Distributions of Eighteen Species as shown in the 1985 Gulf of Mexico Coastal and Ocean Zones Strategic Assessment: Data Atlas
Metadata:
- Identification_Information:
- Citation:
- Citation_Information:
- Originator:
- NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC-National Coastal Data Development Center
- Publication_Date:
- Unpublished material
- Title:
- Distributions of Eighteen Species as shown in the 1985 Gulf of Mexico Coastal and Ocean Zones Strategic Assessment: Data Atlas
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:
- vector digital data
- Description:
- Abstract:
- These shapefiles display the spatial and temporal distribution of 18 different species in the Gulf of Mexico as of 1985. The species shown include Brown Shrimp, Cobia, Dolphin, Gray Snapper, Greater Amberjack, King Mackerel, Lane Snapper, Pink Shrimp, Red Drum, Red Grouper, Red Snapper, Spanish Mackerel, Spiny Lobster, Stone Crab, Tilefish, Vermilion Snapper, White Shrimp, and Yellowtail Snapper. Data fields include categories for adult, spawning, nursery, commercial fishing and recreational fishing. Data was derived from maps produced for the "Gulf of Mexico Coastal and Ocean Zones Strategic Assessment: Data Atlas" published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Strategic Environmental Assessment Division, Rockville, MD 1985.
- Purpose:
- This coverage was developed as a part of the Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem Pilot Project. This pilot project was designed to improve identification and remote access to habitat data for fishery managers and researchers, and to provide habitat mapping capabilities within the Gulf of Mexico region. To reach this goal, a consortium built on shared expertise and resources from within National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS), and state participants has focused on several tasks, including developing an inventory and clearinghouse for existing habitat-related data and information, continuing developing a searchable FGDC compliant habitat metadata catalog, developing remote internet gateways to life history, habitat, and ecological data sets, and producing geographic information system (GIS) products for habitat mapping.
- Supplemental_Information:
- This dataset shows species distribution as a set of 18 digitized shapefiles used by the National Marine Fisheries Service in defining essential fish habitat in the Gulf of Mexico.
- Time_Period_of_Content:
- Time_Period_Information:
- Single_Date/Time:
- Calendar_Date:
- 19850101
- Currentness_Reference:
- Publication of source maps
- Status:
- Progress:
- Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency:
- None Planned
- Spatial_Domain:
- Bounding_Coordinates:
- West_Bounding_Coordinate:
- -97.3829
- East_Bounding_Coordinate:
- -80.9530
- North_Bounding_Coordinate:
- 30.3988
- South_Bounding_Coordinate:
- 24.2966
- Keywords:
- Theme:
- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- None
- Theme_Keyword:
- brown shrimp
- Theme_Keyword:
- Penaeus aztecus
- Theme_Keyword:
- Penaeidae
- Theme_Keyword:
- cobia
- Theme_Keyword:
- ling
- Theme_Keyword:
- lemon fish
- Theme_Keyword:
- Rachycentron canadus
- Theme_Keyword:
- Rachycentridae
- Theme_Keyword:
- king mackerel
- Theme_Keyword:
- Scomberomerus cavalla
- Theme_Keyword:
- Scombridae
- Theme_Keyword:
- dolphin
- Theme_Keyword:
- Coryphaena hippurus
- Theme_Keyword:
- gray snapper
- Theme_Keyword:
- Lutjanus griseus
- Theme_Keyword:
- Lutjanidae
- Theme_Keyword:
- greater amberjack
- Theme_Keyword:
- Seriola dumerili
- Theme_Keyword:
- Carangidae
- Theme_Keyword:
- lane snapper
- Theme_Keyword:
- Lutjanus synagris
- Theme_Keyword:
- Lutjanidae
- Theme_Keyword:
- pink shrimp
- Theme_Keyword:
- Penaeus duorarum
- Theme_Keyword:
- Penaeidae
- Theme_Keyword:
- red drum
- Theme_Keyword:
- red fish
- Theme_Keyword:
- Sciaenops ocellata
- Theme_Keyword:
- Sciaenidae
- Theme_Keyword:
- red grouper
- Theme_Keyword:
- Epinephelus morio
- Theme_Keyword:
- Serranidae
- Theme_Keyword:
- red snapper
- Theme_Keyword:
- northern red snapper
- Theme_Keyword:
- Lutjanus campechanus
- Theme_Keyword:
- Lutjanidae
- Theme_Keyword:
- spanish mackerel
- Theme_Keyword:
- Scomberomorus maculatus
- Theme_Keyword:
- Scombridae
- Theme_Keyword:
- spiny lobster
- Theme_Keyword:
- Panulirus argus
- Theme_Keyword:
- Palinuridae
- Theme_Keyword:
- stone crab
- Theme_Keyword:
- Menippe mercenaria
- Theme_Keyword:
- Menippe mercenaria restricted
- Theme_Keyword:
- peninsular Florida form
- Theme_Keyword:
- eastern Gulf stone crab
- Theme_Keyword:
- Menippe adina
- Theme_Keyword:
- western Gulf form
- Theme_Keyword:
- western gulf stone crab
- Theme_Keyword:
- tilefish
- Theme_Keyword:
- Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps
- Theme_Keyword:
- Branchiostegidae
- Theme_Keyword:
- vermilion snapper
- Theme_Keyword:
- beeliner
- Theme_Keyword:
- Rhomboplites aurorubens
- Theme_Keyword:
- Lutjanidae
- Theme_Keyword:
- white shrimp
- Theme_Keyword:
- Penaeus setiferus
- Theme_Keyword:
- Penaeidae
- Theme_Keyword:
- yellowtail snapper
- Theme_Keyword:
- Ocyurus chrysurus
- Theme_Keyword:
- Lutjanidae
- Theme_Keyword:
- spawning
- Theme_Keyword:
- nursery
- Theme_Keyword:
- recreational fishing
- Theme_Keyword:
- commercial fishing
- Theme:
- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- ISO 19115 Topic Category
- Theme_Keyword:
- biota
- Theme_Keyword:
- environment
- Theme_Keyword:
- oceans
- Place:
- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- None
- Place_Keyword:
- Alabama
- Place_Keyword:
- Florida
- Place_Keyword:
- Gulf of Mexico
- Place_Keyword:
- Louisiana
- Place_Keyword:
- Mississippi
- Place_Keyword:
- Texas
- Access_Constraints:
- None
- Use_Constraints:
- From source documentation - All the relevant and dynamic aspects of a species' distribution cannot be captured on a map, even if complete information existed. For example, the activities of species are often influenced by highly variable meteorological and oceanographic conditions. Therefore, as with other maps in the atlas, information should be interpreted with a view to its inherent variability. Interpreting the uncertainty of the information is also difficult because of the need to provide a consistent and complete representation of information for all species. Considerable scientific judgment was required to infer and/or extrapolate spatial and temporal distributions from existing data and available literature. But even the most informed judgment is far from perfect, and the knowledge base varied considerably from species to species, among the life stages of individual species, and among areas of the Gulf of Mexico. Consequently, the certainty of the distributions shown on individual maps varies. Although it was impossible to assess exactly the level of uncertainty associated with each distribution line on each species map, the following general rules should assist the reader: 1. Distributions are relatively certain for the major commercial species, e.g., the shrimps, snappers, and groupers; 2. Distributions are also relatively certain for those species whose habitat preferences are best understood, e.g., the more common demersal (or bottom dwelling) fishes and crabs; 3. Distributions are more certain for the adult life stage of the species than for the reproductive and juvenile life stages; and 4. Distributions are more certain for the northern (or USA) portion of the Gulf than for the southern (or Mexican) portion. This is especially true for commercial fishing grounds.
- Point_of_Contact:
- Contact_Information:
- Contact_Organization_Primary:
- Contact_Organization:
- NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC-National Coastal Data Development Center
- Contact_Address:
- Address_Type:
- mailing and physical
- City:
- Stennis Space Center
- State_or_Province:
- MS
- Postal_Code:
- 39529
- Country:
- USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone:
- 866-732-2382
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:
- 228-688-2968
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
- ncddcmetadata@noaa.gov
- Hours_of_Service:
- Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm, Central Standard Time
- Native_Data_Set_Environment:
- Original data were in ArcView 3.2 shapefile format. These data were loaded into NCDDC's spatial data model as ArcSDE layers. Output format will be ESRI shapefiles.
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- Data_Quality_Information:
- Attribute_Accuracy:
- Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
- Visual comparisons were made between the shapefiles and the original hard copy maps. Polygon attribute descriptors were cross-referenced with the source map legends to confirm consistency.
- Logical_Consistency_Report:
- No logical inconsistencies are known to exist in this dataset.
- Completeness_Report:
- The source data for this coverage was produced by the National Ocean Service and the Southeast Fisheries Science Center for the "Gulf of Mexico Coastal and Ocean Zones Strategic Assessment: Data Atlas." Information in these shapefiles may be less complete and less accurate than that contained in the source maps. It is strongly recommended that the information in the shapefiles be cross-referenced with the original source maps and that the process by which those maps were produced is well understood before using this information to draw any scientific or management conclusions.
- Lineage:
- Source_Information:
- Source_Citation:
- Citation_Information:
- Originator:
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Strategic Environmental Assessment Division
- Publication_Date:
- 19850101
- Title:
- Gulf of Mexico Coastal and Ocean Zones Strategic Assessment: Data Atlas
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:
- map
- Publication_Information:
- Publication_Place:
- Rockville, MD
- Publisher:
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Strategic Environmental Assessment Division
- Type_of_Source_Media:
- paper
- Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
- Time_Period_Information:
- Single_Date/Time:
- Calendar_Date:
- 19850101
- Source_Currentness_Reference:
- publication date
- Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
- species
- Source_Contribution:
- Original maps from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Strategic Environmental Assessment Division
- Source_Information:
- Source_Citation:
- Citation_Information:
- Originator:
- NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC-National Coastal Data Development Center
- Publication_Date:
- 2003
- Title:
- Distribution shapefile
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:
- vector digital data
- Publication_Information:
- Publication_Place:
- Stennis Space Center, MS
- Publisher:
- NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/National Coastal Data Development Center
- Type_of_Source_Media:
- online
- Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
- Time_Period_Information:
- Single_Date/Time:
- Calendar_Date:
- 19850101
- Source_Currentness_Reference:
- publication of source data
- Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
- shapefile
- Source_Contribution:
- NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC-National Coastal Data Development Center
- Process_Step:
- Process_Description:
- Data attribute table was modified to contain columns for species, description and time. The species column contains the common name of the organism. The description and time columns were added to the Adult, Spawning, Nursery, Commercial fishing, and Recreational fishing categories. Description columns contain the legend label for each zone within each category. Time columns contain a 2 digit binary code describing the temporal range for which the description applies. For some shapefiles, the original shapefiles were cropped to eliminate overlap with land areas. Spawning nursery categories were added based on text information in the legend of the original map.
- Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
- shapefile
- Process_Date:
- 2003
- Process_Contact:
- Contact_Information:
- Contact_Organization_Primary:
- Contact_Organization:
- NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC-National Coastal Data Development Center
- Contact_Address:
- Address_Type:
- mailing and physical
- City:
- Stennis Space Center
- State_or_Province:
- MS
- Postal_Code:
- 39529
- Country:
- USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone:
- 866-732-2382
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:
- 228-688-2968
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
- ncddcmetadata@noaa.gov
- Hours_of_Service:
- Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm, Central Standard Time
- Process_Step:
- Process_Description:
- The shapefile representing the species distribution data of the Gulf of Mexico was loaded into the National Coastal Data Development Center's spatial data model. This model uses ESRI's ArcSDE software to help manage geospatial data. All original information was retained in the newly created ArcSDE layer.
- Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
- shapefile
- Process_Date:
- 2004
- Process_Contact:
- Contact_Information:
- Contact_Organization_Primary:
- Contact_Organization:
- NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC-National Coastal Data Development Center
- Contact_Address:
- Address_Type:
- mailing and physical
- City:
- Stennis Space Center
- State_or_Province:
- MS
- Postal_Code:
- 39529
- Country:
- USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone:
- 866-732-2382
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:
- 228-688-2968
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
- ncddcmetadata@noaa.gov
- Hours_of_Service:
- Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm, Central Standard Time
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- Spatial_Reference_Information:
- Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
- Geographic:
- Latitude_Resolution:
- 0.05
- Longitude_Resolution:
- 0.05
- Geographic_Coordinate_Units:
- Decimal degrees
- Geodetic_Model:
- Horizontal_Datum_Name:
- North American Datum of 1927
- Ellipsoid_Name:
- Clarke 1866
- Semi-major_Axis:
- 6378206.4
- Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio:
- 294.978698
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- Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
- Overview_Description:
- Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
- The 18 shapefiles should contain all or most of the following attribute fields. Please refer to metadata records for each species for detailed descriptions.
FID, Shape, COMMONNAME, ADULT, A_DESCRIBE, A_TIME, SPAWNING, S_DESCRIBE, S_TIME, NURSERY, N_DESCRIBE, N_TIME, CFA, C_DESCRIBE, C_TIME, RFA, R_DESCRIBE, R_TIME, ITIS_NUM
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
- NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC-National Coastal Data Development Center
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- Distribution_Information:
- Distributor:
- Contact_Information:
- Contact_Organization_Primary:
- Contact_Organization:
- NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC-National Coastal Data Development Center
- Contact_Address:
- Address_Type:
- mailing and physical
- City:
- Stennis Space Center
- State_or_Province:
- MS
- Postal_Code:
- 39529
- Country:
- USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone:
- 866-732-2382
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:
- 228-688-2968
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
- ncddcmetadata@noaa.gov
- Hours_of_Service:
- Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm, Central Standard Time
- Distribution_Liability:
- NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA, NESDIS, NODC and NCDDC cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data, nor as a result of the failure of these data to function on a particular system.
- Technical_Prerequisites:
- Customer must have software that can read ESRI shapefiles such as ArcGIS or ArcExplorer.
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- Metadata_Reference_Information:
- Metadata_Date:
- 20150302
- Metadata_Contact:
- Contact_Information:
- Contact_Organization_Primary:
- Contact_Organization:
- NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC-National Coastal Data Development Center
- Contact_Address:
- Address_Type:
- mailing and physical
- Address:
- Bldg. 1021, Ste. 1003
- City:
- Stennis Space Center
- State_or_Province:
- MS
- Postal_Code:
- 39529
- Country:
- USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone:
- 866-732-2382
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:
- 228-688-2968
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
- ncddcmetadata@noaa.gov
- Hours_of_Service:
- Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm, Central Standard Time
- Metadata_Standard_Name:
- FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata_Standard_Version:
- FGDC-STD-001-1998
- Metadata_Access_Constraints:
- none
- Metadata_Use_Constraints:
- none
- Metadata_Security_Information:
- Metadata_Security_Classification_System:
- none
- Metadata_Security_Classification:
- Unclassified
- Metadata_Security_Handling_Description:
- none
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