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    MLPA Marine Habitat Matrix Geoprocessing Model

    Metadata Updated: July 23, 2025

    An ArcGIS geoprocessing model built upon a personal geodatabase (.mdb file) with stored access queries and functions which output formatted results. The data summaries and report formats are consistent with those used in MPA planning throughout the MLPA implementation process. The model classifies marine habitats across the following categories:

    • Depth (min and max)
    • Intertidal shoreline type (beaches, rocky, tidal flat, coastal marsh)
    • Coastal marsh areas beyond estuaries
    • Estuaries
    • Surfgrass
    • Eelgrass
    • Predicted benthic substrate type (hard or soft, stratified by depth)
    • Kelp canopy (1989, 1999, 2002 – 2006, 2008, average)
    • Submarine canyons stratified by depth

    This data and metadata were submitted by California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Staff though the Data Management Plan (DMP) framework with the id: DMP000475. For more information, please visit https://wildlife.ca.gov/Data/Sci-Data.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 27, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date July 23, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from State of California

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 27, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date July 23, 2025
    Publisher California Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Maintainer
    Identifier c8d5a10a-812d-41af-b819-e664d4378dcc
    Data First Published 2024-05-31T20:57:40.212883
    Data Last Modified 2024-05-31T21:11:13.433030
    Category Natural Resources
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id cd8df026-c2bb-41ab-8f3e-21df1a6d1800
    Harvest Source Id 3ba8a0c1-5dc2-4897-940f-81922d3cf8bc
    Harvest Source Title State of California
    License http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash de9409fcbac7ae8748248aa5bc87dfee249d17f802a3d54552c206efd29cf31a
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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