Estuarine Biotic Habitat - California [ds2793]

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estuaries, estuary, estuary extent, tidal wetlands, West Coast, Pacific Estuarine and Marine Fish Habitat Partnership, PMEP, habitat, biotic component, CMECS, Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, estuarine habitat, landscape, water column, biotic


Summary

Data clipped to the state of California with a 5 mile buffer by CDFW staff. *************************************************************************************** These data represent the Biotic Component (BC) of the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) for estuaries of the West Coast of the contiguous United States.

Description

These data represent the Biotic Component (BC) of the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) for estuaries of the West Coast of the contiguous United States. The BC is organized into a branched hierarchy of five nested levels: biotic setting, biotic class, biotic subclass, biotic group, and biotic community. Classes and subclasses of the BC are determined by the dominant biotia (defined as the most abundant in terms of percent cover) of the substrate.

Following the methods developed by the Oregon Coastal Management Program (OCMP) Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development ( https://www.coastalatlas.net/documents/cmecs/PhaseI/EPSM_CoreGISMethods.pdf ), we cross-walked attributes from the National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) and NOAAs Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) into select classifications at various levels of the Biotic Component. These classifications were applied to estuaries currently part of the Pacific Estuarine and Marine Fish Habitat Partnerships (PMEP) inventory (n=444), within the West Coast USA Current and Historical Estuary Extent (PMEP) layer. Data for the majority of estuaries in Oregon come directly from the Oregon Coastal Management Programs (Oregon Department of Land Conservation) mapping effort.

Specifically, we classified the estuary extent into the following Biotic Component units (levels):

Benthic / Attached Biota (Biotic Setting)

Aquatic Vegetation Bed (Biotic Class)

Benthic Macroalgae (Biotic Subclass)

Aquatic Vascular Vegetation (Biotic Subclass)

Seagrass Bed (Biotic Group)

Eelgrass (Biotic Community)

Faunal Bed (Biotic Class)

Emergent Wetland (Biotic Class)

Emergent Tidal Marsh (Biotic Subclass)

Brackish Emergent Tidal Marsh (Biotic Group)

Scrub-Shrub Wetland (Biotic Class)

Tidal Scrub-Shrub Wetland (Biotic Subclass)

Brackish Tidal Scrub-Shrub Wetland (Biotic Group)

Forested Wetland (Biotic Class)

Tidal Forest/Woodland (Biotic Subclass)

Brackish Tidal Forest/Woodland (Biotic Group)

Unclassified (N/A)

For full documentation of CMECS, see https://coast.noaa.gov/data/digitalcoast/pdf/cmecs.pdf .

Vers. 1.2, Updated 10/30/2019

Credits

Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, Oregon Coastal Management Program, PC Trask

Use limitations

This product is for informational purposes only and is not intended for navigational, legal, engineering, or surveying purposes; it is provided with the understanding that conclusions drawn from the information are the responsibility of the user.

Disclaimer: The State makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or adequacy of these data and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in these data. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to these data.

Extent

West -124.89 East -115.81
North 48.96 South 32.53

Scale Range
Maximum (zoomed in) 1:5,000
Minimum (zoomed out) 1:20,000,000

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Topics and Keywords

Themes or categories of the resource biota, elevation, environment, inlandWaters, oceans


Content type Live Data and Maps
Export to FGDC CSDGM XML format as Resource Description No

Place keywords North America, United States of America, West Coast, Pacific Ocean, Washington, Oregon, California

Stratum keywords Biosphere > Aquatic > estuarine, estuarine, land surface, surface

Thesaurus
Title Oregon Metadata Keyword Thesaurus Stratum


Collection title Oregon Metadata Keyword Thesaurus


Resource location online
Location http://www.oregon.gov/geo/Pages/thesaurus.aspx#stratum

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Temporal keywords modern, recent

Thesaurus
Title Oregon Metadata Keyword Thesaurus Temporal


Collection title Oregon Metadata Keyword Thesaurus


Resource location online
Location http://www.oregon.gov/geo/Pages/thesaurus.aspx#temporal

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Theme keywords aquatic habitat, existing vegetation, marsh, wetlands

Thesaurus
Title Oregon Metadata Keyword Thesaurus - Bioscience


Collection title Oregon Metadata Keyword Thesaurus


Resource location online
Location http://www.oregon.gov/geo/Pages/thesaurus.aspx#bioscience

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Theme keywords bay, coast, coastal basin, coastal environment, coastal plain, coastline, environment, estuary, floodplain, harbor, lagoon, lowland, natural resource, ocean, port, river, river delta, stream, stream delta, surface water, tide, tide flat, vegetation, water

Thesaurus
Title Oregon Metadata Keyword Thesaurus Geoscience


Collection title Oregon Metadata Keyword Thesaurus


Resource location online
Location http://www.oregon.gov/geo/Pages/thesaurus.aspx#geoscience

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Theme keywords bay, estuaries, high tide, inundation, marsh, slough, stream, streams, surface water, tide, wetland

Thesaurus
Title Oregon Metadata Keyword Thesaurus Hydrography


Collection title Oregon Metadata Keyword Thesaurus


Resource location online
Location http://www.oregon.gov/geo/Pages/thesaurus.aspx#hydrography

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Theme keywords estuary, marsh, swamp, tidal

Thesaurus
Title Oregon Metadata Keyword Thesaurus Land Cover / Land Use


Collection title Oregon Metadata Keyword Thesaurus


Resource location online
Location http://www.oregon.gov/geo/Pages/thesaurus.aspx#lclu

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Citation

Title Estuarine Biotic Habitat - California [ds2793]
Creation date 2017-09-0100:00:00
Publication date 2017-11-3000:00:00
Revision date 2019-10-3000:00:00


Edition 1.2
Edition date 2019-10-30


Presentation formats * digital map


Collection title PMEP Spatial Data System


Other citation details
This product was created by the Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership, and is part of a spatial data system for estuarine and nearshore environments for the West Coast of the contiguous United States. For more information, email gis@psmfc.org Vers. 1.0.1: Fixed spelling errors in 2 estuaries (Tulalip Bay and Elwha River). Vers. 1.1 (11/29/2018): - Fixed areas where the National Wetlands Inventory was not fully crosswalked into CMECS before using C-CAP. - Updated input habitat data from the National Wetlands Inventory and 2016 C-CAP data from Washington. - For estuaries mapped by PMEP (Data Source = PMEP or PMEP/PC Trask), a hierarchy of NWI biotic classes was implemented to determine which NWI class was utilized when crosswalking to CMECS Biotic Component, in the case of dual biotic classes (e.g. E2EM/SSP). The hierarchy is: FO (forested) > SS (scrub-shrub) > EM (emergent)/AB (aquatic bed). - Added Brackish Tidal Forest/Woodland classification (2.8.1.1) Vers. 1.2 (10/30/2019): - Updated input data from Oregon Coastal Management Program from their CMECS Phase II effort, including Benthic / Attached Biota, Faunal Bed, Seagrass Bed, and Eelgrass bed classes. - Added local and regional data for Seagrass Bed (Biotic Group) and Eelgrass (Biotic Community) from PMEP's dataset "PMEP_WestCoast_USA_Eelgrass_Extent."


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Citation Contacts

Responsible party
Individual's name PSMFC GIS
Organization's name Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
Contact's position GIS
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice 503-595-3100

Address
Type both
City 205 SE Spokane St., Suite 100
Administrative area Oregon
Postal code 97202
e-mail address gis@psmfc.org

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Resource Details

Dataset languages * English(UNITED STATES)
Dataset character set utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format


Status completed
Spatial representation type * vector


Processing environment Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS Pro 2.1


Credits
Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, Oregon Coastal Management Program, PC Trask
ArcGIS item properties
* Name ds2793
* Location file://\\geodata.\\BIOSOnline\Refresh\TODOData\BIOSOnlineData.gdb
* Access protocol Local Area Network

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Extents

Extent
Description
These data cover estuaries from the U.S-Canada border to the U.S.-Mexico border (n=444). Estuaries were included based on their current or future potential to provide habitat for fish species. It is possible that this list will expand or contract over time, as determined by the needs of the Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership (PMEP). Vertical Extent: Generally, the vertical extent of the dataset is from the highest head of tide point elevation to minus four meters Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) for non-lagoonal estuaries in the Salish Sea, and to the modified CUSP shoreline for all other estuaries (see Process Step 1 for details). The exceptions are tidal and tidally-influenced polygons from the National Wetlands Inventory which extend beyond the 50% exceedance elevation.
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
West longitude -124.89
East longitude -115.81
South latitude 32.53
North latitude 48.96
Extent contains the resource Yes

Extent
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
Extent type Extent used for searching
West longitude -124.89
East longitude -115.81
South latitude 32.53
North latitude 48.96
Extent contains the resource Yes

Extent in the item's coordinate system
* West longitude -372373.774800
* East longitude 274405.589300
* South latitude -604264.762400
* North latitude 458423.351900
* Extent contains the resource Yes

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Resource Points of Contact

Point of contact
Individual's name PSMFC GIS
Organization's name Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
Contact's position GIS staff
Contact's role originator


Contact information
Phone
Voice 503-595-3100

Address
Type both
Delivery point 205 SE Spokane St., Suite 100
City Portland
Administrative area OR
Postal code 97202
Country US
e-mail address gis@psmfc.org

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Resource Maintenance

Resource maintenance
Update frequency as needed


Other maintenance requirements
It is anticipated that these data will be updated, as needed, based on new information and updated input data availability. To sign up for updates to the data, please email info@pacificfishhabitat.org.


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Resource Constraints

Constraints
Limitations of use

This product is for informational purposes only and is not intended for navigational, legal, engineering, or surveying purposes; it is provided with the understanding that conclusions drawn from the information are the responsibility of the user.

Disclaimer: The State makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or adequacy of these data and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in these data. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to these data.


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Spatial Reference

ArcGIS coordinate system
* Type Projected
* Geographic coordinate reference GCS_North_American_1983
* Projection NAD_1983_California_Teale_Albers
* Coordinate reference details
Projected coordinate system
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X origin -16909700
Y origin -8597000
XY scale 10000
Z origin -100000
Z scale 10000
M origin -100000
M scale 10000
XY tolerance 0.001
Z tolerance 0.001
M tolerance 0.001
High precision true
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Dimension horizontal
* Value 3310
* Codespace EPSG
* Version 6.8(9.2.0)


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Spatial Data Properties

Vector
* Level of topology for this dataset geometry only


Geometric objects
Feature class name ds2793
* Object type composite
* Object count 0

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ArcGIS Feature Class Properties
Feature class name ds2793
* Feature type Simple
* Geometry type Polygon
* Has topology FALSE
* Feature count 0
* Spatial index TRUE
* Linear referencing FALSE

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Data Quality

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Lineage statement
These data represent the Biotic Component (BC) of the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) for estuaries of the West Coast of the contiguous United States. Data for estuaries in Oregon come primarily from the Oregon Coastal Management Program-DLCD. All other data were created by the Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership (PEMP). The majority of the data processing is done using ModelBuilder (Esri ArcGIS Pro vers. 2.1). For full details on data processing, please email gis@psmfc.org.
Process step
When the process occurred 2018-06-2800:00:00
Description
Data from the National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) for Washington, Oregon and California were obtained from the Wetlands Mapper (https://www.fws.gov/wetlands/data/mapper.html). Overlapping polygons were removed from the datasets and they were merged into a coast-wide layer. Within this layer, 663 unique wetlands Attributes were present which overlapped PMEP's Estuary Extent layer. In order to make queries against this layer more efficient, the NWI ATTRIBUTE codes were parsed into their individual components (System, Subsystem, Class, Subclass, and Modifiers). When more than one vegetated NWI CLASS was present (e.g. PEM1/FO1R), a hierarchy of classes was utilized to crosswalk into CMECS. The crosswalk is: FO (forested) > SS (scrub-shrub) > EM (emergent)/AB (aquatic bed). These parsed NWI fields were used for all subsequent queries during the crosswalking to CMECS.
Rationale
A parsed NWI data structure allowed for more simple queries in this project, and developing a single estuarine CLASS for each code provided the ability to place each NWI code into one CMECS BC class.


Process contact
Individual's name PSMFC GIS
Organization's name Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
Contact's position GIS
Contact's role processor


Contact information
Address
Type
e-mail address gis@psmfc.org

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Process step
When the process occurred 2018-06-2800:00:00
Description
The process to transform the PMEP Estuary Extent Source layer, the National Wetlands Inventory layer, and the Coastal Change Analysis Program layer into the CMECS Biotic Component layer involves a number of geoprocessing tasks, all of which are accomplished using the ModelBuilder tool in ArcGIS Pro (v2.1). This visual programing language for building GIS workflows allows for numerous geoprocessing steps to be automated, allowing for repeated use and providing documentation for the process. Please e-mail gis@psmfc.org for full processing details. The following steps are required for deriving the CEMCS BC layer from the source data inputs. Model Group 1 Exceedance Type Processing This series of steps separates the PMEP Estuary Extent layer into 2 groups, one which represents 50% Exceedance areas, and one which represents the other areas within the mapped estuary extent. These areas are then dissolved into these two groupings. These classes provide distinctions amongst CMECS BC classifications during processing. Model Group 2 NWI Processing This series of steps uses the dissolved grouping from Model Group 1 (50% exceedance, not 50% exceedance) to overlay National Wetlands Inventory data. The result is then interrogated, using a series of queries, and then attributed into CMECS Biotic Component classes, following the methods developed by the Oregon Coastal Management Program (OCMP). Model Group 3 C-CAP Processing After all available National Wetlands Inventory classes were attributed into CMECS BC, the Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) data were utilized to fill in areas outside of the NWI, following the methods developed by the Oregon Coastal Management Program (OCMP). A simple cross-walk was used to classify C-CAP into CMECS BC classifications: CCAP Class (gridcode) > CMECS BC Cultivated (6) > Emergent Wetland Pasture/Hay (7) > Emergent Wetland Grassland (8) > Emergent Wetland Deciduous Forest (9) > Forested Wetland Evergreen Forest (10) > Forested Wetland Mixed Forest (11) > Forested Wetland Scrub/Shrub (12) > Scrub-Shrub Wetland Palustrine Forested Wetland (13) > Forested Wetland Palustrine Scrub/Shrub Wetland (14) > Scrub-Shrub Wetland Palustrine Emergent Wetland (15) > Emergent Wetland Estuarine Forested Wetland (16) > Forested Wetland Estuarine Scrub/Shrub Wetland (17) > Scrub-Shrub Wetland Estuarine Emergent Wetland (18) > Emergent Wetland Estuarine Aquatic Bed (23) > Estuarine Aquatic Bed All C-CAP polygons besides the Estuarine Aquatic Bed classes (gridcode = 23) were appended to the CMECS BC layer as-is, based on methods developed by OCMP. Following the methods developed by OCMP, C-CAP "Estuarine Aquatic Bed" classes were mapped as "Estuarine Aquatic Bed" within previously Unclassified areas from the NWI/CMECS BC attribution, after being aggregated and smoothed. No other classification besides "Unclassified" was overridden by the C-CAP "Estuarine Aquatic Bed" class, nor did any other C-CAP classes override "Unclassified".


Process contact
Individual's name PSMFC GIS
Organization's name Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
Contact's position GIS
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice 503-595-3100

Address
Type both
City 205 SE Spokane St., Suite 100
Administrative area Oregon
Postal code 97202
e-mail address gis@psmfc.org

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Process step
When the process occurred 2019-09-3000:00:00
Description
In order to incorporate PMEP's eelgrass dataset (PMEP_WestCoast_USA_Eelgrass_Extent) and OCMP's updated Biotic Component dataset (v 0.6, October 2018) into PMEP's Biotic Component dataset (PMEP_Estuarine_Biotic_Habitat_Vers1_1), geoprocessing steps were conducted to compine these two layers and crosswalk them into PMEP's Biotic Component data standard. The first step identified all features in PMEP's eelgrass dataset that were sources from raster data and smooth them. Features from this dataset represent maximum possible extent of eelgrass (all known years for eelgrass data), for all estuaries except Morro Bay. In Morro Bay, only the most current year of data (2015) was used at request of the data provider, since there is known signficant habitat loss of eelgrass in this estuary, and current extent is the best way to represent eelgrass in this location. The next step step crosswalked all features from PMEP's eelgrass dataset into PMEP's Biotic Component dataset. Since OCMP's dataset is considered the best availablle data, and included additional features beyond data included in the eelgrass dataset (macroalgae, faunal bed, brackish marsh), all eelgrass data in PMEP's dataset for Oregon was erased and updated with all features from OCMP's biotic component dataset. These new features were crosswalked into PMEP's Biotic Component data stardard to create a new feature class to be used to update PMEP's Biotic Component dataset (West_Coast_USA_Estuarine_Biotic_Habitat_Eelgrass_FinalDraft).
Rationale
To identify features (including eelgrass and other new biotic habitat types identified by OCMP) that can be used to update PMEP's Biotic Component dataset.


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Process step
When the process occurred 2019-10-1000:00:00
Description
In order to incorporate the eelgrass dataset and the additional biotic component categories from OCMP, a series of geoprocessing steps was combined into a ModelBuilder (Esri) model. Inputs to the model are "West Coast USA Biotic Habitat" version 1.1, and "West_Coast_USA_Estuarine_Biotic_Habitat_Eelgrass_FinalDraft". The first step is to create an area within which eelgrass data can be overlaid upon. These areas are unclassified areas (CMECS_BC_Code = '9.9.9.9.9'), aquatic vegetation bed areas (CMECS_BC_Code = '2.5'), benthic macroalgae areas (CMECS_BC_Code = '2.5.1'), and aquatic vascular vegetation areas (CMECS_BC_Code = '2.5.2'), and not within any areas mapped by OCMP. This layer is used to clip the input eelgrass input data. The clipped eelgrass data are then merged with the other existing habitat types. The resulting layer is then used to erase the data from the first step (unclassified, aquatic vegetation bend, benthic macroalgae, and aquatic vascular vegetation, all non-OCMP sourced), before it is appended to the main layer. The OCMP data are finally appended to the main dataset to create the final layer.
Rationale
Eelgrass data were only included when present within the existing unclassified areas, aquatic vegetation beds, and its mapped subclasses (benthic macroalgae and aquatic vascular vegetation). This is because other mapped estuarine biotic habitat classes are less transient and more persistent than eelgrass, and should not be replaced by the compiled mapped eelgrass data, when they are present at the same location, which is not a common case.


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Source data
Description
Description of West Coast USA Current and Historical Estuary Extent: Accurate mapping of tidal wetlands is vital for effective conservation and restoration of these valued habitats, and good mapping is key to strategic planning for coastal resilience. Tidal wetlands are defined by regular inundation by the tides; therefore, mapping of tidal wetlands should be based on knowledge of tidal water levels and the land areas inundated by the tides. We developed this tidal wetland mapping following that principle. Briefly, we used a method developed in Oregon that combines NOAA's extreme water level models (https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/est/) with high-resolution LIDAR digital elevation models (DEMs) to map areas subject to tidal inundation. We refined the mapping using additional data sources such as the National Wetland Inventory, local knowledge, and aerial photo interpretation. Detailed information on the Oregon methods can be found here: http://www.coastalatlas.net/documents/cmecs/EPSM_CoreGISMethods.pdf Our mapping includes areas currently inundated by the tides -- "current tidal wetlands" -- from ocean to head of tide, including the freshwater tidal zone. To assist restoration planning, our mapping also includes "historical tidal wetlands" -- areas that were historically inundated by the tides, but are no longer inundated by the tides due to human alterations to the landscape such as dikes and tide gates. Although the mapping does not yet distinguish current from historical (disconnected) tidal wetlands, a future mapping phase (currently in the data development phase) will provide that information. Description of Estuary Extent Sources: Each source geospatial layer that contributes to the PMEP Estuary Extent dataset is stored in a companion dataset, called Estuary Extent Sources. This layer began with the 50% Annual Exceedance layer, as was appended to by a number of other data sources in order to create the final estuary extent layer (West Coast USA Current and Historical Estuary Extent). See metadata associated with this layer for more details.


Source medium name hard disk
Source citation
Title West Coast USA Current and Historical Estuary Extent Sources
Alternate titles PMEP Estuary Extent Sources
Publication date 2017-10-0200:00:00


Edition 1.0


Responsible party
Individual's name PSMFC GIS
Organization's name Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
Contact's position GIS
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice 503-595-3100

Address
Type both
City 205 SE Spokane St., Suite 100
Administrative area Oregon
Postal code 97202
e-mail address gis@psmfc.org

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Resource location online
Location https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/CUSP/
Description Western.shp
Function performed download

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Extent of the source data
Description
These data cover estuaries from the U.S-Canada border to the U.S.-Mexico border. Estuaries were included based on their current or future potential to provide habitat for juvenile fish species. It is possible that this list will expand or contract over time, as determined by the needs of the Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership (PMEP).
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
West longitude -124.71
East longitude -117.07
South latitude 32.53
North latitude 49.01
Extent contains the resource Yes

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Source data
Description
This data set represents the extent, approximate location and type of wetlands and deepwater habitats in the conterminous United States. These data delineate the areal extent of wetlands and surface waters as defined by Cowardin et al. (1979). Certain wetland habitats are excluded from the National mapping program because of the limitations of aerial imagery as the primary data source used to detect wetlands. These habitats include seagrasses or submerged aquatic vegetation that are found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of estuaries and near shore coastal waters. Some deepwater reef communities (coral or tuberficid worm reefs) have also been excluded from the inventory. These habitats, because of their depth, go undetected by aerial imagery. By policy, the Service also excludes certain types of "farmed wetlands" as may be defined by the Food Security Act or that do not coincide with the Cowardin et al. definition. Contact the Service's Regional Wetland Coordinator for additional information on what types of farmed wetlands are included on wetland maps.


Source medium name online link
Resolution of the source data
Scale denominator 24000

Source citation
Title National Wetlands Inventory (USFWS)
Publication date 2018-05-0100:00:00


Edition Version 2 - Surface Waters and Wetlands


Responsible party
Organization's name U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Contact's position Wetlands Database Administrator
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information


Resource location online
Location https://www.fws.gov/wetlands/data/State-Downloads.html
Function performed download

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Extent of the source data
Description
State data for the Washington, Oregon, and California were downloaded on 6/26/2018 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service website @ https://www.fws.gov/wetlands/data/State-Downloads.html, and were then merged into one seamless dataset, after removing duplicate features along the boundaries of the states.
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
West longitude -124.76
East longitude -116.9
South latitude 32.5
North latitude 49.0
Extent contains the resource Yes

Temporal extent
Beginning date 1980-01-0100:00:00
Ending date 2017-11-0100:00:00

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Source data
Description
Nationally standardized, raster-based inventories of land cover for the coastal areas of the U.S. Data are derived, through the Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP), from the analysis of multiple dates of remotely sensed imagery. The use of standardized data and procedures assures consistency through time and across geographies. C-CAP data forms the coastal expression of the National Land Cover Database (NLCD) and the A-16 land cover theme of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure. The data are updated every 5 years.


Source medium name online link
Source citation
Title C-CAP Regional Land Cover


Edition 2010/2011 (OR and CA), 2016 (WA)


Responsible party
Organization's name NOAA Coastal Services Center
Contact's position Metadata Specialist
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information
Address
Type
e-mail address csc@noaa.gov

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Resource location online
Location https://coast.noaa.gov/ccapatlas/
Name C-CAP Land Cover Atlas
Function performed download

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Extent of the source data
Description
Data were downloaded for California, Oregon and Washington states on March 14, 2016. Theses data were then merged into a seamless coast-wide dataset, after removing any overlapping and/or duplicate rasters. The data were then converted to polygons. The following datasets were utilized in this process: [dataset name (publication date)] WA_2016_ccap_land_cover (8/30/2016) OR_2010_CCAP_LAND_COVER (11/19/2013) CA_2010_CCAP_LAND_COVER (11/19/2013)
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
West longitude -125.09
East longitude -115.6
South latitude 32.45
North latitude 49.0
Extent contains the resource Yes

Temporal extent
Beginning date 2009-06-2200:00:00
Ending date 2016-08-3000:00:00

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Source data
Description
This layer is a polygon file containing CMECS Biotic Component classes for Oregon Estuaries. The CMECS Biotic Component is a hierarchical classification that identifies (a) the composition of floating and suspended biota and (b) the biological composition of coastal and marine benthos.


Resolution of the source data
Scale denominator 50000

Source citation
Title CMECS Estuarine Biotic Component v0.4.1, OCMP, 2014
Publication date 2014-05-0100:00:00


Edition V0.4


Collection title Oregon Estuary Project of Special Merit


Responsible party
Individual's name Andy Lanier
Organization's name Oregon Coastal Management Program
Contact's position Marine Affairs Coordinator
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information


Resource location online
Location http://www.coastalatlas.net/index.php/search?kw=cmecs&src=Originator&scl=Scale&option=com_jumi&view=application&fileid=5
Function performed download

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Extent of the source data
Description
These data cover all major estuaries in Oregon.
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
West longitude -124.77
East longitude -123.59
South latitude 41.98
North latitude 46.06
Extent contains the resource Yes

Temporal extent
Beginning date 2000-01-0100:00:00
Ending date 2012-12-3100:00:00

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Source data
Description
The link between the estuary extent polygon layer, which is dissolved from various source inputs, and the estuary point layer, requires a companion layer to select these polygons and associate them with the point layer and estuary ID. The Estuary Extent Selector polygon layer was created to establish and maintain this link. This layer also establishes which estuary areas are considered part of a specific estuary, and which are considered as part of other, unassociated extents. This layer is utilized in the publishing of the estuary extent layer. Source geometry for this layer between contiguous estuaries is from the PMEP Estuary Split Lines layer. The other areas of geometry are based on general areas of contiguous or larger estuary extent polygons, and are used to identify and code estuary extent areas within the polygons. In some cases, this geometry has been modified to include or exclude estuary extent areas from association with a particular estuary system, based on expert review.


Source citation
Title PMEP Estuary Extent Selector (unpublished)


Responsible party
Individual's name PSMFC GIS
Organization's name Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
Contact's position GIS
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice 503-595-3100

Address
Type both
City 205 SE Spokane St., Suite 100
Administrative area Oregon
Postal code 97202
e-mail address gis@psmfc.org

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Extent of the source data
Description
The extent of this layer covers all estuary extents as inventoried by PMEP. The simple geometry is used to select, and/or clip other datasets, including the Estuary Extent Source layer. No areas of these polygons overlap.
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
West longitude -124.72
East longitude -117.06
South latitude 32.53
North latitude 49.01
Extent contains the resource Yes

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Source data
Description
This layer is a polygon file containing CMECS Biotic Component classes for Oregon Estuaries. The CMECS Biotic Component is a hierarchical classification that identifies (a) the composition of floating and suspended biota and (b) the biological composition of coastal and marine benthos.


Resolution of the source data
Scale denominator 50000

Source citation
Title CMECS Estuarine Biotic Component, v.0.6, OCMP, 2018
Creation date 2018-10-0100:00:00
Publication date 2018-10-0100:00:00


Responsible party
Individual's name Tanya Haddad
Organization's name Oregon Coastal Management Program
Contact's position Coastal Atlas Coordinator
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information


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Extent of the source data
Description
These data cover all major estuaries in Oregon.
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
West longitude -124.77
East longitude -123.59
South latitude 41.98
North latitude 46.06
Extent contains the resource Yes

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Source data
Description
This layer represents the presence and maximum observed extent of eelgrass (Zostera sp.) habitat on the West Coast of the United States (Washington, Oregon, and California), based on the best available existing spatial data showing the current and historic extent of eelgrass in the region.


Source medium name online link
Source citation
Title West Coast USA Eelgrass (Zostera sp.) Maximum Observed Extent
Creation date 2018-02-2000:00:00
Publication date 2018-03-3000:00:00


Edition 1.0
Edition date 2018-02-20


Other citation details
This product accompanies a report, published in 2018 by the Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership (PMEP). Report is available for download at www.pacificfishhabitat.org/assessment-reports/. This product was created by the Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership, and is part of a spatial data system for estuarine and nearshore environments for the West Coast of the contiguous United States. For more information, email gis@psmfc.org


Responsible party
Individual's name PSMFC GIS
Organization's name Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
Contact's position GIS
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice 503-595-3100

Address
Type both
City 205 SE Spokane St., Suite 100
Administrative area Oregon
Postal code 97202
e-mail address gis@psmfc.org

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Resource location online
Location http://www.pacificfishhabitat.org/data/west-coast-usa-eelgrass-habitat/

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Extent of the source data
Description
These data cover the extent of eelgrass in estuaries and nearshore areas from the U.S-Canada border to the U.S.-Mexico border. Estuaries were included based on their current or future potential to provide habitat for fish species. It is possible that this list will expand or contract over time, as determined by the needs of the Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership (PMEP).
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
West longitude -124.748676
East longitude -115.838508
South latitude 32.593636
North latitude 48.996248

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Source data
Description
This layer is a polygon file containing CMECS Biotic Component classes for Oregon Estuaries. The CMECS Biotic Component is a hierarchical classification that identifies (a) the composition of floating and suspended biota and (b) the biological composition of coastal and marine benthos. Data set covers Oregon estuary habitats in systems south of the Columbia River, and is assembled from sources spanning the dates 1978-2016.


Source citation
Title CMECS Estuarine Biotic Component, v.0.6, OCMP, 2018


Edition v 0.6
Edition date 2018-10-01


Responsible party
Individual's name Tanya Haddad
Organization's name Oregon Coastal Management Program
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information


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Geoprocessing history

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Distribution

Distributor
Contact information
Individual's name PSMFC GIS
Organization's name Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
Contact's position GIS
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice 503-595-3100

Address
Type both
City 205 SE Spokane St., Suite 100
Administrative area Oregon
Postal code 97202
e-mail address gis@psmfc.org

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Available format
Name File Geodatabase Feature Class
Version 10.7


Transfer options
Units of distribution MB
Transfer size 213


Online source
Location https://honu.psmfc.org/server/rest/services/PMEP/West_Coast_USA_Estuarine_Biotic_Habitat/MapServer
Access protocol Esri REST API
Name West Coast USA Estuarine Biotic Habitat
Description These data represent the Biotic Component (BC) of the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) for estuaries of the West Coast of the contiguous United States.
Function performed search

Online source
Location https://psmfc.sharefile.com/d-s9ec38b8bbd94761b
Access protocol ShareFile
Name West Coast USA Estuarine Biotic Habitat
Description zipped file geodatabase via secure ShareFile link (email registration required for download)
Function performed download
Application profile .zip

Online source
Location https://psmfc.sharefile.com/d-s9bd389f11524f78b
Access protocol ShareFile
Name West Coast USA Estuarine Biotic Habitat metadata
Description metadata PDF via secure ShareFile link
Function performed download
Application profile .pdf

Online source
Location http://www.pacificfishhabitat.org/data/estuarine-biotic-habitat
Access protocol internet (web)
Name PMEP Website for Estuarine Biotic Habitat data
Function performed information

Transfer options
Online source
Location https://wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS
Function performed information

Online source
Location https://filelib.wildlife.ca.gov/Public/BDB/GIS/BIOS/Public_Datasets/2700_2799/ds2793.zip
Function performed download

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Distribution format
* Name File Geodatabase Feature Class


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Fields

Details for object ds2793
* Type Feature Class
* Row count 0
Definition
This layer represents the current and historical tidal wetlands, or estuary extent, for the West Coast of the contiguous United States. Note that estuaries were included based on their current or future potential to provide habitat for fish species.
Definition source
PMEP


Field OBJECTID
* Alias OBJECTID
* Data type OID
* Width 4
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
* Field description
Internal feature number.
* Description source
Esri
* Description of values
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.


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Field Shape
* Alias Shape
* Data type Geometry
* Width 0
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
* Field description
Feature geometry.
* Description source
Esri
* Description of values
Coordinates defining the features.


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Field PMEP_EstuaryID
* Alias EstuaryID
* Data type SmallInteger
* Width 2
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
unique identifier for each estuary included in PMEP estuary inventory
Description source
PMEP
List of values
Value 1000 - 1999
Description ID range for Salish Sea PMEP Region estuaries. These IDs were originally assigned
Enumerated domain value definition source PMEP


Value 2000 - 2999
Description ID range for Washington, Oregon, Northern California Coast PMEP Region estuaries.
Enumerated domain value definition source PMEP


Value 3000 - 3999
Description ID range for Central California PMEP Region estuaries. These IDs were originally
Enumerated domain value definition source PMEP


Value 4000 - 4999
Description ID range for Southern California Bight PMEP Region estuaries. These IDs were
Enumerated domain value definition source PMEP


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Field Estuary_Name
* Alias Estuary Name
* Data type String
* Width 200
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
The name of the estuary. Values in this field were generally obtained from the names in the An Inventory and Classification of U.S. West Coast Estuaries (Heady, et. al, 2014), although there are exceptions. Estuaries added to the PMEP estuary list utilized official or commonly used estuary names, the name of the major river or creek connecting with the estuary, or used local landmarks in the absence of another name source.
Description source
PMEP
Description of values
These data are based on geographic names.


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Field Shape_Length
* Alias Shape_Length
* Data type Double
* Width 8
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
* Field description
Length of feature in internal units.
* Description source
Esri
* Description of values
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.


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Field CMECS_BC_Code
* Alias CMECS BC Code
* Data type String
* Width 12
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
The code for the Biotic Component unit.
Description source
CMECS
List of values
Value 2
Description Benthic/Attached Biota
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value 2.2
Description Faunal Bed
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value 2.5
Description Aquatic Vegetation Bed
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value 2.5.1
Description Benthic Macroalgae
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value 2.5.2
Description Aquatic Vascular Vegetation
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value 2.5.2.1
Description Seagrass Bed
Enumerated domain value definition source PMEP


Value 2.5.2.1.18
Description Eelgrass
Enumerated domain value definition source PMEP


Value 2.6
Description Emergent Wetland
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value 2.6.1
Description Emergent Tidal Marsh
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value 2.6.1.1
Description Brackish Emergent Tidal Marsh
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value 2.7
Description Scrub-Shrub Wetland
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value 2.7.1
Description Tidal Scrub-Shrub Wetland
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value 2.7.1.1
Description Brackish Tidal Scrub-Shrub Wetland
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value 2.8
Description Forested Wetland
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value 2.8.1
Description Tidal Forest/Woodland
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value 2.8.1.1
Description Brackish Tidal Forest/Woodland
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value 9.9.9.9.9
Description Unclassified
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


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Field CMECS_BC_Name
* Alias CMECS BC Name
* Data type String
* Width 200
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
The name of the Biotic Component unit.
Description source
CMECS
List of values
Value Benthic/Attached Biota
Description [Biotic Setting] This biotic setting describes areas where biota lives on, in, or in close association with the seafloor or other substrates (e.g., pilings, buoys), extending down into the sediment to include the sub-surface layers of substrate that contain multi-cellular life. As a rule, Benthic/Attached Biota units are characterized by the various life histories and taxonomic characteristics of the dominant life forms.
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value Faunal Bed
Description Seabeds dominated or characterized by a cover of animals that are closely associated with the bottom, including attached, clinging, sessile, infaunal, burrowing, laying, interstitial, and slow-moving animals, but not animals that have created substrate (Reef Biota). Unlike Reef Biota, Faunal Bed biota cannot (or are not sufficiently abundant to) construct identifiable substrate. "Slow-moving" animals included in the Faunal Bed class are defined as being incapable of moving outside the boundaries of the classification unit within one day. Faunal Bed organisms are aquatic, but they may be able to withstand periods of exposure to air.
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value Aquatic Vegetation Bed
Description [Biotic Class] This class includes subtidal or intertidal bottoms and any other areas characterized by a dominant cover of rooted vascular plants, attached macroalgae, or mosses, which are usually submersed in the water column or floating on the surface. They may be exposed during low tides. Non-rooted floating vegetation and free floating macroalgae are included with the Planktonic Biota Biotic Setting under the Floating/Suspended Plants and Macroalgae Subclass.
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value Benthic Macroalgae
Description [Biotic Subclass] Aquatic beds dominated by macroalgae attached to the substrate, such as kelp, intertidal fucoids, and calcareous algae. Macroalgal communities can exist at all depths within the photic zone, on diverse substrates, and across a range of energy and water chemistry regimes. In the CMECS framework, macroalgae that dominate the benthic environment and form a vegetated cover fall within this subclass. Macroalgal communities (typically coralline/crustose algae) that build substrate in a reef setting are categorized in the BC Reef Biota Class instead.
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value Aquatic Vascular Vegetation
Description [Biotic Subclass] Aquatic vascular vegetation beds dominated by submerged, rooted, vascular species (such as seagrasses) or submerged or rooted floating freshwater tidal vascular vegetation (such as hornworts [Ceratophyllum spp.] or naiads [Najas spp.]).
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value Seagrass Bed
Description [Biotic Group] Tidal aquatic vegetation beds dominated by any number of seagrass or eelgrass species, including Cymocedea sp., Halodule sp., Thalassia sp., Halophilla sp., Vallisnera sp., Ruppia sp., Phyllospadix sp., and Zostera sp. Seagrass beds may occur in true marine salinities, and they may extend into the lower salinity zones of estuaries.
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value Eelgrass
Description [Biotic Community] Eelgrass, Zostera spp., is a marine flowering plant that is found in temperature zones in soft-bottom habitats in estuaries and coastal environments worldwide. Eelgrass is the most common seagrass taxon along the U.S. West Coast and occurs from Alaska to Baja California.
Enumerated domain value definition source PMEP


Value Emergent Wetland
Description [Biotic Class] Areas in this class are characterized by erect, rooted, herbaceous hydrophytesexcluding emergent mosses and lichens. This vegetation is present for most of the growing season in most years. These wetlands are usually dominated by perennial plants.
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value Emergent Tidal Marsh
Description [Biotic Group] Marshes dominated by species with a wide range of salinity tolerance. Depending on the salinity levels (0.5-30), more or less salt-intolerant species may be present.
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value Brackish Emergent Tidal Marsh
Description [Biotic Group] Marshes dominated by species with a wide range of salinity tolerance. Depending on the salinity levels (0.5-30), more or less salt-intolerant species may be present.
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value Scrub-Shrub Wetland
Description [Biotic Class] Emergent wetland areas dominated by woody vegetation that is generally less than 6 meters tall. Characteristic species include true shrubs, young trees, and trees or shrubs that are small or stunted due to environmental conditions. Scrub-Shrub Wetland includes the shrub-dominated portions of high salt marshesas well as stunted or low mangrove communities.
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value Tidal Scrub-Shrub Wetland
Description [Biotic Subclass] Estuarine or tidal riverine areas dominated by shrub vegetation that has less than 10% tree cover.
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value Brackish Tidal Scrub-Shrub Wetland
Description [Biotic Group] Tidal areas dominated by shrub or immature tree species that are less than 6 meters tall and have a range of salt tolerance. Salinity may range from 0.5-30 (PSS).
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value Forested Wetland
Description [Biotic Class] Areas in this class are characterized by woody vegetation that is generally 6 meters or taller.
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value Tidal Forest/Woodland
Description [Biotic Subclass] Estuarine or tidal riverine areas with greater than 10% tree cover.
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value Brackish Tidal Forest/Woodland
Description [Biotic Group] Tidal areas dominated by tree species that are greater than 6 meters tall and have a range of salt tolerance. Salinities may range from 0.5-30.
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value Unclassified
Description Areas within the West Coast USA Current and Historical Estuary Extent, but without a Biotic Component classification.
Enumerated domain value definition source PMEP


Coded values
Name of codelist CMECS Version 4.0
Source https://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/cmecs-folder/CMECS_Version_06-2012_FINAL.pdf

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Field CMECS_Level
* Alias CMECS Level
* Data type String
* Width 60
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
The hierarchy of five nested levels in CMECS BC: biotic setting, biotic class, biotic subclass, biotic group, biotic community.
Description source
CMECS
List of values
Value Biotic Class
Description Biotic classes and biotic subclasses describe major biological characteristics at a fairly coarse level.
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value Biotic Subclass
Description Biotic classes and biotic subclasses describe major biological characteristics at a fairly coarse level.
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value Biotic Group
Description Biotic groups are observational, descriptive, or functional groupings of the characteristic biological types that occur as generalized patterns across their range. The biotic group level is designed for widespread use among different regions and for use with a variety of sampling methods. Biotic groups are designed as simple observational units, to be based upon regularly recurring biological features that are evident in the environment under observation. Biotic groups are intended to be identifiable using visual methods at appropriate scales.
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value Biotic Community
Description A biotic community is a repeatable grouping of species that is relatively uniform in structure, species composition, and habitat conditions (Olenin and Ducrotoy 2006, Hiscock and Tyler-Walters 2003).
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


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Field CMECS_BC_Setting
* Alias CMECS BC Setting
* Data type String
* Width 80
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
CMECS Biotic Component Setting. The biotic setting separates organisms that live in or are closely associated with the bottom (Benthic Biota) from those organisms that are suspended in the water column or floating on the surface (Planktonic Biota).
Description source
CMECS
List of values
Value Benthic/Attached Biotia
Description This biotic setting describes areas where biota lives on, in, or in close association with the seafloor or other substrates (e.g., pilings, buoys), extending down to include the layers of sediment that contain multi-cellular life. As a rule, Benthic/Attached Biota units are characterized by the various life histories and taxonomic characteristics of the dominant life forms
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


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Field CMECS_BC_Class
* Alias CMECS BC Class
* Data type String
* Width 160
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
CMECS Biotic Class Biotic classes (and biotic subclasses) describe major biological characteristics at a fairly coarse level. Biotic classes (and subclasses) are determined by the dominant percent cover based on the taxonomy and life forms of the living components of the sampled area.
Description source
CMECS
List of values
Value Aquatic Vegetation Bed
Description This class includes subtidal or intertidal bottoms and any other areas characterized by a dominant cover of rooted vascular plants, attached macroalgae, or mosses, which are usually submersed in the water column or floating on the surface. They may be exposed during low tides.
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value Emergent Wetland
Description Areas in this class are characterized by erect, rooted, herbaceous hydrophytesexcluding emergent mosses and lichens. This vegetation is present for most of the growing season in most years. These wetlands are usually dominated by perennial plants.
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value Forested Wetland
Description Areas in this class are characterized by woody vegetation that is generally 6 meters or taller.
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value Scrub-Shrub Wetland
Description Emergent wetland areas dominated by woody vegetation that is generally less than 6 meters tall. Characteristic species include true shrubs, young trees, and trees or shrubs that are small or stunted due to environmental conditions. Scrub-Shrub Wetland includes the shrub-dominated portions of high salt marshesas well as stunted or low mangrove communities.
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


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Field CMECS_BC_Subclass
* Alias CMECS BC Subclass
* Data type String
* Width 160
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
CMECS Biotic Subclass Biotic subclasses (and biotic classes) describe major biological characteristics at a fairly coarse level. Biotic subclasses (and classes) are determined by the dominant percent cover based on the taxonomy and life forms of the living components of the sampled area.
Description source
CMECS
List of values
Value Aquatic Vascular Vegetation
Description Aquatic vascular vegetation beds dominated by submerged, rooted, vascular species (such as seagrasses) or submerged or rooted floating freshwater tidal vascular vegetation (such as hornworts [Ceratophyllum spp.] or naiads [Najas spp.]).
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value Benthic Macroalgae
Description Aquatic beds dominated by macroalgae attached to the substrate, such as kelp, intertidal fucoids, and calcareous algae. Macroalgal communities can exist at all depths within the photic zone, on diverse substrates, and across a range of energy and water chemistry regimes. In the CMECS framework, macroalgae that dominate the benthic environment and form a vegetated cover fall within this subclass.
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value Emergent Tidal Marsh
Description Communities dominated by emergent, halophytic, herbaceous vegetation (with occasional woody forbs or shrubs) along low-wave-energy, intertidal areas of estuaries and rivers.
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value Tidal Forest/Woodland
Description Estuarine or tidal riverine areas with greater than 10% tree cover.
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value Tidal Scrub-Shrub Wetland
Description Estuarine or tidal riverine areas dominated by shrub vegetation that has less than 10% tree cover
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


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Field CMECS_BC_Group
* Alias CMECS BC Group
* Data type String
* Width 150
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
CMECS Biotic Group Biotic groups are observational, descriptive, or functional groupings of the characteristic biological types that occur as generalized patterns across their range. The biotic group level is designed for widespread use among different regions and for use with a variety of sampling methods. Biotic groups are designed as simple observational units, to be based upon regularly recurring biological features that are evident in the environment under observation. Biotic groups are intended to be identifiable using visual methods at appropriate scales.
Description source
CMECS
List of values
Value Brackish Emergent Tidal Marsh
Description Marshes dominated by species with a wide range of salinity tolerance. Depending on the salinity levels (0.5-30), more or less salt-intolerant species may be present.
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value Brackish Tidal Scrub-Shrub Wetland
Description Tidal areas dominated by shrub or immature tree species that are less than 6 meters tall and have a range of salt tolerance. Salinity may range from 0.5-30 (PSS).
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value Brackish Tidal Forest/Woodland
Description Tidal areas dominated by tree species that are greater than 6 meters tall and have a range of salt tolerance. Salinities may range from 0.5-30.
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


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Field CMECS_BC_Modifier
* Alias CMECS BC Modifier
* Data type String
* Width 150
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
CMECS Biotic Component Modifier Definition: Modifiers are physicochemical, spatial, geological, biological, anthropogenic, and temporal variables with defined categorical values and ranges that are used to describe CMECS units. Modifiers can be applied when additional information is needed to further characterize an identified unit for individual applications. Modifiers provide additional environmental, structural, or biological information about the ecosystem; modifiers are useful for description and applicationbut they are not required for classification according to the CMECS schema. Note: This attribute is only present for CMECS BC data from the Oregon Coastal Management Program. All AI07 attributes from the OCMP dataset were calculated to Impounded/diverted in this field. See http://www.coastalatlas.net/documents/cmecs/EPSM_CoreGISMethods.pdf for additional details.
Description source
CMECS
List of values
Value Impounded/Diverted
Description Areas where artificial construction impedes, redirects, or retains hydrological flow by building or placing barriers (e.g., dams, levees, dikes, berms, seawalls, or piers); these structures are designed to either retain water or to prevent inundation.
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


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Field CMECS_ID
* Alias CMECS ID
* Data type SmallInteger
* Width 2
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
CMECS Identifier. Refer to the CMECS_BC_Name field for full Biotic Component descriptions. Note that the community group "Eelgrass" does not currently have an official CMECS ID.
Description source
https://www.cmecscatalog.org
List of values
Value 389
Description Benthic/Attached Biota
Enumerated domain value definition source https://www.cmecscatalog.org


Value 394
Description Aquatic Vegetation Bed
Enumerated domain value definition source https://www.cmecscatalog.org


Value 433
Description Benthic Macroalgae
Enumerated domain value definition source https://www.cmecscatalog.org


Value 434
Description Aquatic Vascular Vegetation
Enumerated domain value definition source https://www.cmecscatalog.org


Value 567
Description Seagrass Bed
Enumerated domain value definition source https://www.cmecscatalog.org


Value 391
Description Faunal Bed
Enumerated domain value definition source https://www.cmecscatalog.org


Value 395
Description Emergent Wetland
Enumerated domain value definition source https://www.cmecscatalog.org


Value 435
Description Emergent Tidal Marsh
Enumerated domain value definition source https://www.cmecscatalog.org


Value 568
Description Brackish Emergent Tidal Marsh
Enumerated domain value definition source https://www.cmecscatalog.org


Value 396
Description Scrub-Shrub Wetland
Enumerated domain value definition source https://www.cmecscatalog.org


Value 437
Description Tidal Scrub-Shrub Wetland
Enumerated domain value definition source https://www.cmecscatalog.org


Value 574
Description Brackish Tidal Scrub-Shrub Wetland
Enumerated domain value definition source https://www.cmecscatalog.org


Value 397
Description Forested Wetland
Enumerated domain value definition source https://www.cmecscatalog.org


Value 438
Description Tidal Forest/Woodland
Enumerated domain value definition source https://www.cmecscatalog.org


Value 578
Description Brackish Tidal Forest/Woodland
Enumerated domain value definition source https://www.cmecscatalog.org


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Field CMECS_link
* Alias CMECS URL
* Data type String
* Width 255
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Link to CMECS Unit classification definition and description on the CMECS Catalog of Units website (https://www.cmecscatalog.org/cmecs/). https://www.cmecscatalog.org/cmecs/classification/unit/[CMECS_ID}.html
Description source
https://www.cmecscatalog.org
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Field Acres
* Alias Acres
* Data type Double
* Width 8
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
The area of the polygon feature, in acres, as calculated using Custom West Coast Albers projection.
Description source
PMEP
Description of values
value calculated from feature geometry


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Field Hectares
* Alias Hectares
* Data type Double
* Width 8
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
The area of the polygon feature, in hectacres, as calculated using Custom West Coast Albers projection.
Description source
PMEP
Description of values
value calculated from feature geometry


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Field Data_Source
* Alias Data Source
* Data type String
* Width 50
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
The organization, or organizations, whom provided spatial data for the CMECS Biotic Component.
Description source
PMEP
List of values
Value OCMP
Description Oregon Coastal Management Program (Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development)
Enumerated domain value definition source PMEP


Value PMEP
Description Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership
Enumerated domain value definition source PMEP


Value PMEP/PC Trask
Description Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership and PC Trask and Associates (for Columbia River estuaries).
Enumerated domain value definition source PMEP


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Field Link
* Alias Link
* Data type String
* Width 120
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Unique link field for PMEP spatial data products. ("PMEP_EstuaryID"_"Estuary_Name")
Description source
PMEP
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Field Shape_Area
* Alias Shape_Area
* Data type Double
* Width 8
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
* Field description
Area of feature in internal units squared.
* Description source
Esri
* Description of values
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.


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Field PMEP_PolyID
* Alias PMEP PolyID
* Data type Integer
* Width 4
* Precision 0
* Scale 0


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Field Data_Source_Vers
Alias Data Source Version
Data type String
Width 20
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
This field contains the version number of the data (use in combindation with the "Data_Source" field).
Description source
PMEP, OCMP
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Field Data_Year
* Alias Data Year
* Data type Integer
* Width 4
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Year of most recent data set informing this polygon. Used for eelgrass data and select classes from Oregon/OCMP.
Description source
PMEP
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Field NWI_Year
Alias NWI Year
Data type SmallInteger
* Width 4
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
This value represents the latest year of data aquisition for the National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) for each estuary. This information was determined from the NWI metadata layers.
Description source
PMEP
Range of values
Minimum value 1980
Maximum value 2014

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Field Habitat_Source_Percent
Alias Habitat Source Percent
Data type String
Width 255
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
This comma-delimited field contains a listing of NWI and C-CAP sources which contribute to a polygon, as well as the percentage of the contribution. Note that NWI values appear as the "ATTRIBUTE" codes (e.g. PEM1/SS1C) and C-CAP classes are spelled out (e.g. Palustrine Scrub/Shrub Wetland).
Description source
PMEP
Description of values
These values are based on contributing codes from NWI and C-CAP.


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Field CMECS_BC_Community
Alias CMECS BC Community
Data type String
Width 255
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
A biotic community is a repeatable grouping of species that is relatively uniform in structure, species composition, and habitat conditions (Olenin and Ducrotoy 2006, Hiscock and Tyler-Walters 2003). Biotic communities can be identified observationally, or (ideally) as statistically repeating species assemblages across their range of occurrence. The assemblage can be identified by diagnostic organisms that are dominant, highly constant, or otherwise distinctive.
Description source
CMECS
List of values
Value Eelgrass
Description Eelgrass, Zostera spp., is a marine flowering plant that is found in temperature zones in soft-bottom habitats in estuaries and coastal environments worldwide. Eelgrass is the most common seagrass taxon along the U.S. West Coast and occurs from Alaska to Baja California.
Enumerated domain value definition source PMEP


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References

Aggregate Information
Association type cross reference


Aggregate resource name
Title Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard
Alternate titles FGDC-STD-18-2012
Publication date 2012-06-0100:00:00


Edition June 2012


Resource location online
Location https://coast.noaa.gov/data/digitalcoast/pdf/cmecs.pdf
Name Costal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard
Function performed information

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Aggregate Information
Association type source


Aggregate resource name
Title Core CMECS GIS Processing Methods, Oregon Estuary Project of Special Merit
Publication date 2014-08-1100:00:00


Other citation details
Citation: Lanier, A., T. Haddad, L. Mattison, and L. Brophy. 2014. Core CMECS GIS processing methods, Oregon Estuary Project of Special Merit. Oregon Coastal Management Program, Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development, Salem, OR. Accessed 27 July 2016 at http://www.coastalatlas.net/documents/cmecs/EPSM_CoreGISMethods.pdf .


Responsible party
Individual's name Andy Lanier
Organization's name Oregon Coastal Management Program
Contact's position Marine Affairs Coordinator
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information


Resource location online
Location https://www.coastalatlas.net/documents/cmecs/PhaseI/EPSM_CoreGISMethods.pdf
Name Core CMECS GIS Processing Methods, Oregon Estuary Project of Special Merit
Function performed information

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Aggregate Information
Association type source


Aggregate resource name
Title National Wetlands Inventory
Publication date 2015-05-1000:00:00


Other citation details
Citation: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 5/10/2015. National Wetlands Inventory website. U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C. http://www.fws.gov/wetlands/


Resource location online
Location http://www.fws.gov/wetlands/
Name National Wetlands Inventory website
Function performed information

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Aggregate Information
Association type source


Aggregate resource name
Title Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) Regional Land Cover


Other citation details
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office for Coastal Management. WA_2011_ccap_land_cover, "OR_2010_CCAP_LAND_COVER", "CA_2010_CCAP_LAND_COVER ", Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) Regional Land Cover. Charleston, SC: NOAA Office for Coastal Management. Accessed March 2016 at www.coast.noaa.gov/ccapftp.


Resource location online
Location https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/tools/lca
Name C-CAP Land Cover Atlas
Function performed information

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Aggregate Information
Association type source


Aggregate resource name
Title Eelgrass Habitats on the U.S. West Coast: State of the Knowledge of Eelgrass Ecosystem Services and Eelgrass Extent


Other citation details
Sherman, K., and L.A. DeBruyckere. 2018. Eelgrass habitats on the U.S. West Coast. State of the Knowledge of Eelgrass Ecosystem Services and Eelgrass Extent. A publication prepared by the Pacifc Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership for The Nature Conservancy. 67pp.


Resource location online
Location http://www.pacificfishhabitat.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/EelGrass_Report_Final_ForPrint_web.pdf
Name Eelgrass Habitats on the U.S. West Coast: State of the Knowledge of Eelgrass Ecosystem Services and Eelgrass Extent Report
Function performed information

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Metadata Details

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Metadata character set utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format


Metadata identifier F7278C2C-6CA4-4D21-B44B-8CB17A7C3952
Function of the resource download


Scope of the data described by the metadata * dataset
Scope name * dataset


Last update 2020-01-06


ArcGIS metadata properties
Metadata format ArcGIS1.0
Metadata style ISO 19139 Metadata Implementation Specification
Standard or profile used to edit metadata FGDC


Created in ArcGIS for the item 2024-01-0816:07:26
Last modified in ArcGIS for the item 2024-01-0816:06:50


Automatic updates
Have been performed Yes
Last update 2024-01-0816:06:50

Item location history
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Metadata Contacts

Metadata contact
Individual's name PSMFC GIS
Organization's name Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
Contact's position GIS
Contact's role originator


Contact information
Phone
Voice 503-595-3100

Address
Type both
Delivery point 205 SE Spokane St., Suite 100
City Portland
Administrative area OR
Postal code 97202
e-mail address gis@psmfc.org

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Metadata Maintenance

Maintenance
Update frequency as needed


Other maintenance requirements
It is anticipated that these data will be updated, as needed, based on new information and updated input data availability. To sign up for updates to the data, please email info@pacificfishhabitat.org.


Maintenance contact
Individual's name PSMFC GIS
Organization's name Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
Contact's position GIS
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice 503-595-3100

Address
Type both
City 205 SE Spokane St., Suite 100
Administrative area Oregon
Postal code 97202
e-mail address gis@psmfc.org

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Metadata Constraints

Constraints
Limitations of use

This product is for informational purposes only and is not intended for navigational, legal, engineering, or surveying purposes; it is provided with the understanding that conclusions drawn from the information are the responsibility of the user.


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