Coastal Maine Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Data 1993-1997 Geoform

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
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/47904
0 Information and resources on the CMECS standard and how to apply it https://iocm.noaa.gov/cmecs
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/
0 NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page https://coast.noaa.gov
0 NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page https://coast.noaa.gov
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/ocm/dmp/pdf/47904.pdf
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 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords

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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
  • geoform component
  • 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
  • aquatic
  • ocm benthic habitat mapping
  • spill
  • frenchman bay
  • habitat

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