Humboldt Bay Benthic Habitats 2009 Aquatic Setting ca_hb09-aquatic_Metadata eng Dataset EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > ESTUARY environment CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > CALIFORNIA Aquatic Setting Benthic Biotic Component CMECS California SeaGrant Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard Environmental Monitoring Geoform Component Habitat NOAA Substrate Component Arcata Bay California Eel River Delta Entrance Bay Humboldt Bay South Bay U.S. Humboldt Bay is the largest estuary in California north of San Francisco Bay and represents a significant resource for the north coast region. Beginning in 2007 the Coastal Services Center began collaborating with the California SeaGrant program and other local partners to support an ecosystem-based management (EBM) project for Humboldt Bay. One element of this project was to develop subtidal habitat goals for the long-term management of the bay and provide a framework for conservation and management across the land-sea interface. An aerial imagery-based mapping effort was conducted between 2008 and 2010 which produced a shallow benthic habitat map classified using the Florida System for Classifying Habitats in Estuarine and Marine Environments (SCHEME) system. This effort resulted in a single polygon shapefile which was later converted to the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS)classification and organized into separate feature layers for three CMECS components; geoform, substrate, and biotic. Aquatic setting layers (#1 and #2) were produced to further populate the CMECS data structure. Ancillary data was used to accomplish this process in 2015. Original contact information: Contact Org: NOAA Office for Coastal Management Phone: 843-740-1202 Email: coastal.info@noaa.gov Office for Coastal Management Office for Coastal Management https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/47851 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/37225 northlimit=40.868302; eastlimit=-124.065296; southlimit=40.675231; westlimit=-124.278286; 2016-03-31 None 2016