Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Mark Hansen
Publication_Date: 2015
Title:
Single-Beam Bathymetry Sounding Data of Lemon Bay, Florida (2011) in XYZ format
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name:
Archive of Bathymetry Data Collected in South Florida from 1995 to 2015
Issue_Identification: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series-1031
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, Florida
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1031
Description:
Abstract:
Lemon Bay is a long narrow body of water on the west central Florida coast, straddling both Sarasota and Charlotte counties. It encompasses nearly 7700 acres and ranges in depth from 7 meters (m) at Stump Pass to less than 10 centimeters (cm) on the many emergent shoals throughout the bay. The bay is home to a sizeable manatee population where they feed in the very shallow waters on sea grass. Manatees have been satellite tracked and found their daily routine includes moving to and from grass flats including crossing the Intercoastal Water Way (ICWW). Unfortunately, due to the configuration of the main ICWW, there is a high incident of manatee deaths due to boat collisions. In an effort reduce fatalities, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the Wildlife Foundation of Florida (WFF) has developed a program entitled Manatee Response to Boats.
This report serves as an archive of processed single-beam bathymetry data that were collected in Lemon Bay, Florida in 2011. Geographic information system data products include a XYZ data, bathymetric contours, and USGS quadrangle map. Additional files include formal Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) metadata.
Purpose:
The overarching goal of the study is to understand how manatees respond to water-craft in their natural environment in order to provide managers with a solid scientific basis for taking actions to reduce the risk of vessel strikes. The specific goal of this FWC funded project is to create a detailed bathymetric map of the 2007 study area in Lemon Bay using a vessel-mounted acoustic swath system. Data on bathymetry provide the essential physiographic context for understanding manatee-boat interactions and constraints on manatee movements and habitat use.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2011
Currentness_Reference:
Data assumed to be constant over time but may change due to geologic processes.
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -82.43515
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -82.26967
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 27.04745
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 26.82385
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:ff5d8eaf-9868-4329-801c-523d297c4d30
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General
Theme_Keyword: bathymetry
Theme_Keyword: circulation model
Theme_Keyword: hydrology
Theme_Keyword: mapping
Theme_Keyword: SANDS
Theme_Keyword: sediment dynamics
Theme_Keyword: System for Accurate Nearshore Depth Surveying
Theme_Keyword: single beam
Theme_Keyword: echosounder
Theme_Keyword: erosion
Theme_Keyword: hydrography
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Theme_Keyword: SPCMSC
Theme_Keyword: soundings
Theme_Keyword: elevation
Theme_Keyword: sea floor
Theme_Keyword: orthometric
Theme_Keyword: water depth
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: environment
Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters
Theme_Keyword: elevation
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation
Theme_Keyword: imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:
Department of Commerce, 2001, Countries, Dependencies, Areas of
Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions,
Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 10-4, Washington,
D.C., National Institute of Standards and Technology
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: US
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the identification of
the States, the District of Columbia and the outlying areas of the
United States, and associated areas (Federal Information Processing
Standard 5-2): Washington, D. C., NIST
Place_Keyword: Florida
Place_Keyword: FL
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:
Department of Commerce, 1990, Counties and Equivalent Entities of
the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas, FIPS 6-3,
Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Place_Keyword: Lemon Bay
Place_Keyword: Manasota Key
Place_Keyword: Englewood
Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico
Access_Constraints:
The U.S. Geological Survey requests that it be referenced as the originator of this dataset in any future products or research derived from these data.
Use_Constraints: These data should not be used for navigational purposes.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Mark Hansen
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Oceanographer
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 600 Fourth Street South
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (727) 502-8000
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mhansen@usgs.gov
Data_Set_Credit:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and The Wildlife Foundation of Florida (WFF) provided funding for the study. B.J Reynolds was the USGS principal investigator and Mark Hansen was the USGS co-investigator. Nancy DeWitt performed a significant portion of bathymetric survey data collection and processing.
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
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