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    • San Francisco Bay Benthic Habitat 2011

    Metadata Updated: December 19, 2025

    These data define habitat data within the San Francisco Bay area and were developed through a collaborative effort with the California State Coastal Conservancy on behalf of the Ocean Protection Council. This project aimed to collect and delineate approximately 930 square miles of intertidal and subtidal lands. Habitat delineation extended from the upper intertidal zone to the point where bottom image signatures were no longer visible due to depth or turbidity, approximately minus-2 meters in the San Francisco Bay system. A single benthic habitat dataset was used to extract three data layers: biotic, substrate, and geoform. While polygon boundaries remained unchanged during extraction, any polygons lacking biotic, substrate, or geoform information were removed from their respective layers. These data are designed to assist local coastal zone managers in their decision-making processes and the long-term management of the Bay, including applications such as sea level rise.

    The layers available within the data download include: biotic, geoform, and substrate.

    Partners: California State Coastal Conservancy on behalf of the Ocean Protection Council

    Access & Use Information

    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 Date December 9, 2025
    Metadata Created Date December 19, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date December 19, 2025
    Reference Date(s) January 15, 2026 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NOS OCM

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date December 9, 2025
    Metadata Created Date December 19, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date December 19, 2025
    Reference Date(s) January 15, 2026 (publication)
    Responsible Party NOAA Office for Coastal Management (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:77589
    Access Constraints Cite As: Office for Coastal Management, [Date of Access]: San Francisco Bay Benthic Habitat 2011 [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/77589., Use Constraints: These data were created for planning and management. Users should be aware of temporal changes that may have occurred since the collection of original source data sets., Distribution Liability: Any conclusions drawn from the analysis of this information are not the responsibility of NOAA, the Office for Coastal Management or its partners. All content is licensed under the CC0 1.0 Universal public domain dedication.
    Bbox East Long -121.802459
    Bbox North Lat 38.253577
    Bbox South Lat 37.412059
    Bbox West Long -122.531409
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned
    Harvest Object Id 3f7ff1f6-9f46-46cc-9b2a-3cc0b8ee4b79
    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": [[[-122.531409, 37.412059], [-121.802459, 37.412059], [-121.802459, 38.253577], [-122.531409, 38.253577], [-122.531409, 37.412059]]]}
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System EPSG::4269
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2010-08-26
    Temporal Extent End 2011-08-23

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