Active
Area, in square kilometers, of this entire BIA. | Description Source: Biologically important areas for cetaceans within U.S. waters. Aquatic Mammals (Special Issue)
Unique values.
12
BIA_months
Unknown
No
No
Active
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)
Unique values.
13
MC_BIA_size
Unknown
No
No
Active
Area, in square kilometers, of this individual polygon with the large BIA feature. | Description Source: MarineCadastre.gov Data Team
Unique values.
14
Shape
Unknown
No
No
Active
Feature geometry. | Description Source: ESRI
Coordinates defining the features.
gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:49063
Anne Ball
2017-11-15T08:29:53
SysAdmin InPortAdmin
2022-08-09T17:11:35
2017-11-16
Office for Coastal Management
OCM
1002
Public
No
2017-11-16
1 Year
2018-11-16