Description
Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) maps are an integral component in oil-spill contingency planning and assessment. They serve as a source of information in the event of an oil spill incident. ESI maps contain three types of information: shoreline habitats (classified according to their sensitivity to oiling), sensitive biological resources, and human-use resources. Most often, this information is plotted on 7.5 minute U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) quadrangles, although in the Alaska ESI maps, USGS topographic maps at scales of 1:63,360 and 1:250,000 are used, and in other ESI maps, NOAA charts have been used as the base map. Collections of these maps, grouped by state or a logical geographic area, are published as ESI atlases. Digital data have been published for most of the U.S. shoreline, including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Web Resource | Unknown | Open resource | |
| Web Resource | Unknown | Open resource |
Tags
- aquatic habitat
- atlantic ocean
- bathymetry
- bathymetry/seafloor topography
- bay county
- benthic habitat
- biosphere
- cetaceans
- chemical
- coastal habitat
- coastal processes
- coastal resources
- coastal zone management
- contaminants
- coral reef conservation
- coral reefs
- corals
- coris_metadata
- country/territory
- earth science
- environmental sensitivity index
- esi
- esi atlas
- esi maps
- fish
- florida
- florida western peninsula
- gulf of mexico
- habitat mapping
- hernando county
- hog island (29n083w0001)
- hydrography
- hydrosphere
- madison-swanson reserve (29n085w0001)
- map images
- mapping
- marine biology
- marine birds
- marine invertebrates
- marine mammals
- marine reptiles
- natural hazards assessment
- north atlantic ocean
- ocean basin
- oceans
- oil and chemical spills
- oil spill planning
- panama city beach (30n085w0001)
- pinnipeds
- reef habitat
- reef monitoring and assessment
- sensitivity maps
- turtles
- united states of america
- water quality
- western peninsula
- western peninsula 1
- west florida shelf
- wildlife
- zoology