49396
Biotic
Biotic
Entity
Published / External
47992
Willapa Bay, Washington Benthic Habitats 1995 Biotic
Data Set
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
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
3
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 |
4
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 |
5
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 |
6
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 |
7
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 |
8
SHAPE
Unknown
No
No
Active
Feature geometry. | Description Source: Esri
Coordinates defining the features.
9
Shape_Length
Unknown
No
No
Active
Length of line features in meters | Description Source: Esri
Distance
10
Shape_Area
Unknown
No
No
Active
Polygon area in square meters | Description Source: Esri
Area
11
Description
Unknown
No
No
Active
Descriptive information on biotic units | Description Source: NOAA Office for Coastal Management
Free text further describing biotic units
12
Percent_Cover
VARCHAR
No
No
Active
Percent cover values from CMECS modifier | 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 |
gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:49396
Anne Ball
2017-11-15T08:31:47
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