Robert B. Halley
2005
Suggested Polygon of the Habitat Area of Particular Concern Associated with Pulley Ridge
vector digital data
Open-File Report
2005-1089
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20051089
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1089/data/basemap/hapc_corals.zip
VeeAnn A. Cross
David C. Twichell
Robert B. Halley
Kate T. Ciembronowicz
Bret D. Jarrett
Erika S. Hammar-Klose
Al C. Hine
Stan D. Locker
Dave F. Naar
2005
GIS Compilation of Data Collected from the Pulley Ridge Deep Coral Reef Region
Open-File Report
2005-1089
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1089/
Pulley Ridge is a series of drowned barrier islands that extends almost 200 km in 60-100 m water depths. This drowned ridge is located on the Florida Platform in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico about 250 km west of Cape Sable, Florida. This barrier island chain formed during the initial stage of the Holocene marine transgression. These islands were then submerged and left abandoned near the outer edge of the Florida Platform. The southern portion of Pulley Ridge hosts zooxanthellate scleractinian corals, green, red and brown macro algae, and a mix of deep and typically shallow-water tropical fishes. This reef community is in unusually deep water, and its extent and the controls on its distribution were unknown. To address these questions scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Geology Program in cooperation with scientists from the University of South Florida Department of Marine Sciences have completed a detailed mapping of the southernmost 35 km of Pulley Ridge. The area was mapped using multibeam bathymetry, sidescan-sonar imagery, and high-resolution seismic-reflection profiling to define the geologic framework on which the reef is established. Submersible dives, remotely operated vehicle (ROV) transects, and transects of bottom photographs and video were collected to identify the corals and to map their distribution. This extensive suite of data has been compiled and preliminary analysis of the data suggests that the reefs are not tied to the ridge system, but instead are more broadly distributed. Whether reef distribution is controlled by oceanographic conditions or by subtle differences in the substrate that overlies the barrier island system is unclear, and are topics of continued research.
This polygon shapefile is intended to give the suggested boundary of the Habitat Area of Particular Concern associated with Pulley Ridge.
2005
publication date
None planned
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-83.597687
24.999506
24.664856
USGS Metadata Identifier
USGS:3662b65d-a390-4380-8070-e037fc549047
None
bounds
CMGP
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
coral
coral reef
OF 2005-1089
Open-File Report
polygon
reef
shapefile
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Woods Hole Science Center
interpretation
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
environment
USGS Thesaurus
scientific interpretation
sea-floor characteristics
reef ecosystems
habitats
geospatial datasets
None
Florida
Florida Shelf
Gulf of Mexico
North America
Pulley Ridge
United States
None.
The U.S. Geological Survey must be referenced as the originator of the dataset in any future products or research derived from these data.
Robert Halley
U.S. Geological Survey
Geologist
mailing and physical address
USGS Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg
FL
33701-4846
(727) 803-8747x3113
(727) 803-2032
rhalley@usgs.gov
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535
Information unavailable from original metadata.
Information unavailable from original metadata.
Coordinates in decimal degrees were used to approximate the bounds for the suggested polygon covering the Habitat Area of Particular Concern.
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Area and perimeter calculations performed in ArcView 3.3 using the sample script "calcapl.ave".
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Edits to the metadata were made to fix any errors that MP v 2.9.36 flagged. This is necessary to enable the metadata to be successfully harvested for various data catalogs. In some cases, this meant adding text "Information unavailable" or "Information unavailable from original metadata" for those required fields that were left blank. Other minor edits were probably performed (title, publisher, publication place, etc.). Added the online link to the data in the distribution section. Attempted to modify http to https where appropriate. The link to the larger work citation had to be fixed. Added the theme keyword interpretation. Added ISO 19115 Topic Category keywords. The metadata date (but not the metadata creator) was edited to reflect the date of these changes. The metadata available from a harvester may supersede metadata bundled within a download file. Compare the metadata dates to determine which metadata file is most recent.
20170316
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
Mailing and Physical
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2251
508-457-2310
vatnipp@usgs.gov
USGS Thesaurus keywords added to the keyword section.
20180720
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
Mailing and Physical
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2251
508-457-2310
vatnipp@usgs.gov
Crossref DOI link was added as the first link in the metadata.
20191118
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
Mailing and Physical
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2251
508-457-2310
vatnipp@usgs.gov
Added keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword.
20200908
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
Mailing and Physical
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2251
508-457-2310
vatnipp@usgs.gov
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G-polygon
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Decimal degrees
North American Datum of 1983
Geodetic Reference System 80
6378137.000000
298.257222
hapc_corals
Information unavailable from original metadata.
Information unavailable from original metadata.
FID
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Shape
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Coordinates defining the features.
ID
Number automatically generated during shapefile creation.
Software.
1
1
AREA
Area that the polygon encloses in meters. Based on projection in the UTM, Zone 17, NAD 83 projection.
Data processor.
727509815.560
727509815.560
meters
PERIMETER
Perimeter of the polygon in meters. Based on projection in the UTM, Zone 17, NAD 83 projection.
Data processor.
113408.020
113408.020
meters
David C. Twichell
U.S. Geological Survey
Oceanographer
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
(508) 548-8700 x2266
(508) 457-2310
dtwichell@usgs.gov
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Shapefile
Zip file contains the data and associated metadata.
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1089/data/basemap/hapc_corals.zip
none
20240318
VeeAnn A. Cross
U.S. Geological Survey
Marine Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
(508) 548-8700 x2251
(508) 457-2310
whsc_data_contact@usgs.gov
The metadata contact email address is a generic address in the event the person is no longer with USGS. (updated on 20240318)
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
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