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Title: NOAA Coastal Services Center Coastal Remote Sensing Program C-CAP (NOAA Coastal Change Analysis Program) Maine Department of Marine Resources Benthic Habitat Data, coastal Maine, 1993-1997 (NODC Accession 0089462)
Abstract: 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 photograhpy 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.
Date received: 20030504
Start date: 19930101
End date: 19971231
Seanames:
West boundary: -70.8867
East boundary: -66.9743
North boundary: 45.1121
South boundary: 43.0552
Observation types: aerial photography, benthic, biological, composition & location, derived products, GIS product, survey, survey - biological
Instrument types: camera, photograph
Datatypes: BENTHIC COMMUNITIES, biological data, BOTTOM TYPE, HABITAT, HABITAT - BENTHIC, SEA GRASSES - DENSITY
Submitter: Ball, Anne O'Donnell
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; NOS; Coastal Services Center
Collecting institutions: Macaulay Institute for Soil Research
Contributing projects: C-CAP, COASTAL
Platforms:
Number of observations:
Supplementary information:
Availability date: 20120528
Metadata version: 1
Keydate: 2012-05-16 19:56:09+00
Editdate: 2012-05-16 20:56:51+00