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Louisiana and Lower Mississippi River 2014 ESI HABITAT Polygons
2013-12
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NOAA/NMFS/EDM
55992
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/55992
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View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset.
information
https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/resources/esi-guidelines
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ESI Guidelines
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.
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https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi
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ESI Overview
Overview of ESI data content and uses.
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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.
This data set contains sensitive biological resource data for Sargassum in Louisiana. Vector polygons in this data set represent areas of known Sargassum aggregation. 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 Louisiana. 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. See also the BENTHIC data layer, part of the larger Louisiana ESI database, for additional habitat information.
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.
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, and The Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard Office of Incident Management and Preparedness, Washington, D.C.
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ESI Program Manager
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle
WA
98115
orr.esi@noaa.gov
pointOfContact
ESI Program Manager
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle
WA
98115
orr.esi@noaa.gov
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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.
https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/ESI-Browse-Graphic.pdf
Depicts the relationships between the spatial data layers and the attribute data tables for the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi River ESI data.
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EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS > MACROALGAE (SEAWEEDS) > BROWN ALGAE
EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > OIL SPILLS
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
17.0
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > LOUISIANA
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
17.0
Coastal Resources
Coastal Zone Management
ESI
Environmental Monitoring
Environmental Sensitivity Index
Oil spill planning
Sensitivity Maps
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Mississippi River
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DOC/NOAA/NOS/ORR > Office of Response and Restoration, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
2017-04-24
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Cite As: Office of Response and Restoration, [Date of Access]: Louisiana and Lower Mississippi River 2014 ESI HABITAT Polygons [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/55992.
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.
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Access Constraints: None
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Use Constraints: DO NOT USE MAPS FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES. Management boundaries are not to be considered legal boundaries. Edges may have been altered for cartographic processes. Besides the above warnings, there are no use constraints on these data. 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. Acknowledgment of the originators, publishers, contributors, and sources listed would be appreciated in products derived from these data.
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Distribution Liability: 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.
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NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP)
NOAA/NMFS/EDM
55992
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/orr/dmp/pdf/55992.pdf
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NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP)
NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort.
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The software packages used to develop the atlas are Environmental Systems Research Institute's ARC/INFO(R) (version 10.2) and SQL SERVER(R) (version 2005). The hardware configuration is PC's with Windows Operating System 7.
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This geographic extent includes the entire coastal Louisiana and Lower Mississippi River ESI study area. The spatial extent of individual layers or feature classes may vary.
The coastal Louisiana data were compiled 2012-2013, The Lower Mississippi River data were compiled in 2014. The atlas was published in 2014.
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HABITATS
2019-04-04
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BIOFILE
2019-04-04
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BREED_DT
2019-04-04
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SOURCES
2019-04-04
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ESRI File Geodatabase
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Office of Response and Restoration
1305 East-West Highway
Silver Spring
MD
20910
https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/
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ORR Home Page
Website listed for Office of Response and Restoration
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https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi_download
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Louisiana_2014_GDB.zip
This feature class is part of the downloadable Esri Arc Geodatabase.
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dataset
Accuracy
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, hardcopy 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.
Horizontal Positional Accuracy
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.
Completeness Report
These data represent a synthesis of digital data representing the seasonal aggregations of Sargassum species. See also the BENTHIC data layer, part of the larger Louisiana ESI database, for additional habitat information. These data do not necessarily represent all habitat occurrences in Louisiana. The following species are included in this data set: (Species_ID, Common Name, Scientific Name [n/a if not applicable]): 317, Sargassum, Sargassum spp..
Conceptual Consistency
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 a several consistency checks, and processed into the final delivery format.
The mapping extent was dependent upon information availability and location of mapped coastal habitats and shorelines. Polygons depicting the seasonal distribution of Sargassum were provided by Ocean Conservancy and are based on remote sensing work by Gower and King (2011). Based on their analysis, Sargassum aggregations appear in the spring offshore of Texas and move west throughout the gulf during the summer. Their analysis was based on data with a 1200m resolution, as a result, smaller aggregations of Sargassum may not have been detected. The above digital and/or hardcopy sources were compiled by the project biologist to create the HABITATS 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 HABITATS data layer are made based on the recommendations of the resource experts, and final hardcopy maps and digital data are created.
2013-12-01T00:00:00
ESI Program Manager
orr.esi@noaa.gov
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Source Contribution: HABITATS INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: document | Type of Source Media: online
DISTRIBUTION OF FLOATING SARGASSUM IN THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN MAPPED USING MERIS
2011-01-01
publication
GOWER, JIM AND STEPHANIE KING
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01431161003639660
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2011
Source Contribution: HABITATS INFORMATION | Source Geospatial Form: vector digital data | Type of Source Media: EMAIL
THE GULF OF MEXICO ECOSYSTEM: A COASTAL AND MARINE ATLAS
2013-01-01
publication
LOVE, M., A. BALDERA, C. YEUNG & C. ROBBINS
http://www.oceanconservancy.org/places/gulf-of-mexico/gulf-atlas.html
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