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ESI Program Manager
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2024-02-29T00:00:00
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GL_St_Marys_River_2021 ESI FISH Polygons, Points
GL_St_Marys_River_2021 ESI FISH Polygons, Points
2021-07
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NOAA/NMFS/EDM
57968
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/57968
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https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/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.
These feature classes reside within the BIOLOGY Feature Data Set of the Great Lakes St. Marys River - 2021 ESI Geodatabase. They contain vector polygons and points representing FISH data for the Great Lakes St. Marys River System.
The study area includes the St. Marys River at the southern portion of Lake Superior beginning just east of Monocle Lake and south of Iroquois Island ending to the headwaters of Lake Huron. These data sets contain sensitive biological resource data for freshwater and anadromous fish species in the St. Marys River. Vector polygons and points in these datasets represent fish distribution and spawning areas.
Species-specific abundance, seasonality, status, life history, and source information are stored in associated data tables (described in Entity Attribute Overview below) designed to be used in conjunction with this spatial data layer. These datasets are a portion of the ESI data for the Great Lakes St. Marys River System.
As a whole, the ESI data characterize the marine and coastal environments and wildlife by their sensitivity to spilled oil, and include information for three main components: shoreline habitats, sensitive biological resources, and human-use resources.
The ESI data are intended to provide baseline 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. The ESI data may be appropriate for many other coastal management efforts, though the original intent should be kept in mind.
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.
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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
ESI Browse Graphic depicts the relationships between the spatial data layers and the attribute data tables for an ESI geodatabase.
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EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH
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 > GREAT LAKES
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > MICHIGAN
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
17.0
Coastal Resources
Coastal Zone Management
ESI
Environmental Monitoring
Environmental Sensitivity Index
FISH
Oil Spill Planning
Sensitivity Maps
Wildlife
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St Mary's 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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Great Lakes - St.Marys River ESI, 2021
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Cite As: Office of Response and Restoration, [Date of Access]: GL_St_Marys_River_2021 ESI FISH Polygons, Points [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/57968.
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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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. 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.
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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 (NOAA), 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. If problems are encountered in downloading the ESI data or with file corruption, contact NOAA (see Distributor).
These data represent a snapshot in time and temporal changes may have occurred. The data are not intended to include all biological or human-use resources present in an area; they focus on species and resources particularly sensitive to oiling. In the event of a spill, they should be used for a first assessment only. The data providers are the experts with regard to individual resources. They should be contacted to confirm if more current data exist or if in-depth information is needed about a particular resource.
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NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP)
NOAA/NMFS/EDM
57968
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/orr/dmp/pdf/57968.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 ArcGIS for Desktop 10.7.1(R) and SQL SERVER(R) (version 2019). The hardware configuration is PCs with Windows Operating System 10.
This reflects the extent of all land and water features included in the Great Lakes St. Marys River System 2021 ESI area of interest. The bounding box for this particular feature class may vary depending on occurrences identified and mapped.
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Bounding box for the Great Lakes St. Marys River System area of interest
The time period that represents these data layers (FISH & FISHPT) in the Great Lakes St. Marys River - 2021 ESI atlas. | Currentness: Publication Date
1973
2021
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GIS File
Data Table
FISH
2021-11-18
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SOURCES
2021-11-18
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FISHPT
2021-11-18
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BIOCOMB
2021-11-18
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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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distributor
https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi_download
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GL_ST_MARYS_RIVER_GEOG_NAD83.GDB
This feature class is part of the downloadable Esri Arc Geodatabase.
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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, 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, check the sources listed in the Lineage section.
Completeness Report
These data represent a synthesis of expert knowledge, digital data, and hardcopy reports. These data do not necessarily represent all fish occurrences in St. Marys River.
The following species are included in these data sets: (Species_ID, Common Name, Scientific Name [n/a if not applicable]): 68, Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; 69, Coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch; 70, Pink salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; 74, Rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss; 84, Rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax; 100, Brown trout, Salmo trutta; 144, Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar; 152, Yellow perch, Perca flavescens; 161, Lake sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens; 165, Lake whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis; 166, Brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis; 167, Lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush; 174, Longnose sucker, Catostomus catostomus; 175, White sucker, Catostomus commersoni; 178, Rock bass, Ambloplites rupestris; 179, Largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides; 180, Smallmouth bass, Micropterus dolomieu; 181, Black crappie, Pomoxis nigromaculatus; 182, Bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus; 185, Northern pike, Esox lucius; 186, Muskellunge, Esox masquinongy; 188, Walleye, Stizostedion vitreum vitreum; 190, White bass, Morone chrysops; 201, Channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus; 205, Freshwater drum, Aplodinotus grunnieus; 211, Brown bullhead, Ameiurus nebulosus; 212, Pumpkinseed, Lepomis gibbosus; 218, Bowfin, Amia calva; 235, Cisco, Coregonus artedi; 237, Burbot, Lota lota; 238, Round whitefish (menomonee), Prosopium cylindraceum; 247, Emerald shiner, Notropis atherinoides; 464, Longnose gar, Lepisosteus osseus; 498, Bullhead catfish, Ameiurus spp.; 997, American brook lamprey, Lampetra appendix; 1011, Forage fish, n/a; 1296, Round goby, Neogobius melanostomus; 1271, Slimy sculpin, Cottus cognatus; 1299, Redhorses, Moxostoma.
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 complete 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.
Four main sources of data were used to depict fish distribution and seasonality for these data layers: 1) personal interviews with resource experts from Michigan Department of Natural Resources, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, and Bay Mills Indian Community; 2) vector digital data from Michigan Natural Features Inventory; 3) hardcopy text of seasonality sources; and 4) digital point data from Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Framework. Fish species depicted in this atlas include species of conservation interest, or species of commercial, recreational, or ecological importance. Fish polygons and spawning points were created based on digital data, publications, and expert opinion provided by resource experts at DNR, USFWS, and area Tribes. Spawning locations – Point locations of known spawning sites were provided by GLAHF.
2021-07-01T00:00:00
ESI Program Manager
orr.esi@noaa.gov
processor
General distributions – Fish general distributions were mapped using expert knowledge collected during workshops. Species included were determined by the experts in the study area. The St. Marys River was divided into seven reaches for fish general distributions: Upper River, Rapids, Lake Nicolet, Lake George, Lake Munuscong, St. Joseph Channel, and Raber Bay. These divisions are often used by local resource managers as well. Resource experts did not identify any specific concentration areas; instead, they emphasized the ecological importance of the St. Marys River as a whole. Expert knowledge for mapping of fish general distributions was supplemented with information from the MNFI Biotics dataset.
2021-07-01T00:00:00
ESI Program Manager
orr.esi@noaa.gov
processor
All fish that spawn in the study area were mapped with spawning months included in the seasonalities for all locations in the study area (in the general distribution polygons), per expert recommendation. Fish spawning can occur throughout the system, and different species utilize different habitats for spawning. The spawning habitat(s) for each mapped species are shown in a table in the Introductory pages that accompany the atlas. Specific spawning locations were not available for many of the mapped species, so use of this table in conjunction with the spatial data informs the user of the areas used for spawning by each species.
2021-07-01T00:00:00
ESI Program Manager
orr.esi@noaa.gov
processor
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 1:40,000 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. A second set of interviews with participating resource experts are conducted to review the compiled data. If necessary, edits to the FISH & FISHPT data layers are made based on the recommendations of the resource experts, and final hardcopy maps and digital data are created.
2021-07-01T00:00:00
ESI Program Manager
orr.esi@noaa.gov
processor
Source Contribution: VECTOR DIGITAL DATA; FISH INFO
Biotics_poly_2020_SMR
2020-01-01
publication
MICHIGAN NATURAL FEATURES INVENTORY (MFNI)
originator
Source Contribution: EXPERT KNOWLEDGE; FISH INFO
FISH MAPPING WORKSHOP
2021-01-01
publication
NEAL GODBY, DAVE FIELDER, RUSTY AIKENS, FRANK ZOMER, ANJIE BOWEN
originator
Source Contribution: HARDCOPY TEXT (BULLETIN 184); FISH & FISHPT INFO
FRESHWATER FISHES OF CANADA
1973-01-01
publication
W.B. SCOTT AND E.J. CROSSMAN
originator
Source Contribution: VECTOR DIGITAL DATA; FISHPT INFO
GREAT LAKES SPAWNING AND NURSERY SITES
2011-01-01
publication
GREAT LAKES AQUATIC HABITAT FRAMEWORK (GLAHF)
https://www.glahf.org/data/
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GLAHF SPATIAL DATABASE
GLAHF SPATIAL DATABASE
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originator
Source Contribution: SPREADSHEET; FISH INFO
SPECIES USE OF THE RAPIDS
2021-01-01
publication
NEAL GODBY
originator
Source Contribution: DOCUMENT; FISH INFO
STATE OF MICHIGAN'S STATUS AND STRATEGY FOR ROUND GOBY MANAGEMENT
2021-01-01
publication
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (MIDNR)
https://www.michigan.gov/documents/invasives/egle-ais-neogobius-melanostomus_708946_7.pdf
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