BSYCHAB -- Habitat polygons for the Big Sycamore reserve area

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Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Guy R. Cochrane
Publication_Date: 2002
Title: BSYCHAB -- Habitat polygons for the Big Sycamore reserve area
Edition: (Version 1.0, June 14, 2002)
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 03-085

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Western Coastal and Marine Geology, Menlo Park, CA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr0385
Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Guy R. Cochrane
Originator: Nicole M. Nasby
Originator: Jane A. Reid
Originator: Ben Waltenberger
Originator: Kristen Lee
Publication_Date: 2003
Title:

Nearshore Benthic Habitat GIS for the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Southern California State Fisheries Reserves, Volume 1

Edition: 1.0
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 03-085

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Western Coastal and Marine Geology, Menlo Park, CA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr0385

Description:

Abstract:

Benthic habitat polygon coverages have been created for marine reserve locations surrounding the Santa Barbara Basin. Diver, ROV and submersible video transects, bathymetry data, sedimentary samples, and sonar mapping, have been integrated to describe the geological, biological, and oceanographic aspects of habitat. Big Sycamore reserve, is part of the Marine Ecological Reserves Research Program (MERRP). The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in a cooperative project with Sea Grant-MERRP and investigators at National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS), and National Park Service (NPS) has collected sidescan sonar and video data to produce a polygon coverage. The habitat polygons have attributes for megahabitat, bottom induration, macrohabitat (where macrohabitat observations are available), polygon area, polygon perimeter, and water depth. The habitat GIS shows rocky habitat suitable for rockfish (Sebastes sp.), abalone (Haliotis sp.), and other threatened benthic species from the shoreline out to the 100-m depth limit of the survey.

Purpose:

These data are intended for science researchers, students, policy makers, and the general public. The data can be used with geographic information systems (GIS) software to display geologic and oceanographic information.

Supplemental_Information:

Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Although this Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant metadata file is intended to document the data set in nonproprietary form, as well as in ArcInfo format, this metadata file may include some ArcInfo-specific terminology.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2002

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: In work
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -119.083798
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -118.942177
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.091035
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.005659

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:62c1b230-a896-48a4-b955-0722c8f5e973

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Theme_Keyword: PCMSC
Theme_Keyword: Coastal Geology
Theme_Keyword: Marine Geology
Theme_Keyword: habitat
Theme_Keyword: benthic habitat
Theme_Keyword: habitat mapping
Theme_Keyword: nearshore benthic mapping
Theme_Keyword: fisheries
Theme_Keyword: seafloor
Theme_Keyword: geology
Theme_Keyword: interpretive data layer

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: habitats
Theme_Keyword: sea-floor characteristics
Theme_Keyword: geospatial datasets

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme_Keyword: biota
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Big Sycamore Reserve
Place_Keyword: Point Dume
Place_Keyword: Channel Islands
Place_Keyword: Southern California
Place_Keyword: Santa Cruz Islands
Place_Keyword: Santa Barbara
Place_Keyword: Ventura
Place_Keyword: California
Place_Keyword: CA
Place_Keyword: North Pacific Ocean
Place_Keyword: Northern Pacific Ocean
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: west coast
Place_Keyword: USA

Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:

Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as the source of this information.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Contact_Person: PCMSC Science Data Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-427-4747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pcmsc_data@usgs.gov

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-85/b_syc/bsychab.jpg
Browse_Graphic_File_Description: JPEG image of habitat polygons
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG

Data_Set_Credit:

Thanks to the Staff of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, the crew of the NOAA R/V Ballena, the crew of the NOAA R/V McArthur, and the crew of the UCSD R/V Sproul.

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

United States Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)

Publication_Date: 20020916
Title: USGS CMG Big Sycamore Habitat Metadata
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr0385
Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

United States Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)

Publication_Date: 20020916
Title: USGS CMG Infobank
Online_Linkage: http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Habitat polygons were hand drawn from a georeferenced sidescan sonar mosaic tiff.
Habitat attribute types are from Greene, G.H., Yoklavich, M.M., Starr, R.M., O'Connell, V.M., Wakefield, W.W., Sullivan, D.E., McRea, J.E., and Cailliet, G.M., 1999. A classification scheme for deep seafloor habitats. Oceanologica Acta, 22, 663-678.
Macrohabitat attributes assignments are limited to areas where bottom video has been collected.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Polygon topology present. Every polygon has a label and are all polygons closed

Completeness_Report:

Macrohabitat classification is missing where video information is lacking

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Accuracy of the horizontal coordinates is on the order of 10 m based on uncertainty in position of sidescan sonar fish relative to ships GPS position.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Cochrane, G.R., and K. D. Lafferty, 2002, Use of acoustic classification of sidescan sonar data for mapping benthic habitat in the Northern Channel Islands, California. Continental Shelf Research, 22:683-690.

Process_Date: 20010101

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:

Edited metadata to add USGS Thesaurus keywords and perform minor edits to bring the metadata up to current PCMSC standards. No data were changed. The metadata available from a harvester may supersede metadata bundled within a download file. Users are advised to compare the metadata dates to determine which metadata file is most recent.

Process_Date: 20211020
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Susan 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: 407

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 558

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 354

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001
Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:


BSYCHAB.PAT:

COLUMN   ITEM NAME        WIDTH OUTPUT  TYPE N.DEC  ALTERNATE NAME
    1  AREA                   4    12     F      3
    5  PERIMETER              4    12     F      3
    9  BSYCHAB#               4     5     B      -
   13  BSYCHAB-ID             4     5     B      -
   17  MEGA_ID                9     9     C      -
   26  BOTTOM_ID              9     9     C      -
   35  MSO_MRC_ID             9     9     C      -
   44  MDFR_ID                9     9     C      -
   53  AREA_SQM               8    18     F      0
   61  PERIM_M                8    18     F      0
   69  CODE                   8     8     C      -

Attributes 5-8 are benthic habitat classification attributes: megahabitat, bottom induration, meso-macrohabitat, and modifiers from Green and others, 1999. CODE is a combination of the habitat attributes. MEGA_ID is usually S for Shelf, but may be F for basin or canyon flank. BOTTOM_ID is h for hard bottom, m for mixed hard and soft bottom, or s for soft sediment bottom MSO_MRC_ID is based on visual observations of kelp (k), sand waves (w) and other macrohabitats described in Greene and others 1999. MDFR_ID are modifiers to describe the texture or lithology of the seafloor such as f for fractured.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:

Habitat attribute types are from Greene, G.H., Yoklavich, M.M., Starr, R.M., O'Connell, V.M., Wakefield, W.W., Sullivan, D.E., McRea, J.E., and Cailliet, G.M., 1999. A classification scheme for deep seafloor habitats. Oceanologica Acta, 22, 663-678.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Guy R. Cochrane
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geophysicist
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) 427-4754
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (831) 427-4748
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gcochrane@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
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_Version_Number: 3.3
Format_Specification: ESRI Shapefile format
Format_Information_Content:

The SHP file contains the geospatial data. The SHX file contains the index of the geospatial data. The DBF file contains the attribute data in dBase format. The PRJ file contains the coordinate system information (optional). The AVL file contains the legend information (optional). The SBN and SBX files contain the spatial index of the geospatial data (optional). The XML file contains the metadata describing the data set <data set name>.shp.xml. An ASCII version of the metadata file. A browse graphic showing the data layer coverage and extent (optional).

File_Decompression_Technique: zip archive
Transfer_Size: 0.226

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr0385

Access_Instructions: Data may be retrieved via any WWW browser.

Fees: None

Technical_Prerequisites:

These data are available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) shapefile format. The user must have ArcGIS or ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView or ArcGIS, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of the importing data. A free data viewer, arcexplorer, capable of displaying the data is available from ESRI at www.esri.com.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20211020
Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Contact_Person: PCMSC Science Data Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060
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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