55615 Data Set Published / External 53952 South Carolina, 2015 Project Completed 2015 This data set contains sensitive biological resource data for marine and estuarine invertebrate species in South Carolina. Vector polygons in this data set represent invertebrate distribution, spawning areas, and concentration areas. Species specific abundance, seasonality, status, life history, and source information are stored in relational data tables (described below) designed to be used in conjunction with this spatial data layer. This data set comprises a portion of the ESI data for South Carolina. ESI data characterize the marine and coastal environments and wildlife by their sensitivity to spilled oil. The ESI data include information for three main components: shoreline habitats, sensitive biological resources, and human-use resources. The ESI data were collected, mapped, and digitized to provide environmental data for oil spill planning and response. The Clean Water Act with amendments by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 requires response plans for immediate and effective protection of sensitive resources. 2123 Prepared by Research Planning, Inc., Columbia, South Carolina for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service, Office of Response and Restoration, Emergency Response Division, Seattle, Washington. Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > OIL SPILLS Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category biota Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category environment Spatial Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > SOUTH CAROLINA Theme Coastal Zone Management Theme Coastal resources Theme ESI Theme Environmental Monitoring Theme Oil spill planning Theme Sensitivity maps Office of Response and Restoration Seattle WA USA Data Set GIS Files As Needed Data content is considered static once published. However, if issues with the Geodatabase linkages or table contents are identified, the Geodatabase and/or the associated Map Document may be updated. Assure most current data is being used by downloading from https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi_download and/or comparing modification dates provided at this site. Map (digital) The primary attribute tables associated with the ESI biology data are BIOFILE, SOURCES, and BREED_DT. The geographic data layer containing biological resource information (in this case, INVERT) is linked to the BIOFILE using the RARNUM field. There is a many-to-many relationship from the data layer to the BIOFILE, as an RARNUM may be repeated in several geographic features. Likewise, in the BIOFILE, the same RARNUM may appear in multiple records, representing a unique combination of species found in that region. To be represented by the same RARNUM, these species groups must also share the same seasonality, concentration, mapping qualifier, and source information. The items in the BIOFILE are ELEMENT, SUBELEMENT, NAME, GEN_SPEC, S, F, STATE, S_DATE, F_DATE, GRANK, GRANKDATE, MAPPING_QUALIFIER, CONC, JAN, FEB, MAR, APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC, BREED1, BREED2, BREED3, BREED4, BREED5, RARNUM, G_SOURCE, S_SOURCE, and BREED. The G_SOURCE and S_SOURCE fields provide links to the SOURCES table, where object level source information is available. The BREED field is the link to the BREED_DT table, where searchable breed information is provided. The links to both of these tables are also many-to-many. During the collection of the ESI data, six relational data tables are used to store the attribute data. These are the BIORES, BREED, SEASONAL, SOURCES, SPECIES, and STATUS tables. When we create new ESI data, we populate these tables to maintain the integrity of the data collected. Once completed, all information populating these tables is collapsed into the BIOFILE to ease data queries and general usability of the final product. NOAA ESI Guidelines https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi_guidelines Although these data have been processed and used successfully on a computer system at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by NOAA regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. NOAA warrants the delivery of this product in computer-readable format, and will offer a replacement copy of the product when the product is determined unreadable by computer input peripherals, or when the physical medium is delivered in damaged condition. This project was supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R), Emergency Response Division (ERD), Seattle, Washington. 55630 Published / External Completed The INVERT table contains links to the attribute information for the vector polygons in this data set representing invertebrate distribution, spawning areas, and concentration areas. See the Entity_and_Attribute_Overview for a detailed description of how the primary attribute tables relate to the geographic data layers. Also see the Browse_Graphic section for a link to the entity-relationship diagram, which describes the relationships between attribute tables in the ESI data structure. | Description Source: NOAA ESI Guidelines Converted from FGDC using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml_entity.pl' script. 1 RARNUM NUMBER 9 9 Yes No Active A 9-digit identifier that links records in the BIOFILE data table to related records in the biological data layers. | Description Source: NOAA ESI Guidelines 234000001- 234001537 55631 Published / External Completed The data table BIOFILE contains biological attribute data and key fields for linking to the vector objects in the biological data layers and to the associated data tables, BREED_DT and SOURCES. See the Entity_and_Attribute_Overview for a detailed description of how the primary attribute tables relate to the geographic data layers. Also see the Browse_Graphic section for a link to the entity-relationship diagram, which describes the way this table relates to other attribute tables in the ESI data structure. Loaded by FGDC Metadata Uploader, batch 10436, 02-28-2018 15:23 1 ELEMENT TEXT 10 Yes No Active Major species categories of biological data. | Description Source: NOAA ESI Guidelines Upper BENTHIC: Benthic habitats | BIRD: Birds | FISH: Fish | HABITAT: Habitats and plants | HERP: Reptiles and Amphibians | INVERT: Invertebrates | M_MAMMAL: Marine mammals | T_MAMMAL: Terrestrial mammals | 2 SUBELEMENT TEXT 10 Yes No Active Element subgroup delineating a logical grouping of species that share common characteristics, habitat preference and/or food sources. | Description Source: NOAA ESI Guidelines Lower Allowed values change from atlas to atlas. 3 NAME TEXT 35 Yes No Active Species common name. This atlas contains a subset of the species found in NOAA's ESI Species List, available online at https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/maps-and-spatial-data/esi-species-list.html. For a list of the species included in this data layer, see the Completeness_Report. Mixed Acceptable values change from atlas to atlas. Only the first letter of the common name is upper case, unless the common name is a proper name. 4 GEN_SPEC TEXT 45 No No Active Genus and species name. This atlas contains a subset of the species found in NOAA's ESI Species List, available online at https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/maps-and-spatial-data/esi-species-list.html. For a list of the species included in this data layer, see the Completeness_Report. Mixed Allowed values change from atlas to atlas. Only the first letter of the Genus is upper case, all else are lower case. 5 S TEXT 1 No No Active One-letter code representing sensitive status at the state level. Upper E (Endangered); T (Threatened), C (Species of Concern), X (Experimental essential population), S (Threatened or endangered due to similarity of appearance) 6 F TEXT 1 No No Active Federal threatened or endangered status. E (Endangered); T (Threatened), C (Species of Concern), X (Experimental essential population), S (Threatened or endangered due to similarity of appearance) 7 STATE TEXT 5 No No Active Two-letter state abbreviation to which state status applies; if atlas covers 2 states, each two-letter state abbreviation should be separated with a slash ('/') Upper Acceptable values change from atlas to atlas. 8 S_DATE NUMBER No No Active Date the associated state status was accessed. Will commonly correspond to atlas publication date, or the date the data was acquired. YYYY, YYYYMM, or YYYYMMDD 9 F_DATE NUMBER No No Active Date the associated federal status was accessed. Will commonly correspond to atlas publication date, or the date the data was acquired. YYYY, YYYYMM or YYYYMMDD 10 GRANK TEXT 8 No No Active Global Rank of the species as defined by NatureServe Codeset: NatureServe Global Conservation Status Ranks 11 GRANKDATE TEXT 8 No No Active Date the associated GRANK was assessed YYYY, YYYYMM, YYYYMMDD 12 MAPPING_QUALIFIER TEXT 25 No No Active An indication of why this feature was mapped in the ESI. Acceptable values vary based on the ELEMENT. | Description Source: NOAA ESI Guidelines Will vary based on Element. | Description Source: NOAA ESI Guidelines 13 CONC TEXT 20 No No Active The field CONC refers to concentration, abundance or density values, and may contain counts of individuals for each species present at a particular nesting or wintering site, or a term that describes relative abundance of birds at a particular site. The field may contain values from exact counts (e.g., XX BIRDS, XX PAIRS, or XX ADULTS), or binned counts (e.g., 10S, 100S, 1,000S). In cases where no quantitative data were available, the field may contain descriptive terms, such as "HIGH" or "POSSIBLE." If no concentration information was available, the field is populated with "-". Counts were derived from a variety of surveys, and may range in date (see Lineage). Acceptable values change from atlas to atlas. May be qualitative or a number of individuals. A hyphen “-“ is used to denote no data. 14 JAN TEXT 1 No No Active Presence of species in January X=present; Bank = not present 15 FEB TEXT 1 No No Active Presence of species in February X=present; Bank = not present 16 MAR TEXT 1 No No Active Presence of species in March X=present; Bank = not present 17 APR TEXT 1 No No Active Presence of species in April X=present; Bank = not present 18 MAY TEXT 1 No No Active Presence of species in May X=present; Bank = not present 19 JUN TEXT 1 No No Active Presence of species in June X=present; Bank = not present 20 JUL TEXT 1 No No Active Presence of species in July X=present; Bank = not present 21 AUG TEXT 1 No No Active Presence of species in August X=present; Bank = not present 22 SEP TEXT 1 No No Active Presence of species in September X=present; Bank = not present 23 OCT TEXT 1 No No Active Presence of species in October X=present; Bank = not present 24 NOV TEXT 1 No No Active Presence of species in November X=present; Bank = not present 25 DEC TEXT 1 No No Active Presence of species in December X=present; Bank = not present 26 BREED1 TEXT 8 No No Active Values will show a month or range of months (e.g., JAN-MAY) when a particular life stage is observed. A value of "-" indicates the life stage or activity is not present or was not reported. A value of "N/A" indicates that the breed category is not used or not appropriate for the element referenced. This attribute does not apply to the BENTHIC, HABITAT, or T_MAMMAL elements. Life history stage or activity type, varies by ELEMENT. If ELEMENT is "BIRD" then BREED1 = nesting; if ELEMENT is "FISH" or "INVERT" then BREED1 = spawning; if ELEMENT is "HERP" then BREED1 = nesting; if ELEMENT is "M_MAMMAL" then BREED1 = mating. Upper Acceptable values change from atlas to atlas. 27 BREED2 TEXT 8 No No Active Values will show a month or range of months (e.g., JAN-MAY) when a particular life stage is observed. A value of "-" indicates the life stage or activity is not present or was not reported. A value of "N/A" indicates that the breed category is not used or not appropriate for the element referenced. This attribute does not apply to the BENTHIC, HABITAT, or T_MAMMAL elements. Life history stage or activity type, varies by ELEMENT. If ELEMENT is "BIRD" then BREED2 = migrating (spring); if ELEMENT is "FISH" or "INVERT" then BREED2 = eggs; if ELEMENT is "HERP" then BREED2 = hatching; if ELEMENT is "M_MAMMAL" then BREED2 = calving. Upper Acceptable values change from atlas to atlas. 28 BREED3 TEXT 8 No No Active Values will show a month or range of months (e.g., JAN-MAY) when a particular life stage is observed. A value of "-" indicates the life stage or activity is not present or was not reported. A value of "N/A" indicates that the breed category is not used or not appropriate for the element referenced. This attribute does not apply to the BENTHIC, HABITAT, or T_MAMMAL elements. Life history stage or activity type, varies by ELEMENT. If ELEMENT is "BIRD" then BREED3 = migrating (fall); if ELEMENT is "FISH" or "INVERT" then BREED3 = larvae; if ELEMENT is "HERP" then BREED3 = internesting; if ELEMENT is "M_MAMMAL" then BREED3 = pupping. Acceptable values change from atlas to atlas. 29 BREED4 TEXT 8 No No Active Values will show a month or range of months (e.g., JAN-MAY) when a particular life stage is observed. A value of "-" indicates the life stage or activity is not present or was not reported. A value of "N/A" indicates that the breed category is not used or not appropriate for the element referenced. This attribute does not apply to the BENTHIC, HABITAT, or T_MAMMAL elements. Life history stage or activity type, varies by ELEMENT. If ELEMENT is "BIRD" then BREED4 = molting; if ELEMENT is "FISH" or "INVERT" or "HERP" then BREED4 = juveniles; if ELEMENT is "M_MAMMAL" then BREED4 = molting. Upper Acceptable values change from atlas to atlas. 30 BREED5 TEXT 8 No No Active Values will show a month or range of months (e.g., JAN-MAY) when a particular life stage is observed. A value of "-" indicates the life stage or activity is not present or was not reported. A value of "N/A" indicates that the breed category is not used or not appropriate for the element referenced. This attribute does not apply to the BIRD, BENTHIC, HABITAT, or T_MAMMAL elements. Life history stage or activity type, where: if ELEMENT is "FISH" or "INVERT" or "HERP" then BREED5 = adults. Acceptable values change from atlas to atlas. 31 RARNUM NUMBER 9 9 Yes Yes Active A 9-digit identifier that links records in the BIOFILE data table to related records in the biological data layers. | Description Source: NOAA ESI Guidelines 234000001- 234001537 32 G_SOURCE NUMBER 8 8 Yes No Active An 8-digit identifier linking to the SOURCES data table record providing information on the geographic source. | Description Source: NOAA ESI Guidelines 23400001- 23400505 33 S_SOURCE NUMBER 8 8 Yes No Active An 8-digit identifier linking to the SOURCES data table record providing information on the seasonality source. | Description Source: NOAA ESI Guidelines 23400001- 23400505 34 BREED NUMBER No No Active Identifier that links records in the BIOFILE data table to related records in the BREED_DT data table. 1 - 223 55632 Published / External Completed The data table BREED_DT identifies the monthly presence of certain life-history stages or activities for each species at a given location. This table is related to the BIOFILE data table by the field BREED, and can be used to search for monthly breeding status. See the Entity_and_Attribute_Overview for a detailed description of how the primary attribute tables relate to the geographic data layers. Also see the Browse_Graphic section for a link to the entity-relationship diagram, which describes the way this table relates to other attribute tables in the ESI data structure. Loaded by FGDC Metadata Uploader, batch 10436, 02-28-2018 15:23 1 BREED NUMBER Yes Yes Active An integer that links to the BREED field in the BIOFILE. | Description Source: NOAA ESI Guidelines 1 - 223 2 MON NUMBER 2 Yes No Active Two-digit calendar month. Each life history stage or activity type for a particular species can have up to 12 records to account for each month of the year. 1 - 12 3 BREED1 TEXT 1 Yes No Active Life history stage or activity type, where: if ELEMENT is "BIRD" or "HERP" then BREED1 = nesting; if ELEMENT is "FISH" or "INVERT" then BREED1 = spawning; if ELEMENT is "M_MAMMAL" then BREED1 = mating. This attribute is not used for BENTHIC, HABITAT, or T_MAMMAL elements. "Y" - indicates activity occurring in given month; "N" - activity not occurring or not reported; "-" breed category does not apply to the species' ELEMENT. 4 BREED2 TEXT 1 Yes No Active Life history stage or activity type, where: if ELEMENT is "BIRD" then BREED2 = migrating; if ELEMENT is "FISH" or “INVERT” then BREED2 = eggs; if ELEMENT is "HERP" then BREED2 = hatching; if ELEMENT is "M_MAMMAL" then BREED2 = calving. This attribute is not used for BENTHIC, HABITAT, or T_MAMMAL elements. "Y" - indicates activity occurring in given month; "N" - activity not occurring or not reported; "-" breed category does not apply to the species' ELEMENT. 4 BREED3 TEXT 1 Yes No Active Life history stage or activity type, where: if ELEMENT is "BIRD" then BREED3 = migrating (fall); if ELEMENT is "FISH" or "INVERT" then BREED3 = larvae; if ELEMENT is "HERP" then BREED3 = internesting; if ELEMENT is "M_MAMMAL" then BREED3 = pupping. This attribute is not used for BENTHIC, HABITAT, or T_MAMMAL elements "Y" - indicates activity occurring in given month; "N" - activity not occurring or not reported; "-" breed category does not apply to the species' ELEMENT. 6 BREED4 TEXT 1 Yes No Active Life history stage or activity type, where: if ELEMENT is "BIRD" then BREED4 = molting; if ELEMENT is “FISH” or "INVERT" or “HERP” then BREED4 = juveniles; if ELEMENT is "M_MAMMAL" then BREED4 = molting. This attribute is not used for BENTHIC, HABITAT, or T_MAMMAL elements. "Y" - indicates activity occurring in given month; "N" - activity not occurring or not reported; "-" breed category does not apply to the species' ELEMENT. 7 BREED5 TEXT 1 Yes No Active Life history stage or activity type, where: if ELEMENT is "FISH" or “INVERT” or “HERP” then BREED5 = adults. This attribute is not used for BENTHIC, BIRD, HABITAT, M_MAMMAL, or T_MAMMAL elements. "Y" - indicates activity occurring in given month; "N" - activity not occurring or not reported; "-" breed category does not apply to the species' ELEMENT. 55633 Published / External Completed The data table SOURCES contains the primary sources used to create the ESI data set. See the Browse_Graphic section for a link to the entity-relationship diagram, which describes the way this table relates to other attribute tables in the ESI data structure. | Description Source: NOAA ESI Guidelines Converted from FGDC using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml_entity.pl' script. 1 SOURCE_ID NUMBER 8 Yes Yes Active Source identifier that links records in the SOURCES data table to the items G_SOURCE and A_SOURCE in the SOC_DAT table; G_SOURCE and S_SOURCE in the BIOFILE table; SOURCE_ID and ESI_SOURCE in the ESIP and ESIL data layers, and SOURCE_ID in the HYDROL data layer. | Description Source: NOAA ESI Guidelines 23400001 - 23400505 2 ORIGINATOR TEXT 255 Yes No Active Author or developer of source material or data set. | Description Source: NOAA ESI Guidelines Upper Acceptable values change from atlas to atlas. 3 DATE_PUB NUMBER 8 No No Active Date of source material, publication, or date of personal communication with expert source. | Description Source: NOAA ESI Guidelines YYYY, or YYYYMM, or YYYYMMDD, where Y=year, M=month, D=day 4 TITLE TEXT 255 No No Active Title of source material or data. | Description Source: NOAA ESI Guidelines Upper Acceptable values change from atlas to atlas. 5 DATA_FORMAT TEXT 80 No No Active The format of the source material. | Description Source: NOAA ESI Guidelines Acceptable values change from atlas to atlas. Examples include DOCUMENT, EXPERT KNOWLEDGE, VECTOR DIGITAL DATA... 6 PUB_PLACE TEXT 255 No No Active Publication place. | Description Source: NOAA ESI Guidelines Upper Acceptable values change from atlas to atlas. 7 PUBLISHER TEXT 255 No No Active Publisher. | Description Source: NOAA ESI Guidelines Upper Acceptable values change from atlas to atlas. 8 PUBLICATION TEXT 255 No No Active Additional citation information. | Description Source: NOAA ESI Guidelines Acceptable values change from atlas to atlas. 9 ONLINE_LINK TEXT 255 No No Active URL to the data if internet-available or to the website of the data provider | Description Source: NOAA ESI Guidelines URL. Must be copied as is from the address bar & must be fully qualified (begin with http:// or https:// in LOWER CASE) & contain no “<” or “>” characters 10 SCALE TEXT 20 No No Active Description of the source scale. | Description Source: NOAA ESI Guidelines Values may be numeric, such as 1:24000, or text, such as UNKNOWN (non-digital data only), or VARIES 11 TIME_PERIOD TEXT 34 No No Active Date(s) of data collection that the source material is based upon. | Description Source: NOAA ESI Guidelines Date fields must be YYYY, or YYYYMM, or YYYYMMDD. The beginning and ending date range is separated by a dash (-) Data Steward 2015-08 Position ESI Program Manager orr.esi@noaa.gov 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle WA 98115 Distributor 2015-08 Organization Office of Response and Restoration ORR https://ror.org/03g5tqa50 1305 East-West Highway Silver Spring MD 20910 https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/ ORR Home Page Online Resource Metadata Contact 2015-08 Position ESI Program Manager orr.esi@noaa.gov 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle WA 98115 Point of Contact 2015-08 Position ESI Program Manager orr.esi@noaa.gov 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle WA 98115 Publication Date -81.1615 -78.414 33.9384 31.9322 This reflects the extent of all land and water features included in the overall South Carolina ESI study region. The bounding box for this particular feature class may vary depending on occurrences identified and mapped. Range 2014 2015 Time Frame Range starts with ESI Project Start Year, and ends with ESI Atlas Publication Year. Yes Yes Geometry Only Yes 33100 Standard CC0-1.0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ These data were produced by NOAA and are not subject to copyright protection in the United States. NOAA waives any potential copyright and related rights in these data worldwide through the Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (CC0-1.0). Unclassified Data can be accessed by downloading the zipped ArcGIS geodatabase from the Download URL (see Distribution Information). Questions can be directed to the ESI Program Manager (Point Of Contact). None DO NOT USE MAPS FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES. Management boundaries are not to be considered legal boundaries. Edges may have been altered for cartographic processes. Note that the ESI database should not be used to the exclusion of other pertinent data or information held by state or federal agencies or other organizations. Likewise, information contained in the database cannot be used in place of consultations with environmental, natural resource, and cultural resource agencies, or in place of field surveys. Recognize that the information contained in the ESI database represents known concentration areas or occurrences of natural, cultural, and human-use resources, but does not necessarily represent the full distribution or range of each species or resource. This is particularly important to recognize when considering potential impacts to protected resources, such as endangered species, wetlands, etc. Besides the above warnings, there are no use constraints on these data. Acknowledgment of the originators, publishers, contributors, and sources listed would be appreciated in products derived from these data. https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi_download 2015-08 Organization Office of Response and Restoration https://ror.org/03g5tqa50 SouthCarolina_2015_ESI_GDB.zip This feature class is part of the downloadable Esri Arc Geodatabase. 2016-09-12T00:00:00 Arc Geodatabase ESRI File Geodatabase 160 MB Zip https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/ESI-Browse-Graphic.pdf ESI Browse Graphic Browse Graphic pdf ESI Browse Graphic depicts the relationships between the spatial data layers and the attribute data tables for the South Carolina ESI data. https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi ESI Overview Online Resource html Overview of ESI data content and uses. https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi_guidelines ESI Guidelines Online Resource pdf Guidelines for developing ESI data content and overview of ESI data structure. Useful for data collectors and users requiring more in depth information on the ESI process. 2015-08 Date that the source FGDC record was last modified. 2017-04-05 Converted from Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml.pl' script. Contact Tyler Christensen (NOS) for details. 2017-09-13 Partial upload of Spatial Info section only. 2017-11-01 Replaced entire Lineage section to populate new Source Contribution field. 2018-02-08 Partial upload of Positional Accuracy fields only. The software packages used to develop the atlas are Environmental Systems Research Institute's ArcGIS for Desktop 10.2(R) and SQL SERVER(R) (version 2005). The hardware configuration is PC's with Windows Operating System 7. A multi-stage error checking process is used to verify both attribute accuracy and logical consistency throughout data production. The process includes a standardized data entry methodology, data review by in-house and external resource experts, a final Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) process, and multiple automated logical consistency checks. Quantitative data (such as densities, counts, abundances, or concentrations) provided by resource experts for inclusion in the data set may vary widely in attribute accuracy, depending upon the methodology used to collect and compile such data. For a more detailed evaluation of source data attribute accuracy, contact the sources listed in the Lineage section. Spatial components for the biological data layers can come from expert interviews, hardcopy, or digital sources. Some of the spatial components of the biological data layers may have been developed using regional experts who estimate concentration areas. It is difficult to estimate the positional accuracy of such data, except to state that they are compiled on hardcopy base maps with a scale of 1:24,000. Some of the spatial components of the biological data sets are developed from pre-existing digital or hardcopy sources and reflect the positional accuracy of these original data. Note that biological resource data by their very nature are considered "fuzzy", and this should be understood when considering the positional accuracy of vector digital objects representing these resources. See the Lineage and Process_Description sections for more information on the original source data and how these data were integrated or manipulated to create the final data set. These data represent a synthesis of expert knowledge, scientific articles, state and federal agency reports, survey data, maps, and digital data on invertebrate distribution, spawning areas, nursery areas, and concentration areas. These data do not necessarily represent all invertebrate occurrences in South Carolina. The following species are included in this data set: (Species_ID, Common Name, Scientific Name [n/a if not applicable]): 43, Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica; 44, Horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus; 49, Blue crab, Callinectes sapidus; 50, White shrimp, Litopenaeus setiferus; 51, Brown shrimp, Farfantepenaeus aztecus; 119, Atlantic brief squid, Lolliguncula brevis; 657, Cannonball jellyfish, Stomolophus meleagris. A multi-stage error checking process, described in the above Attribute Accuracy Report, is used to verify both attribute accuracy and logical consistency throughout data production. This process includes multiple automated logical consistency checks that test the files for missing or duplicate data, rules for proper coding, GIS topological consistencies, and SQL SERVER(R) to ArcGIS(R) consistencies. A final review is made by the GIS manager, before the final Geodatabase and metadata are created. After the data are delivered to NOAA, they are again subjected to several consistency checks, and processed into the final delivery format. Five main sources of data were used to depict invertebrate distribution and seasonality for this data layer: 1) personal interviews with resource experts from the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR); 2) fishery-independent sampling data provided by SCDNR; 3) fishery-independent sampling data provided by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's (ASMFC) Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP); 4) hardcopy maps and coordinates depicting horseshoe crab spawning beaches and nursery areas; and 5) vector digital data on oyster reef locations provided by SCDNR. BLUE CRABS SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (SCDNR) 2015-01-01 Discrete 2015 http://www.dnr.sc.gov/marine/pub/seascience/bluecrab.html INVERT INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: document | Type of Source Media: online DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF FISHES AND INVERTEBRATE IN SOUTHEAST ESTUARIES Person NELSON, D.M., et al. Originator 1991-10-01 Discrete 1991 https://nccospublicstor.blob.core.windows.net/projects-attachments/107/ELMR_SE_report.pdf ELMR_SE_report.pdf URL for pdf of ELMR Southeast Report (Nelson et al. 1991) INVERTEBRATE INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: document | Type of Source Media: online pdf HORSESHOE CRAB LIFE HISTORY AND DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (SCDNR)- AMY FOWLER 2015-01-01 Discrete 2015 INVERT INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: EXPERT KNOWLEDGE | Type of Source Media: PERSONAL COMMUNICATION INVERTEBRATES OF SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (SCDNR) - LARRY DELANCEY 2015-01-01 Discrete 2015 INVERT INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: EXPERT KNOWLEDGE | Type of Source Media: EMAIL MARINE RESOURCES OF SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (SCDNR) - PEARSE WEBSTER 2015-01-01 Discrete 2015 INVERT INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: EXPERT KNOWLEDGE | Type of Source Media: EMAIL NEARSHORE AND INSHORE FISH AND INVERTEBRATE LIFE HISTORY AND DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (SCDNR) - JOHN ARCHAMBAULT 2015-01-01 Discrete 2015 INVERT INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: EXPERT KNOWLEDGE | Type of Source Media: PERSONAL COMMUNICATION NOAA'S ESTUARINE LIVING MARINE RESOURCES (ELMR) DATA BASE - SOUTHEAST REGION Organization NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA), DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC), NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE (NOS), NATIONAL CENTERS FOR COASTAL OCEAN SCIENCE (NCCOS), CENTER FOR COASTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT (CCMA), BIOGEOGRAPHY PROGRAM Publisher 2000-01-01 Range 1985 2000 https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:163992 Estuarine Living Marine Resources: Southeast Regional Distribution and Abundance (NCEI Accession 0163992) This is the original (1991) Southeast regional component of NOAA's Estuarine Living Marine Resources (ELMR) Project, a national database of ecologically and economically important fishes and invertebrates in the Nation's estuaries. The distribution and relative abundance are depicted in a consistent format for 40 species of fishes and invertebrates, in 20 estuaries in coastal North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and the east coast of Florida. INVERT INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: tabular digital data | Type of Source Media: online SCDNR OYSTER 2010 LIVE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (SCDNR) 2010-01-01 Discrete 2010 INVERT INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: disc SOUTH CAROLINA TRAMMEL NET SAMPLING DATA SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (SCDNR) - JOHN ARCHAMBAULT 2015-01-01 Range 2004 2013 INVERT INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: spreadsheet | Type of Source Media: EMAIL SOUTHEAST AREA MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT PROGRAM - SOUTH ATLANTIC INNER STRATA SAMPLING DATA ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION (ASMFC) 2015-01-01 Range 2004 2013 INVERT INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: spreadsheet | Type of Source Media: online SPECIES PROFILES: LIFE HISTORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS OF COASTAL FISHES AND INVERTEBRATES (SOUTH ATLANTIC) - AMERICAN OYSTER BURREL, V.G., JR. 1986-01-01 Discrete 1986 INVERT INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: document | Type of Source Media: online SPECIES PROFILES: LIFE HISTORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS OF COASTAL FISHES AND INVERTEBRATES (SOUTH ATLANTIC) - BROWN SHRIMP LARSON, S.C., M.J. VAN DEN AVYLE, AND E.L. BOZEMAN, JR. 1989-01-01 Discrete 1989 INVERT INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: document | Type of Source Media: online SPECIES PROFILES: LIFE HISTORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS OF COASTAL FISHES AND INVERTEBRATES (SOUTH ATLANTIC) - WHITE SHRIMP MUNCY, R.J. 1984-01-01 Discrete 1984 INVERT INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: document | Type of Source Media: online 1 Nearshore marine and estuarine distributions of brown shrimp, white shrimp, and blue crab were mapped using expert knowledge of SCDNR staff, SCDNR Trammel Data, and life history information from Estuarine Living Marine Resources (ELMR) program (Nelson et al. 1991). Nearshore marine distributions Atlantic brief squid and cannonball jellyfish were mapped primarily using data provided by SEAMAP. Presence and absence by month calculated from SCDNR and ASMFC data used the exact same methods as were used for fish species. SCDNR Trammel data was used to map blue crab distributions, with data summarized by SCDNR staff for the years 2002-2014 to give total number of blue crab occurrences per sampling station. From this summary, the frequency of blue crab caught was calculated for each month and sampling region. Polygonal sampling regions were created using geographic distribution of sampling stations and were vetted by SCDNR staff. When blue crab was found to occur with a 10% frequency or higher in a given month for a given sampling region it was marked as present for that month and sampling region. Blue crab were mapped to the following estuary and river systems using this method: St. Helena Sound, Charleston Harbor, Lower Wando River, Bulls Bay and Muddy Bay, and Winyah Bay. Additional life history seasonalities, such as larvae, eggs, and spawning months, were typically gathered from interviews with resource experts at SCDNR, USFWS Species Profiles, or ELMR Program data (Nelson et al. 1991). For the nearshore area out to 10m depth, invertebrate species distribution and seasonalities were supplemented with data from the SEAMAP program of the ASMFC. Fishery-independent sampling for the SEAMAP program is conducted in roughly three months out of the year (April, July, and October); however, sampling in practice strays into many of the preceding and following months. Data used for the ESI included the years 2004-2013 and the frequencies of species caught were used to determine monthly presence/absence. Presence within a month was determined by the same 10% frequency cut-off as was used with SCDNR fishery independent sampling data. Sampling months were used as proxies for the season within which sampling occurred. Thus, if a species was found to be present in April, it was assumed to be present in March and May; likewise this was done for June and August (July), and September and November (October). After consulting with SEAMAP/SCDNR staff and reviewing literature on nearshore species, seasonalities of select species were used to populate areas from 10m depth out to the boundary of the AOI. Horseshoe crab spawning and nursery areas were mapped based on hardcopy maps and lists of coordinates provided by Amy Fowler with SCDNR. After hand digitizing these areas for the ESI product, the geographies of nursery and spawning areas were vetted by SCDNR staff. In addition, the general distribution of horseshoe crabs is represented in the ESI, and is based on expert opinion. Oyster reefs were mapped using digital data provided by SCDNR. The minimum mapping unit of the South Carolina Oyster Reef data set was 5 square meters. In order to minimize the number of polygons, ensure inclusion of smaller reefs not captured with the mapping methods, and create a more generalized distribution; polygons in the data set were buffered by 25 meters and merged together. 2015-08-01T00:00:00 Position ESI Program Manager orr.esi@noaa.gov 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle WA 98115 2 The above digital and/or hardcopy sources were compiled by the project biologist to create the INVERT data layer. Depending on the type of source data, three general approaches are used for compiling the data layer: 1) information gathered during initial interviews and from hardcopy sources are compiled onto U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000 topographic quadrangles and digitized; 2) hardcopy maps are digitized at their source scale; 3) digital data layers are evaluated and used "as is" or integrated with the hardcopy data sources. See the Lineage section for additional information on the type of source data for this data layer. The ESI, biology, and human-use data are compiled into the standard ESI digital data format. A second set of interviews with participating resource experts are conducted to review the compiled data. If necessary, edits to the INVERT data layer are made based on the recommendations of the resource experts, and final hardcopy maps and digital data are created. 2015-08-01T00:00:00 Position ESI Program Manager orr.esi@noaa.gov 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle WA 98115 55631 Entity 55632 Entity 55630 Entity 55633 Entity gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:55615 David Moe Nelson 2019-02-25T14:25:37 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2026-07-09T18:26:04 2019-02-26 Office of Response and Restoration ORR 1002 Public No No 2019-02-26 1 Year 2020-02-26