FINAL DESIGNATION OF CRITICAL HABITAT IN FLORIDA FOR THE ELKHORN AND STAGHORN CORALS - 2009

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service
Publication_Date: 20090904
Title:
FINAL DESIGNATION OF CRITICAL HABITAT IN FLORIDA FOR THE ELKHORN AND STAGHORN CORALS - 2009
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Silver Spring, MD
Publisher:
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service
Other_Citation_Details: State of Florida
Online_Linkage: <http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/gis/data/critical.htm#se>
Description:
Abstract:
This dataset contains the Designated Critical Habitat for Elkhorn Coral (Acropora palmata) and Staghorn Coral (Acropora cervicornis) in the State of Florida. Elkhorn coral is a large, branching coral with thick sturdy antler-like branches and Staghorn Coral is a branching coral with cylindrical branches ranging from a few centimeters to over 6.5 feet (2 m) in length. Acropora Critical Habitat is designated by the Federal Register 73 FR 72210, November 26, 2008, Rules and Regulations.
Purpose:
The purpose of these data is to visually represent the Acropora critical habitat areas for GIS analysis and display.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20081126
Time_of_Day: 0900
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.429040
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.872251
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.983191
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.492815
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NONE
Theme_Keyword: Acropora palmata
Theme_Keyword: Acropora cervicornis
Theme_Keyword: Critical Habitat
Theme_Keyword: Endangered Species
Theme_Keyword: staghorn coral
Theme_Keyword: elkhorn coral
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: biota
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Florida
Place_Keyword: Florida Keys
Place_Keyword: Palm Beach County
Place_Keyword: Broward County
Place_Keyword: Miami-Dade County
Place_Keyword: Monroe County
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
Stratum:
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
NOAA-National Marine Fisheries Service: Users be advised that the accuracy of this data set is completely dependent upon the accuracy of the shoreline and bathymetric data used in the creation process. For more details on this process, see the process description. The text description in 73 FR 72210 is always the one, true definition of Acropora critical habitat. These or any other depictions are for information purposes only and shouldn't be relied on for regulatory purposes.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: NOAA-National Marine Fisheries Service
Contact_Person: Jennifer Moore
Contact_Position: Acropora Coordinator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 263 13th Avenue South
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33071-5505
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-824-5312
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-824-5309
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Jennifer.Moore@noaa.gov
Hours_of_Service: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm
Data_Set_Credit: NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4000
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Other_Citation_Details:
NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service Fisheries Data: Critical Habitat <http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/gis/data/critical.htm#se>
Elkhorn Coral: <http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/invertebrates/elkhorncoral.htm>
Staghorn Coral: <http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/invertebrates/staghorncoral.htm>
Online_Linkage: <http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/gis/data/critical.htm#se>
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.
Logical_Consistency_Report: Not Applicable
Completeness_Report:
NOAA-National Marine Fisheries Service: Complete Pending NMFS PRD Review
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan
Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Source_Scale_Denominator: Unknown
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NOAA, NMFS
Source_Contribution: Spatial and Attribute Information
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Bathymetry source: NGDC Coastal Relief Model for Puerto Rico & Virgin Islands (Vol. 9), and Florida and Eastern Gulf of Mexico (Vol. 3). Using ESRI's ArcGIS ArcMap software and Spatial Analyst extension, ran the 'Surface Analysis' tool, 'Contour'. Set contour interval to 30 (CRM is in tenths of meters). The contour line was a bit blocky, so smoothed using ET GeoWizard (3rd party software) to smooth the contour using Bezier Curve smoothing algorithm with default settings (5 for smoothness) for the Caribbean and 10 for smoothing setting for Florida, and then cleaned. Converted the polyline to a polygon. Deleted very small polygons/ or polys for depths +/- 1m.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Geodetic Data Center (NGDC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce
Process_Date: 20071030
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: NOAA-NMFS
Contact_Person: Amanda Frick
Contact_Position: GIS Analyst/Contractor
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 263 13th Avenue South
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701-5505
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-824-5312
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-824-5309
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Amanda.Frick@noaa.gov
Hours_of_Service: Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5:30pm
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Used detailed shoreline for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands from NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), by selecting 'Land' and 'mangrove' polygons. Used NOAA medium resolution vector shoreline for Florida to create land polygon. Erased the bathymetry polygons with the land/mangrove polygons .
For Florida shoreline, or shoreward side of the critical habitat polygon, used Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission (FWC) for near shore bathymetry (digitized from NOAA nautical charts) for the 6 ft depth to Government Cut, FWC 1:24,000 scale shoreline, COLREG lines, and intercouncil boundary between South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Councils at the mouths of bays and inlets, and information from the U.S. Navy for exclusions. The polygon that included to the 30 meter contour was erased with the appropriate data for the shoreward side.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce - Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Acropora 73 FR 72210, November 26, 2008
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Amanda Frick
Contact_Organization: NOAA-NMFS
Contact_Position: GIS Analyst
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: NOAA Fisheries Service
Address: 263 13th Ave S
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-824-5312
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-8245309
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: amanda.frick@noaa.gov
Hours_of_Service: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The process of creating an outer boundary using the gridded bathymetry data produced polygons with very dense vertices. ET GeoWizards (3rd party software) was used to generalize the polygons, using the Douglas-Poiker algorithm. A generalize tolerance of .00001 arc seconds was assigned.
Process_Date: 03/12/2009
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
GeoPlan Center downloaded the Acropora (Elkhorn and Staghorn Coral) Designated Critical Habitat in Shapefile format on May 26th, 2011.
The Shapefile was downloaded from: NOAA Fisheries Geographic Information Systems, Fisheries Data: Critical Habitat <http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/gis/data/critical.htm#se>
-Acropora_CH_po.shp
-Data that was related to the State of Florida was selected out of the dataset and reprojected from Decimal Degrees WGS 1984 to FGDL Albers Conical Equal Area -Renamed layers to acropora_ch_sep09.shp -Fields SNAME, CNAME, STATE, STATUS, ACRES, DESCRIPT, and FGDLAQDATE were added and populated -Upcased all records
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: GeoPlan Center
Process_Date: 20110531
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 7
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Map_Projection:
Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area
Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:
Standard_Parallel: 24.000000
Standard_Parallel: 31.500000
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -84.000000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 24.000000
False_Easting: 400000.000000
False_Northing: 0.000000
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 0.002048
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.002048
Planar_Distance_Units: meters
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_North_American_1983_HARN
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222
Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Altitude_System_Definition:
Altitude_Resolution: 1.000000
Altitude_Encoding_Method:
Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: ACROPORA_CH_SEP09
Entity_Type_Definition: ACROPORA_CH_SEP09.DBF
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: GeoPlan Center
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: OBJECTID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ET_ID
Attribute_Definition: Attribute Definition Not Available.
Attribute_Definition_Source: NMFS
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SNAME
Attribute_Definition: Species scientific name
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan Center
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CNAME
Attribute_Definition: Species common name
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan Center
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: STATE
Attribute_Definition: State abbreviation in which the feature resides
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan Center
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: STATUS
Attribute_Definition:
Status of the designated critical habitat area as issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan Center
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ACRES
Attribute_Definition: Number of acres of feature
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan Center
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DESCRIPT
Attribute_Definition: Based on CNAME field
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan Center
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FGDLAQDATE
Attribute_Definition: Date GeoPlan acquired data from source
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan Center
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: AUTOID
Attribute_Definition: Unique ID added by GeoPlan
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE.AREA
Attribute_Definition: Area in meters
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE.LEN
Attribute_Definition: Perimeter in meters
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan
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Address: 431 Architecture PO Box 115706
City: Gainesville
State_or_Province: Florida
Postal_Code: 32611-5706
Country: United States
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20110811
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: NOAA-National Marine Fisheries Service
Contact_Person: Amanda Frick
Contact_Position: GIS Analyst
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: NOAA Fisheries Service
Address: 263 13th Ave S
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701-5505
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-824-5312
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-824-5309
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Amanda.Frick@noaa.gov
Hours_of_Service: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm
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