Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Andrew C. Ritchie Originator: Aaron T. Freeman Originator: Patrick B. Shafroth Publication_Date: 2017 Title: Vegetation habitat units derived from 2009 aerial imagery and field data for the Elwha River estuary, Washington Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Vector Digital Data Set (Polygon) Series_Information: Series_Name: data release Issue_Identification: 10.5066/F75B00N4 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, California Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F75B00N4 Online_Linkage: https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/591ccd87e4b0a7fdb43deeda Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Melissa M. Foley Originator: Patrick B. Shafroth Originator: Matthew M. Bierne Originator: Rebecca Paradis Originator: Andrew C. Ritchie Publication_Date: 2017 Title: Ecological parameters in the Elwha River estuary before and during dam removal Series_Information: Series_Name: data release Issue_Identification: 10.5066/F75B00N4 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F75B00N4 Description: Abstract: Estuary vegetation cover delineated from 11 September 2009 1-meter-resolution NAIP aerial imagery at a scale of 1:1500. Purpose: Data were collected/produced to monitor and assess changes to coastal habitats during dam removal on the Elwha River, Clallam County, WA, USA. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 20090911 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: none planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -123.572702559 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -123.553199762 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.150530928 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.141603444 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier Theme_Keyword: USGS:591ccd87e4b0a7fdb43deeda Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: coastal ecosystems Theme_Keyword: coastal processes Theme_Keyword: habitats Theme_Keyword: vegetation Theme_Keyword: ecological processes Theme_Keyword: human impacts Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) keywords Theme_Keyword: ecological change Theme_Keyword: dam Theme_Keyword: human impacts on habitats Theme_Keyword: dam removal Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: environment Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Place_Keyword: Elwha River Place_Keyword: Port Angeles Place_Keyword: Clallam County Place_Keyword: United States of America Place_Keyword: Washington Place_Keyword: Olympic Peninsula Access_Constraints: None. Use_Constraints: USGS-authored or produced data and information are in the public domain from the U.S. Government and are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize and acknowledge the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service as the originator(s) of the dataset and in products derived from these data. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Patrick B. Shafroth Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Region Contact_Position: Research Ecologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 2150 Centre Avenue Bldg C City: Fort Collins State_or_Province: CO Postal_Code: 80526 Country: United States Contact_Voice_Telephone: 970-226-9327 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 970-226-9230 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: shafrothp@usgs.gov Data_Set_Credit: NPS, USGS Native_Data_Set_Environment: Environment as of Metadata Creation: Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.4.1 (Build 5686) Service Pack N/A (Build N/A) Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Melissa M. Foley Originator: Jonathan A. Warrick Originator: Andrew Ritchie Originator: Andrew W. Stevens Originator: Patrick B. Shafroth Originator: Jeffrey J. Duda Originator: Matthew M. Beirne Originator: Rebecca Paradis Originator: Guy Gelfenbaum Originator: Randall McCoy Originator: Erin S. Cubley Publication_Date: 2017 Title: Coastal habitat and biological community response to dam removal on the Elwha River Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Ecological Society of America, Washington DC Publisher: Ecological Monographs Online_Linkage: http://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1268 Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: No formal attribute accuracy tests were conducted. Logical_Consistency_Report: No formal logical accuracy tests were conducted. Completeness_Report: Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: A formal accuracy assessment of the horizontal positional information in the data set has not been conducted. Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: A formal accuracy assessment of the vertical positional information in the data set has either not been conducted, or is not applicable. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Farm Service Agency Publication_Date: 20090911 Title: NAIP 2009 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Raster Digital Data (Aerial Imagery) Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Digital Globe Publisher: FSA Online_Linkage: http://earthexplorer.cr.usgs.gov/metadata/fgdc/5280/930934 Source_Scale_Denominator: 20000 Type_of_Source_Media: Digital and/or Hardcopy Resources Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20090827 Ending_Date: 20090911 Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USDA NAIP 2009 Source_Contribution: provided high-resolution imagery showing ground conditions Process_Step: Process_Description: identify project area and create clip extent for aerial imagery Process_Date: 20150330 Process_Step: Process_Description: Delineate vegetation units from aerial imagery and field-mapped data Process_Date: 20150501 Process_Step: Process_Description: Revise polygon boundaries for consistency with geomorphic units, revise map units to produce fewer more generalized categories, calculate area values Process_Date: 20160430 Process_Step: Process_Description: Keywords section of metadata edited for consistency across the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center and to further optimize discovery in search engines and data catalogs. Metadata was modified to bring up to current USGS PCMSC standards. Minor typos were corrected. No data information was changed. Process_Date: 20180719 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Susan A Cochran Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 2885 Mission Street City: Santa Cruz State_or_Province: CA Postal_Code: 95060-5792 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (831) 460-7545 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: scochran@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Corrected Point of Contact and Metadata Contact phone number prefix. Process_Date: 20180905 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Susan A Cochran Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical Address: 2885 Mission St. City: Santa Cruz State_or_Province: CA Postal_Code: 95060 Country: United States Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-460-7545 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: scochran@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Edited metadata to add keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword. No data were changed. Process_Date: 20201019 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross Contact_Position: Marine Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Performed minor edits to the metadata to correct typos. No data were changed Process_Date: 20211013 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Susan A. Cochran Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address: 2885 Mission Street City: Santa Cruz State_or_Province: CA Postal_Code: 95060 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-460-7545 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: scochran@usgs.gov Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 51 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Planar: Grid_Coordinate_System: Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator Universal_Transverse_Mercator: UTM_Zone_Number: 10 Transverse_Mercator: Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.9996 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -123.0 Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.0 False_Easting: 500000.0 False_Northing: 0.0 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: 0.6096 Ordinate_Resolution: 0.6096 Planar_Distance_Units: Meter Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_North_American_1983 Ellipsoid_Name: GRS_1980 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: Attribute Table Entity_Type_Definition: Table containing attribute information associated with the data set. Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Producer defined Attribute: Attribute_Label: OBJECTID Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number. Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Attribute: Attribute_Label: VEG_DESC Attribute_Definition: Vegetative cover types developed using aerial image interpretation with ground-truth surveys to assess changes to coastal vegetation and habitats during removal of two dams on the Elwha River, Clallam County, WA, USA. Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Dunegrass Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Plant communities dominated by Leymus mollis (American dunegrass) with generally high diversity of forb species. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Emergent marsh transition Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Plant assemblages including relatively pure emergent marsh transition plants such as Juncus spp. (rushes), Carex spp. (sedges), Potentilla anserina (Pacific silverweed), Rumex salicifolius (willow dock), and Eleocharis palustris (spike rush). In addition, this vegetation cover type includes vegetation that typically occurs between the narrow bands of emergent marsh transition vegetation that are subject to regular and relatively large tidally-driven water level fluctuations and patches of riparian shrub or riparian forest that typically are inundated by river flooding vs. tidal fluctuations. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mixed pioneer vegetation Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Generally sparse cover of early colonizing taxa adapted to highly disturbed, high light conditions that may also be nutrient-poor or salty. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mixed riparian forest Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Mature forests composed of deciduous and coniferous trees with shrub understory. Common overstory trees include Acer macrophyllum (bigleaf maple), Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa (black cottonwood), Alnus rubra (red alder), Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas-fir), Thuja plicata (western red cedar), and Abies grandis (grand fir). Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Riparian shrub Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Plant assemblages characterized by high shrub cover, including: Rosa nutkana (Nutka rose), Rosa pisocarpa (clustered wild rose), Crataegus douglasii (black hawthorne), Lonicera involucrata (black twinberry), Malus fusca (Pacific crab apple), Oemleria cerasiformis (Indian-plum), Rubus spectabilis (salmonberry), and Symphoricarpos albus (common snowberry). Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Roads, residential structures and yards, upland veg Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Disturbed land dominated by anthropogenic activities and structures. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Willow-alder forest Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Young deciduous forest composed primarily of Salix spp. (willow species) and Alnus rubra (red alder). Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined Attribute: Attribute_Label: Shape_Leng Attribute_Definition: perimeter of feature in internal units Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 39.8415665794 Range_Domain_Maximum: 4756.98704749 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meter Attribute: Attribute_Label: Shape_Area Attribute_Definition: Area of feature in internal units squared. Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 72.7148463232 Range_Domain_Maximum: 169424.490931 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: square meter Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: The entity and attribute information provided here describes the tabular data associated with the data set. Please review the detailed descriptions that are provided (the individual attribute descriptions) for information on the values that appear as fields/table entries of the data set. Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: The entity and attribute information provided here describes the tabular data associated with the data set. Please review the detailed descriptions that are provided (the individual attribute descriptions) for information on the values that appear as fields/table entries of the data set. Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address: Denver Federal Center, Building 810, Mail Stop 302 City: Denver State_or_Province: CO Postal_Code: 80225 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-275-8747 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sciencebase@usgs.gov Resource_Description: These data are available in shapefile format (VegUnits_2009.shp and accompanying files), which also includes CSDGM FGDC-compliant metadata. Distribution_Liability: Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: Shapefile Format_Information_Content: Zip file contains the shapefile and accompanying files, as well as associated metadata. Transfer_Size: 0.041 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/591ccd87e4b0a7fdb43deeda Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.5066/F75B00N4 Access_Instructions: The first network resource link will begin a direct download of the data. The second link is a landing page for the entire project. Fees: None. No fees are applicable for obtaining the data set. Technical_Prerequisites: The downloadable data file has been compressed with the "zip" command and can be unzipped with Winzip (or other tool) on Windows systems. To utilize these data, the user must have software capable of uncompressing the WinZip file and importing and viewing an Esri ArcMap SHP. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20211013 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center Contact_Person: PCMSC Science Data Coordinator Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 2885 Mission St City: Santa Cruz State_or_Province: CA Postal_Code: 95060-5792 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-427-4747 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pcmsc_data@usgs.gov Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998