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Humboldt Bay Benthic Habitats 2009 Aquatic Setting

Metadata Updated: March 15, 2024

Humboldt Bay is the largest estuary in California north of San Francisco Bay and represents a significant resource for the north coast region. Beginning in 2007 the Coastal Services Center began collaborating with the California SeaGrant program and other local partners to support an ecosystem-based management (EBM) project for Humboldt Bay. One element of this project was to develop subtidal habitat goals for the long-term management of the bay and provide a framework for conservation and management across the land-sea interface. An aerial imagery-based mapping effort was conducted between 2008 and 2010 which produced a shallow benthic habitat map classified using the Florida System for Classifying Habitats in Estuarine and Marine Environments (SCHEME) system. This effort resulted in a single polygon shapefile which was later converted to the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS)classification and organized into separate feature layers for three CMECS components; geoform, substrate, and biotic. Aquatic setting layers (#1 and #2) were produced to further populate the CMECS data structure. Ancillary data was used to accomplish this process in 2015. Original contact information: Contact Org: NOAA Office for Coastal Management Phone: 843-740-1202 Email: coastal.info@noaa.gov

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Metadata Date February 29, 2024
Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date March 15, 2024
Reference Date(s) 2016 (publication)
Frequency Of Update asNeeded

Metadata Source

Harvested from NOS OCM

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Sample of benthic cover data

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Date February 29, 2024
Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date March 15, 2024
Reference Date(s) 2016 (publication)
Responsible Party NOAA Office for Coastal Management (Point of Contact, Custodian)
Contact Email
Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:47851
Access Constraints Cite As: Office for Coastal Management, [Date of Access]: Humboldt Bay Benthic Habitats 2009 Aquatic Setting [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/47851., Access Constraints: None, Use Constraints: None, Distribution Liability: NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
Bbox East Long -124.065296
Bbox North Lat 40.868302
Bbox South Lat 40.675231
Bbox West Long -124.278286
Coupled Resource
Frequency Of Update asNeeded
Graphic Preview Description Sample of benthic cover data
Graphic Preview File https://coast.noaa.gov/data/Images/Collections/BenthicCover_thumbnail.jpg
Graphic Preview Type JPEG
Harvest Object Id 1716e7ea-832f-4c8a-9f72-2a37fe76b214
Harvest Source Id c0121fd9-df15-4168-ac04-42f6e36a794d
Harvest Source Title NOS OCM
Licence NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
Lineage
Metadata Language eng
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-124.278286, 40.675231], [-124.065296, 40.675231], [-124.065296, 40.868302], [-124.278286, 40.868302], [-124.278286, 40.675231]]]}
Progress completed
Spatial Data Service Type
Spatial Reference System
Spatial Harvester True

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