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Biscayne National Park Merged Habitat Map

Metadata Updated: March 3, 2026

Biscayne National Park released a draft General Management Plan (GMP) in 2011 that identifies alternatives for future management prescriptions within the park. While these alternatives are focused on enhancing the condition of natural resources, each alternative will impact resources differently. The South Florida / Caribbean Network of the National Park Service (NPS) supported the GMP by quantifying levels of natural resource affected by each alternative presented. An accuracy evaluation of the inshore map produced by PhotoScience, Inc. in 2009 based on Braun-Blanquet histograms and remote sensing data revealed that, with some basic modifications, the map is 86.5 % and 78.9% accurate respectively. This map was merged with an offshore benthic and a terrestrial vegetation map using ESRI ArcGIS v. 10 to produce a comprehensive map for the park. A geospatial analysis based on the final product provided the area of coverage for major ecosystems present in the park. The map was also used to calculate the area of specific habitats impacted under the several alternatives presented in the GMP. The final product is a valuable tool for park managers and stakeholders. Geospatial comparisons with previous efforts can monitor ecosystem change and help develop appropriate management strategies to address present and future challenges.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date January 14, 2026
Metadata Updated Date March 3, 2026

Metadata Source

Harvested from DOI NPS DCAT-US

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date January 14, 2026
Metadata Updated Date March 3, 2026
Publisher National Park Service
Maintainer
Identifier http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/NPS_DataStore_2293479
Data First Published 2017-10-11T00:00:00Z
Data Last Modified 2017-10-11T00:00:00Z
Category geospatial
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 010:24
Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
Metadata Catalog ID https://ddi.doi.gov/nps-data.json
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
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Harvest Source Id d917c1a9-26b7-43ea-b8c5-c77ec750a850
Harvest Source Title DOI NPS DCAT-US
Homepage URL https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2293479
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial -80.3472,25.2914314,-80.08941,25.6711121
Program Code 010:118, 010:119
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 6b47d8f68d8f605945ab45d6f253909ebe13139528a0309580b0d1f8365e31dc
Source Schema Version 1.1
Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": -80.3472, 25.2914314, -80.3472, 25.6711121, -80.08941, 25.6711121, -80.08941, 25.2914314, -80.3472, 25.2914314}
Temporal 2009-01-01/2013-01-01

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