Vegetation habitat units derived from 2011 aerial imagery and field data for the Elwha River estuary, Washington

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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 2011 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: 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 3 September 2011* 0.3-meter-resolution aerial imagery (Microsoft/Digital Globe) at a scale of 1:1500. *Image date of 3-Sep corrected in metadata. During product generation the imagery date was believed to be 8-25-2011, as reported by DigitalGlobe reseller.
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: 20110903
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -123.572782035
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -123.553199746
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.150433088
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.141601516
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:591dc198e4b0a7fdb43f3f17
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: Digital Globe
Publication_Date: 2011
Title: Microsoft/DigitalGlobe 2011-09-03
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Raster Digital Data (Aerial Imagery)
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Digital Globe
Publisher: Digital Globe
Online_Linkage:
Source_Scale_Denominator: 20000
Type_of_Source_Media: Digital and/or Hardcopy Resources
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20110903
Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Microsoft/DigitalGlobe 20110903
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: 55
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:
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Range_Domain_Maximum: 4806.7239255
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meter
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Attribute_Label: Shape_Area
Attribute_Definition: Area of feature in internal units squared.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri
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Range_Domain_Maximum: 174261.824087
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_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
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
Country: United States
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-275-8747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sciencebase@usgs.gov
Resource_Description:
These data are available in shapefile format (VegUnits_2011.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: 0.046
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information: 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

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