Five-minute grid of the total marine bird biomass densities surveyed off central California - selected neutral water temperature periods, 1980-2001 (CDAS data set AL2_MASS.shp)

Description

AL2_MASS is a polygon shapefile representing 5 minute x 5 minute latitude x longitude cells that house the overall total biomass densities (kg/sq.km.) of up to 76 species of marine birds during periods of realtively average or neutral sea surface temperatures. Density for each of 76 marine bird species was multiplied by average body mass for that species, and these products summed for all species in a cell, to obtain total biomass density. Cells that were surveyed but in which no birds were observed have total biomass densities of zero.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/38731
0 Online Resource http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/sanctuaries/california/html/data/
57 Online Resource http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/sanctuaries/california/html/data/shapes/bird_shapes.zip
57 Downloadable Data http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/sanctuaries/california/html/data/shapes/bird_shapes.zip
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
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/nccos/dmp/pdf/38731.pdf

Tags

  • kg/sq.km.
  • national ocean service
  • national centers for coastal ocean science
  • ca ocean
  • periods of neutral sea surface temperature
  • marine bird
  • seabird
  • marine birds
  • environmental monitoring
  • noaa
  • biomass densities
  • bird
  • ecosystem
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • neutral surface water temperature
  • marine biota
  • marine
  • ocean
  • california
  • doc/noaa/nos/nccos
  • biomass
  • biomass densities(kg/sq.km.)
  • coastal ocean
  • monterey bay
  • central ca
  • ocean off ca
  • central_cal_assess
  • 1980-2001
  • cordell bank
  • gulf of farallones

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