Estuary Current and Potential Juvenile Fish Habitat - California [ds2794]

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estuary, estuaries, Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership, PMEP, West Coast, USA, fisheries


Summary

Data clipped to the state of California with a 5 mile buffer by CDFW staff ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This layer represents estuaries, as points, in the Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnerships (PMEP) spatial data system. Currently, there are 444 estuaries present in this layer, covering the West Coast of the contiguous United States. 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 PMEP.

Description

The Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership (PMEP), is a nationally recognized partnership that seeks to advance regional and national goals relating to fish habitat. PMEP is a consortium of organizations focused on West Coast fish habitat in the region's estuaries and nearshore marine waters.

This point layer represents estuaries present within PMEP's spatial data system. This layer was developed by members of PMEP, based partly on previous estuary inventory efforts as well as the goals of PMEP. Currently, there are 444 estuaries present in this layer, covering the West Coast of the contiguous United States. 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 PMEP.

Credits

Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership, PSMFC GIS

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.

Extent

West -124.481987 East -116.737497
North 42.075344 South 32.522797

Scale Range
Maximum (zoomed in) 1:50,000
Minimum (zoomed out) 1:50,000,000

ArcGIS Metadata

Topics and Keywords

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


* Content type Downloadable Data
Export to FGDC CSDGM XML format as Resource Description No

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

Thesaurus's language English(UNITED STATES)
Stratum keywords Biosphere > Aquatic > estuary, estuarine, land surface, surface

Thesaurus's language English(UNITED STATES)
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
Name Oregon Metadata Keyword Thesaurus Stratum
Function performed information

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Temporal keywords modern, recent

Thesaurus's language English(UNITED STATES)
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
Name Oregon Metadata Keyword Thesaurus - Temporal
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Theme keywords aquatic habitat, marsh, wetlands

Thesaurus's language English(UNITED STATES)
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
Name Oregon Metadata Keyword Thesaurus - Bioscience
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Theme keywords bay, coast, coastal basin, coatal 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, water

Thesaurus's language English(UNITED STATES)
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
Name Oregon Metadata Keyword Thesaurus - Geoscience
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Theme keywords bay, estuaries, high tide, inundation, marsh, slough, stream, streams, surface wtaer, tide, wetland

Thesaurus's language English(UNITED STATES)
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
Name Oregon Metadata Keyword Thesaurus - Hydrography
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Theme keywords estuary, marsh, swamp, tidal

Thesaurus's language English(UNITED STATES)
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
Name Oregon Metadata Keyword Thesaurus - Land Cover / Land Use
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Citation

Title Estuary Current and Potential Juvenile Fish Habitat - California [ds2794]
Creation date 2017-11-3000:00:00
Publication date 2017-11-3000:00:00
Revision date 2018-02-1600:00:00


Edition 1.3.1
Edition date 2018-02-16


Presentation formats * digital map
FGDC geospatial presentation format vector digital data


Collection title PMEP Spatial Data System


Other citation details
These data have evolved over a period of time to meet PMEPs needs, and may change again in the future. Please contact gis@psmfc.org with questions. Vers. 1.3.1: Fixed spelling errors in 2 estuaries (Tulalip Bay and Elwha River)


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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 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 97206
Country US
e-mail address gis@psmfc.org

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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
Delivery point 205 SE Spokane St., Suite 100
City Portland
Administrative area OR
Postal code 97206
Country US
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 Microsoft Windows 10 Version 10.0 (Build 19045) ; Esri ArcGIS 13.1.0.41833


Credits
Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership, PSMFC GIS
ArcGIS item properties
* Name ds2794
* 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. 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). The estuary point locations were generally created by converting PMEP's estuary extent polygons to point features using Esri's Geoprocesing Tool "Feature To Point", and selecting "inside" as the optional parameter. Some adjustments were made to the point locations, for cartographic purposes. The point is not intended to represent the centerpoint of the estuary.
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
Extent type Extent used for searching
* West longitude -124.481987
* East longitude -116.737497
* North latitude 42.075344
* South latitude 32.522797
* Extent contains the resource Yes

Vertical extent
* Minimum value 0.000131
* Maximum value 0.000131


Extent in the item's coordinate system
* West longitude -371942.157600
* East longitude 270647.187500
* South latitude -602116.468500
* North latitude 450780.992600
* 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
Contact's role point of contact


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 97206
Country US
e-mail address gis@psmfc.org

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Resource Maintenance

Resource maintenance
Update frequency not planned


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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.


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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
Well-known identifier 3310
X origin -16909700
Y origin -8597000
XY scale 10000
Z origin -100000
Z scale 3048.0060960121918
M origin -100000
M scale 10000
XY tolerance 0.001
Z tolerance 0.0032808333333333331
M tolerance 0.001
High precision true
Latest well-known identifier 3310
Well-known text PROJCS["NAD_1983_California_Teale_Albers",GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983",DATUM["D_North_American_1983",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Albers"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",-4000000.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-120.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",34.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_2",40.5],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0],AUTHORITY["EPSG",3310]]

Reference system identifier
* Value 3310
Codespace EPSG
Version 8.8(9.3.1.2)


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Spatial Data Properties

Vector
* Level of topology for this dataset geometry only


Geometric objects
Feature class name ds2794
* Object type point
* Object count 0

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ArcGIS Feature Class Properties
Feature class name ds2794
* Feature type Simple
* Geometry type Point
* Has topology FALSE
* Feature count 0
* Spatial index TRUE
* Linear referencing TRUE

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Data Quality

Lineage

Lineage statement
Data clipped to the state of California with a 5 mile buffer by CDFW staff ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PMEPs efforts to inventory and clasify the estuaries of the contiguous United States West Coast built upon An Inventory and Classification of U.S. West Coast Estuaries (Heady et al 2014). This effort developed a comprehensive inventory of U.S. West Coast estuaries by tallying 691 coastal confluences for Washington, Oregon and California. This report also applied the physiographic setting of the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) to these estuaries. This initial list of estuaries was then reduced to 303 estuaries for the foundational report Nursery Functions of U.S. West Coast Estuaries: The State of Knowledge for Juveniles of Focal Invertebrate and Fish Species (Hughes et al 2014), based on a decision tree to limit the estuaries to those that likely support nursery habitat for West Coast marine and anadromous species. From this list of 303 estuaries, PMEP conducted an internal process to refine the list of estuaries. This process included subdividing areas of the Salish Sea (previously grouped into 7 estuary subbasins) into individual estuaries (n=166), removing certain estuaries (usually based on limited potential to provide current or future fish habitat), subdividing larger estuaries, merging estuaries together, and adding a limited number of estuaries. The area with the most change in this process was the Salish Sea region. PMEP utilized the technical report from the Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project (PSNERP) titled 2012-01 Strategies for Nearshore Protection and Restoration in Puget Sound in an effort to include all high potential sites identified in Appendix B of the report in the list of Salish Sea estuaries. Nearly 150 estuaries in the Salish Sea PMEP ecoregion were identified and explicitly included in PMEP's mapping products by cross-referencing the PSNERP technical report's high-potential sites. The current number of PMEP estuaries is 444.
Source data
Description
A comprehensive inventory of U.S. West Coast estuaries for Washington, Oregon, and California.


Source citation
Title An Inventory and Classification of U.S. West Coast Estuaries
Publication date 2014-01-0100:00:00


Other citation details
Citation: Heady, W.N., K. OConnor, J. Kassakian, K. Doiron, C. Endris, D. Hudgens, R. P. Clark, J. Carter, and M. G. Gleason. 2014. An Inventory and Classification of U.S. West Coast Estuaries. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA. 81pp.


Responsible party
Individual's name Walter Heady
Organization's name The Nature Conservancy
Contact's position Coastal Marine Ecologist
Contact's role author


Contact information
Address
Type both
Delivery point 99 Pacific Street, Suite 200G
City Monterey
Administrative area CA
Postal code 93940
Country US
e-mail address wheady@tnc.org

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Resource location online
Location http://www.pacificfishhabitat.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/wc_estuaryinventory_final_report_jan15_2015.pdf
Access protocol .pdf
Name An Inventory and Classification of U.S. West Coast Estuaries
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Source data
Description
This report identified all the estuaries along the West Coast that were most likely to provide juvenile fish habitat, which resulted in an inventory of 303 estuaries and coastal confluences that each has surface areas of more than 0.4 hectares. It also synthesized information on juvenile nursery requirements of 15 focal species and whether juveniles of those species have been documented in these estuaries. It compiled this information in a report and associated geodatabase.


Source medium name online link
Source citation
Title Nursery Functions of U.S. West Coast Estuaries: The State of Knowledge for Juveniles of Focal Invertebrate and Fish Species
Publication date 2014-01-0100:00:00


Other citation details
Hughes, B. B., M. D. Levey, J. A. Brown, M. C. Fountain, A. B. Carlisle, S. Y. Litvin, C. M. Greene, W. N. Heady and M. G. Gleason. 2014. Nursery Functions of U.S. West Coast Estuaries: The State of Knowledge for Juveniles of Focal Invertebrate and Fish Species. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA. 168pp.


Resource location online
Location http://www.pacificfishhabitat.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/tnc_ca_fishnurseries_lowres_min.pdf
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Name Nursery Functions of U.S. West Coast Estuaries: The State of Knowledge for Juveniles of Focal Invertebrate and Fish Species
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Source data
Description
This report provides: a strategic framework, a landscape assessment for large-scale protection and restoration of nearshore ecosystems, and a set of recommendations based on that assessment. These anlyses were developed as part of the Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project (PSNERP). Spatial data available @ http://wagda.lib.washington.edu/data/geography/wa_state/wageol/data/PS_PSNERP_CA_3.0.gdb.zip


Source medium name online link
Source citation
Title Strategies for Nearshore Protection and Restoration in Puget Sound. Puget Sound Nearshore Report No. 2012-01
Alternate titles PSNERP Technical Report 2012-01
Publication date 2012-02-0100:00:00


Other citation details
Citation: Cereghino, P., J. Toft, C. Simenstad, E. Iverson, S. Campbell, C. Behrens, J. Burke. 2012. Strategies for nearshore protection and restoration in Puget Sound. Puget Sound Nearshore Report No. 2012-01. Published by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Olympia, Washington, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle, Washington.


Resource location online
Location http://www.pugetsoundnearshore.org/technical_papers/psnerp_strategies_maps.pdf
Access protocol .pdf
Name PSNERP Technical Report 2012-01
Function performed information

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Geoprocessing history

Process
Date 2024-01-2211:58:30
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Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


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Date 2024-01-2211:58:48
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Date 2024-01-2211:59:11
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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
Delivery point 205 SE Spokane St., Suite 100
City Portland
Administrative area OR
Postal code 97206
Country US
e-mail address gis@psmfc.org

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Available format
Name File Geodatabase Feature Class
Version 10.6
File decompression technique ZIP
Format information content PMEP Estuary Points (GIS point layer)


Transfer options
Units of distribution KB
Transfer size 359


Online source
Location https://psmfc.sharefile.com/d-s7ee548ff33348938
Access protocol ShareFile
Name PMEP_Estuary_Points.zip
Description Point dataset for the Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat's spatial data system (email registration required for download)
Function performed download

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Distributor
Transfer options
Online source
Location https://honu.psmfc.org/server/rest/services/PMEP/PMEP_Estuary_Points/MapServer
Access protocol REST
Name PMEP Estuary Points
Description This layer represents estuaries, as points, in the Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership's (PMEP) spatial data system.
Function performed information
Application profile Esri REST API

Online source
Location http://psmfc.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=b24c6540f92644b0b0a92b4267ef469d
Access protocol ArcGIS Online
Name PMEP Estuary Points
Description PMEP Estuary Points ArcGIS Online item page
Function performed information

Online source
Location http://www.pacificfishhabitat.org/data/estuary-points
Name PMEP Estuary Points website page
Function performed information

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Distribution format
* Name File Geodatabase Feature Class


Transfer options
Online source
Location ftp://ftp.wildlife.ca.gov/BDB/GIS/BIOS/Public_Datasets/2700_2799/ds2794.zip
Function performed download

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

Online source
Location http://www.pacificfishhabitat.org/data/estuary-points
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Fields

Details for object ds2794
* Type Feature Class
Row count 444


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 PMEP EstuaryID
* Data type SmallInteger
* Width 2
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
unique identifier for each estuary included in the 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 in a general clock-wise order, from Points Roberts (1000) to Sail River (1165).
Enumerated domain value definition source PMEP


Value 2000 - 2999
Description ID range for Washington, Oregon, Northern California Coast PMEP Region estuaries. These IDs were originally assigned in a north to south order, from the Waatch River in Washington (2000) to the Bear River in Northern California (2109).
Enumerated domain value definition source PMEP


Value 3000 - 3999
Description ID range for Central California PMEP Region estuaries. These IDs were originally assigned in a north to south order within California, from McNutt Gulch (3000) to Jalama Creek (3106).
Enumerated domain value definition source PMEP


Value 4000 - 4999
Description ID range for Southern California Bight PMEP Region estuaries. These IDs were originally assigned in a north to south order within Southern California, from Canada de la Gaviota Creek (4000) to the Tijuana River (4060).
Enumerated domain value definition source PMEP


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Field Estuary_Name
* Alias Estuary Name
* Data type String
* Width 120
* 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 PMEP_Region
* Alias PMEP Region
* Data type String
* Width 50
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
The PMEP Region (or ecoregion) which the estuary is located in. These areas were originally based on a dataset from The Nature Conservancy called "Marine Ecoregions of the World" (MEOW), but were refined based on the needs of PMEP.
Description source
PMEP
List of values
Value Salish Sea
Description All watersheds draining into Salish Sea from within Washington State, along with the estuarine/marine areas of Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca out to Cape Flattery within the U.S. Maritime Boundary.
Enumerated domain value definition source PMEP


Value Washington, Oregon, Northern California Coast
Description All Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD) Subbasins draining into the Pacific Ocean from within Washington State (excluding the Salish Sea), Oregon and Northern California, from Cape Flattery (Washington) south to Bear River in Northern California. The exception to this standard is the inland extent of the Columbia River/Willamette River, which is based on WBD watersheds (HUC 10) overlapping the mapped estuary extent. The seaward extent of this region is based on a 200 meter depth contour.
Enumerated domain value definition source PMEP


Value Central California
Description All Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD) Subbasins draining into the Pacific Ocean from within California, from Bear River in Northern California south to Jalama Creek, near Point Conception California. The exception to this standard is the inland extent of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, which is based on WBD watersheds (HUC 10) overlapping the mapped estuary extent. The seaward extent of this region is based on a 200 meter depth contour.
Enumerated domain value definition source PMEP


Value Southern California Bight
Description All Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD) Subbasins draining into the Pacific Ocean from within Southern California, from Jalama Creek, near Point Conceoption, south to the U.S.-Mexico border. The seaward extent of this region is based on a 200 meter depth contour.
Enumerated domain value definition source PMEP


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Field CMECS_Class
* Alias CMECS Physiographic Setting
* Data type String
* Width 50
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Landscape-level geomorphological features from the coast to mid-ocean spreading centers. These large features can cross tectonic settings, and they can be delineated at a scale of 1:1,000,000 (or greater) using bathymetric maps and other remote sensing data. Each setting will normally contain a wide variety of the smaller geoform features.
Description source
Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS), Federal Geographic Data Committee, 2012
List of values
Value Embayment/Bay
Description A water body with some level of enclosure by land at different spatial scales. These can be wide, curving indentations in the coast, arms of the sea, or bodies of water almost surrounded by land. These features can be smallwith considerable freshwater and terrestrial influenceor large and generally oceanic in character.
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value Lagoonal Estuary
Description This class of estuary tends to be shallow, highly enclosed, and have reduced exchange with the ocean. They often experience high evaporation, and they tend to be quiescent in terms of wind, current, and wave energy. Lagoonal estuaries usually have a very high surface in terms of wind, current, and wave energy. Lagoonal estuaries usually have a very high surface-to-volume ratio, a low-to-moderate watershed-to-water-area ratio, and can have a high wetland-to-water ratio. The flushing times tend to be long relative to riverine estuaries and embayments because the restricted exchange with the marine-end member and the reduced river input lengthen residence times. As such, there tends to be more benthic-pelagic interaction, enhanced by generally shallow bathymetry. Additionally, exchange with surrounding landscapes (often riparian wetland and palustrine systems) tends to be enhanced and more highly coupled than in other types of estuaries. Occasionally, a lagoon may be produced by the temporary sealing of a river estuary by a barrier. Such lagoons are usually seasonal and exist until the river breaches the barrier; these lagoons occur in regions of low or sporadic rainfall.
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value Riverine Estuary
Description This class of estuary tends to be linear and seasonally turbid (especially in upper reaches), and it can be subjected to high current speeds. These estuaries are sedimentary and depositional, so they may be associated with a delta, bar, barrier island, and other depositional features. These estuaries also tend to be highly flushed (with a wide and variable salinity range) and seasonally stratified. Riverine estuaries have moderate surface-to-volume ratios with a high watershed-to-water-area ratioand they can have very high wetland-to-water-area ratios as well. These estuaries are often characterized by a V-shaped channel configuration and a salt wedge.
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


Value Major River Delta
Description The nearly flat, alluvial tract of land at the mouth of a river, which commonly forms a triangular or fan-shaped plain. It is crossed by many distributaries, and the delta is the result of sediment accumulation from the river. Deltas are distinguished from alluvial fans by their flatter slope. Examples of this feature type include the Mississippi Delta, the Nile Delta, and the Ganges Delta. All deltas are dynamic areas of mixed-water flow and salinity.
Enumerated domain value definition source CMECS


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Field Data_Source
* Alias Extent Data Source
* Data type String
* Width 50
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
The organization, or organizations, whom provided spatial data for the estuary extent.
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


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Field System_Order
* Alias System Order
* Data type SmallInteger
* Width 2
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
This field links PMEP estuaries to the foundational report titled, "Nursery Functions of U.S. West Coast Estuaries: The State of Knowledge for Juveniles of Focal Invertebrate and Fish Species" (Hughes et al 2014). Note that some values repeat (estuaries were split), some values are NULL (estuaries added to PMEP's list since the report). Values range from 1 (San Juan Islands and Georgia Strait Basin) to 303 (Tijuana River estuary). Link to Report: http://research.pbsci.ucsc.edu/eeb/bbhughes/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Hughes_etal_2014_NurseryFunction_TNC.pdf
Description source
PMEP
Range of values
Minimum value 1
Maximum value 303

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Field Estuary_Hectares
Alias Estuary Hectares
* Data type Double
* Width 8
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
The area of the current and historical tidal wetlands of the estuary, in hectares, as calculated using Custom West Coast Albers projection. This value comes directly from the companion layer "PMEP West Coast USA Current and Historic Estuary Extent". Note that mouth connection area extents are not included in this value.
Description source
PMEP
Description of values
These data are calculated based on the feature geometry of the companion PMEP Estuary Extent dataset.


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Field Link
* Alias Link
* Data type String
* Width 100
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
"PMEP EstuaryID"_"Estuary Name" This unique key is used to link various data across the PMEP spatial data system.
Description source
PMEP
List of values
Value "PMEP EstuaryID"_"Estuary Name"
Description Unique key in PMEP using EstuaryID and name.
Enumerated domain value definition source PMEP


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Title Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard
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Publication date 2012-06-0100:00:00


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Title An Inventory and Classification of U.S. West Coast Estuaries
Publication date 2014-01-0100:00:00


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Citation: Heady, W.N., K. OConnor, J. Kassakian, K. Doiron, C. Endris, D. Hudgens, R. P. Clark, J. Carter, and M. G. Gleason. 2014. An Inventory and Classification of U.S. West Coast Estuaries. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA. 81pp.


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Title Nursery Functions of U.S. West Coast Estuaries: The State of Knowledge for Juveniles of Focal Invertebrate and Fish Species
Publication date 2014-01-0100:00:00


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Citation: Hughes, B. B., M. D. Levey, J. A. Brown, M. C. Fountain, A. B. Carlisle, S. Y. Litvin, C. M. Greene, W. N. Heady and M. G. Gleason. 2014. Nursery Functions of U.S. West Coast Estuaries: The State of Knowledge for Juveniles of Focal Invertebrate and Fish Species. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA. 168pp.


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