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OAS accession Detail for 0049955
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| Title: | Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) Atlas: U.S. and British Virgin Islands maps and geographic information systems data (NCEI Accession 0049955) |
| Abstract: | This dataset comprises an update of the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) data for the Virgin Islands. ESI data characterize estuarine environments and wildlife by their sensitivity to spilled oil. The ESI data include information for three main components: shoreline habitats, sensitive biological resources, and human-use resources. The ESI data were collected, mapped, and digitized to provide environmental data for oil spill planning and response. The Clean Water Act with amendments by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 requires response plans for immediate and effective protection of sensitive resources. This digital data re-release includes shoreline, hydrological, and biological data in formats for GIS systems and as Adobe Acrobat maps with extensive documentation. These data were originally distributed as a DVD product. |
| Date received: | 20081031 |
| Start date: | 19980701 |
| End date: | 20010731 |
| Seanames: | Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean |
| West boundary: | -65.167 |
| East boundary: | -64.065 |
| North boundary: | 18.943 |
| South boundary: | 17.467 |
| Observation types: | atlas, benthic, biological, composition & location, GIS product, survey - biological, survey - coral reef, visual observation |
| Instrument types: | visual observation |
| Datatypes: | AMPHIBIANS, ANIMALS - GROUP - NUMBER IN GROUP, BENTHIC COMMUNITIES, BENTHIC SPECIES, biological data, BIRDS, BIVALVES, BOTTOM TYPE, CORAL, CRUSTACEANS, FISH - CORAL REEF, FISH SPECIES, HABITAT, HABITAT - BENTHIC, INVERTEBRATE SPECIES, MACROFAUNA, MARINE MAMMALS, MOLLUSKS, NESTING SITES, REPTILES, SHELLFISH, SHORELINE, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION, VERTEBRATES |
| Submitter: | Petersen, Jill |
| Submitting institution: | US DOC; NOAA; National Ocean Service - Seattle, WA |
| Collecting institutions: | US DOC; NOAA; National Ocean Service - Seattle, WA |
| Contributing projects: | CORAL REEF STUDIES, CoRIS, ESI |
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| Supplementary information: | DO NOT USE MAPS FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES. Besides the above warning, there are no use constraints on these data. Acknowledgment of the publishers and contributing sources listed in Data_Set_Credit section of the included metadata would be appreciated in products derived from these data. NOAA and NODC would appreciate recognition as the resource from which these data were obtained in any publications and/or other representations of these data. Files are grouped into separate categories for GIS, MOSS, data tables, documentation, and .pdf files. Extensive metadata is provided for each GIS theme layer. A previous version of this data are available in NCEI accession 0002069. |
| Availability date: | 20080125 |
| Metadata version: | 12 |
| Keydate: | 2009-01-27 19:01:26+00 |
| Editdate: | 2025-04-17 13:30:05+00 |