NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVES (NERR) IN FLORIDA - 2008

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: NOAA NERR Centralized Data Management Office
Publication_Date: 20081215
Title: NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVES (NERR) IN FLORIDA - 2008
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Georgetown, SC
Publisher: National Estuarine Research Reserve System
Other_Citation_Details: State of Florida
Online_Linkage: <http://cdmo.baruch.sc.edu/get/gisApp.cfm?fileType=Shapefiles>
Description:
Abstract:
This dataset contains the official boundaries for the three National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERR) that lie within the boundaries of Florida. This dataset is an update to the FGDL layer FLNERR_JUL06.shp.
Purpose:
The data was created to serve as base information for use in GIS systems for a variety of planning and analytical purposes.
Supplemental_Information:
National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NEERS) In Florida: <http://nerrs.noaa.gov/>
Apalachicola, FL The Apalachicola Bay Reserve protects one of the most productive estuarine systems in the Northern Hemisphere, where the economic value of the natural resources and pristine conditions depend on the region’s biological diversity. The 246,000-acre reserve on the Florida panhandle is about 75 miles southeast of Tallahassee and 60 miles east of Panama City. Included within the Reserve's management area are two barrier islands and a portion of a third, the lower 52 miles of the Apalachicola River and its floodplain, portions of adjoining uplands, and the Apalachicola Bay estuarine, riverine and floodplain systems . Apalachicola Bay is a major forage area for trans-gulf migratory bird species and supports a local fishing industry worth $14-16 million annually which directly supports up to 85 percent of the local population.
Guana Tolomato Matanzas, FL The Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve encompasses approximately 73,352 acres of salt marsh and mangrove tidal wetlands, oyster bars, estuarine lagoons, upland habitat and offshore seas in Northeast Florida. The GTM Reserve is located in the East Florida subregion, south of Jacksonville and sandwiching St. Augustine. It contains the northernmost extent of mangrove habitat on the east coast of the United States, some of the highest dunes in Florida, measuring 30-40 feet, and one of the few remaining "inlets" in northeast Florida not protected by a jetty thus presenting an easy study of what an inlet might have looked like in the past. The coastal waters of the GTM Reserve are also important calving grounds for the endangered Right Whale.
Rookery Bay, FL The Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve is a prime example of a nearly pristine subtropical mangrove forested estuary. Located south of Naples on the Florida gulf coast, the Rookery Bay Reserve is in the West Florida subregion of the West Indian Biogeographic Region. The total estimated surface area of open waters within the boundary is 70,000 acres, 64 percent of the reserve. The remaining 40,000 acres are primarily mangroves, fresh to brackish water marshes, and upland habitats. A myriad of wildlife, including 150 species of birds, and many threatened and endangered animals such as the Florida panther, thrive in the estuarine environment and surrounding upland hammocks and scrub in the Reserve.
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Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve (GTMNERR) - GTM_RB_2007.shp Original Data Abstract: This feature class contains all property boundaries that are part of the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve (GTMNERR) as defined by the NOAA as of December 2008. This file serves as an update to the original Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve boundary shapefile generated with the updated shapefiles of each of the three managed areas comprising the file and the original shapefiles of other agency lands within the reserve. This updated boundary was created from the original shapefile boundary in the Florida DEP data catalog Aquatic Preserves shapefiles and the legal descriptions in the management plans. Areas managed by other agencies created their related shapefiles. Information on each of those files will need to be obtained from each agency. The update serves to represent the boundary with the Mean High Water line more accurately than represented in the past. The boundary extent of the mean high water line is from visual interpretation of aerial photography from 2007 DOQQ's with 1 foot image resolution and does not represent an accurate survey of the mean high water line and therefore must be interpretated accordingly. This boundary does not represent legal jurisdiction as would result from a formal mean high water survey from a licensed engineering firm. The mean high water line was visually determined by digitizing the extent of salt marsh vegetation (Spartina alterniflora, Juncus roemarianus, Batis maritmima, etc) into the upland areas in conjunction with the limits of the leagal boundary as detailed in the supplemental information of this metadata document. The boundary was delineated on the 2007 DOQQ's at a display scale of 1:1,200.

Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (RKBNERR) - RKB_RB_2006.shp Original Data Abstract: The boundary represents the area managed by Rookery Bay NERR as described in the Florida Statutes (Chapter 258). The managed area is composed of the Rookery Bay Aquatic Preserve, Cape Romano/Ten Thousand Islands Aquatic Preserve and Deltona Settlement Agreement Lands.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20081215
Currentness_Reference: publication date
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: NERR
Theme_Keyword: APA
Theme_Keyword: GTM
Theme_Keyword: RKB
Theme_Keyword: APALACHICOLA NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE
Theme_Keyword: GUANA TOLOMATO MATANZAS NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE
Theme_Keyword: ROOKERY BAY NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme_Keyword: environment
Place:
Place_Keyword: Florida
Access_Constraints: NONE
Use_Constraints:
National Estuarine Research Reserve System Central Data Management Office It is important to note that these files are not intended for legal use and are put together by various technicians at the corresponding reserves. These files are not intended for legal use.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: NOAA NERR Centralized Data Management Office
Contact_Person: Tammy Small
Contact_Position: CDMO Data Manager
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 22 Hobcaw Rd
City: Georgetown
State_or_Province: SC
Postal_Code: 29440
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 843-904-9002
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 843-545-7231
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: tsmall@sc.edu
Contact_Instructions: <http://cdmo.baruch.sc.edu>
Data_Set_Credit:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Estuarine Research Reserve System-wide Monitoring Program. 2004. Centralized Data Management Office, Baruch Marine Field Lab, University of South Carolina <http://cdmo.baruch.sc.edu>.
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Other_Citation_Details:
National Estuarine Research Reserve System <http://nerrs.noaa.gov/>
NOAA NERR Centralized Data Management Office <http://cdmo.baruch.sc.edu>
Apalachicola NERR: <http://nerrs.noaa.gov/Reserve.aspx?ResID=APA>
Guana Tolomato Matanzas NERR: <http://nerrs.noaa.gov/Reserve.aspx?ResID=GTM>
Rookery Bay NERR: <http://nerrs.noaa.gov/Reserve.aspx?ResID=RKB>
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.
Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:
Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation:
The source contact for this dataset is listed as the Estuarine Reserves Division, N/ORM5 Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management. However, each individual NERR was obtained directly from Florida NERR sources. Contact for each source can be found in the data lineage summary.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the original data layer's topology
Completeness_Report:
This data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is complete to our knowledge.
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
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_Scale_Denominator: Varies
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NOAA
Source_Contribution: Spatial and Attribute Information
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The following 3 datasets downloaded from the NOAA NERR Centralized Data Management Office website on June 3rd 2010.
GTM_RB_2007.shp RKB_RB_2006.shp APA_RB_2000.shp
<http://cdmo.baruch.sc.edu/get/gisApp.cfm?fileType=Shapefiles>
The following information was taken from the metadata of each these datasets:
GTM_RB_2007.shp ================= GUANA TOLOMATO MATANZAS NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE
Original Projection: NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_17N Metadata Date: 20081215 Original Scale of 1:1,200
Contact: GTMNERR GIS Analyst, Ecosystem Science Program 505 Guana River Rd Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082 904-823-4500 fax: 904-825-6829


RKB_RB_2006.shp ================= Original Projection: GCS_North_American_1983_HARN Metadata Date: 2006
Process_Description: Based on the legal descriptions in the Statutes, appropriate section lines were hand digitized following the section/township/range map which were digitized from the USGS Quad map. Deltona settlement property boundary was then merged to the Statute boundary. The high tide line in the vicinity of the Ten Thousand Islands was derived from an FGDL file. This high tide line was merged to the Statute boundary and the upper statute line in the eastern half of the original boundary was removed. This was done since there has not been a survey to determine the official high tide line in the Ten Thousand Islands. Process_Date: 2000
Contact: Jill Schmid Rookery Bay NERR GIS Specialist
300 Tower Road City: Naples, FL 34113 phone - (239) 417-6310 ext 406 fax - (239) 417-6315 jill.schmid@dep.state.fl.us


APA_RB_2000.shp ===================
Original Projection: GCS_North_American_1983_HARN Metadata Date: 20091009
Contact: Nicole Selly Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve 261 7th Street Apalachicola, Fl 32320 (850) 653- 8063

- 3 shapefiles projected to Albers HARN - Merged data from the shapefiles and renamed to: FLNERR_DEC08.shp - ACRES fields was added and Populated. - A DESCRIPT field was added based on NAME - A FGDLAQDATE field was added based on the date received from source
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: GeoPlan
Process_Date: 20100603
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: 10
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:
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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: FLNERR_DEC08
Entity_Type_Definition: FLNERR_DEC08.DBF
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: FLNERR
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: NAME
Attribute_Definition: Name of National Estuarine Research Reserve
Attribute_Definition_Source: NOAA
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: REGION
Attribute_Definition:
Water region associated with the National Estuarine Research Reserve
Attribute_Definition_Source: NOAA
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ACRES
Attribute_Definition: Acres
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DESCRIPT
Attribute_Definition: FGDL added field based on NAME
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FGDLAQDATE
Attribute_Definition: FGDL added field based on date of download from source
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan
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
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL)
Contact_Person:
Contact_Position:
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 431 Architecture PO Box 115706
City: Gainesville
State_or_Province: Florida
Postal_Code: 32611-5706
Country: United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone:
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Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
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Hours_of_Service:
Contact_Instructions:
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Technical_Prerequisites:
This data is intended for use with a Geographic Information Systems or Remote Sensing software package.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20100625
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: NOAA NERR Centralized Data Management Office
Contact_Person: Tammy Small
Contact_Position: CDMO Data Manager
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 22 Hobcaw Rd
City: Georgetown
State_or_Province: SC
Postal_Code: 29440
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 843-904-9002
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 843-545-7231
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: tsmall@sc.edu
Contact_Instructions: <http://cdmo.baruch.sc.edu>
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Extensions:
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Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
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