Coastal Maine Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Data 1993-1997 Biotic

Description

Maine's eelgrass (SAV) meadows form an important aquatic habitat for the state. These meadows provide shelter for juvenile fish, and invertebrates. In certain locations they also help stabilize unconsolidated sediments and shorelines. Maine's Department of Marine Resources has mapped the SAV habitat for the entire coast using the Coastal Change Analysis Protocol. This mapping was accomplished from aerial photography acquired between 1993 and 1997. The unified coastal SAV data set is a composite of these multiple year data. The benthic data is classified according to the System for Classification of Habitats in Estuarine and Marine Environments (SCHEME). This system is fully described in "Development of a System for Classification of Habitats in Estuarine and Marine Environments (SCHEME) for Florida, Report to U.S. EPA - Gulf of Mexico Program, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Marine Research Institute. Review Draft 12/04/02." Original contact information: Contact Org: NOAA Office for Coastal Management Phone: 843-740-1202 Email: coastal.info@noaa.gov

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Information on the NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) https://coast.noaa.gov/
0 Searchable online catalog of CMECS units, descriptions, and source references http://www.cmecscatalog.org/
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/ocm/dmp/pdf/47902.pdf
57 FTP download of data files. ftp://ftp.coast.noaa.gov/pub/benthic/Benthic_Cover_Data/ME_coast.zip
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/47902
0 Information and resources on the CMECS standard and how to apply it https://iocm.noaa.gov/cmecs
0 NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page https://coast.noaa.gov
0 NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page https://coast.noaa.gov
0 The website provides not only coastal data, but also the tools, training, and information needed to make these data truly useful. Content comes from many sources, all of which are vetted by NOAA. https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords

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  • united states of america
  • office of coastal management
  • benthic
  • cmecs
  • national ocean service
  • ecosystems
  • biosphere
  • environmental monitoring
  • casco bay
  • continent
  • noaa
  • marine ecosystems
  • north america
  • eelgrass
  • coastal maine
  • doc/noaa/nos/ocm
  • maine
  • coastal
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • estuary
  • penobscot bay
  • seagrass
  • englishman bay
  • coastal and marine ecological classification standard
  • subtidal
  • sav
  • biotic component
  • aquatic
  • ocm benthic habitat mapping
  • spill
  • frenchman bay
  • habitat

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