Soft Sediment Mussel Beds

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
Publication_Date: 20150106
Title: Soft Sediment Mussel Beds
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Online_Linkage: <http://www.mass.gov/eea/mop>
Online_Linkage: <http://www.mass.gov/czm/mapping/index.htm>
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
Publication_Date: 20150106
Title: 2015 Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan
Online_Linkage: <http://www.mass.gov/eea/mop>
Description:
Abstract:
These data show the locations where soft sediment mussel beds were observed in analyzed seafloor photographs. Over 10,000 images of the seafloor have been obtained from the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) and U.S. Geological Survey Seafloor Mapping Cooperative and from surveys conducted by CZM and partners on the Ocean Survey Vessel Bold. CZM classified the biological information in these photos according to a modified version of the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS), Version 4.0, Benthic Biotic Component (Federal Geographic Data Committee, January 2012). CMECS, a Federal Geographic Data Committee standard, is a hierarchal system that provides a means for classifying ecological units using a standard format. In the CMECS Benthic Biotic Component, biotic classifications are defined by the dominance of stable, sessile, or slow-moving species visible in the photo. Each photo was reviewed and classified with a primary biotic groups in accordance with CMECS guidance. Note that the imaged area of a photo is the mapping unit and that area is most often within 0.5 to 1.25 meters from left to right, depending on the height of the camera off the seafloor when the photograph was taken.
Purpose:
These data were used in the development of the 2015 Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan.
Supplemental_Information:
The Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan protects critical marine habitat and important water-dependent uses and sets standards for new ocean-based development. In response to the Oceans Act of 2008, the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) issued the original ocean plan in December 2009. The Oceans Act requires EEA to review and update the ocean plan at least once every five years. The 2015 Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan, released on January 6, 2015, is the first formal amendment to the 2009 ocean plan. These data were produced to support the development of the 2015 ocean plan.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20150106
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.868806
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.574763
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.686734
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.339434
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: biota
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: coastal zone management
Theme_Keyword: CZM
Theme_Keyword: EBM
Theme_Keyword: ecosystem-based management
Theme_Keyword: EEA
Theme_Keyword: EOEEA
Theme_Keyword: Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
Theme_Keyword: marine spatial planning
Theme_Keyword: Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan
Theme_Keyword: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
Theme_Keyword: MSP
Theme_Keyword: ocean management
Theme_Keyword: ocean plan
Theme_Keyword: Oceans Act of 2008
Theme_Keyword: soft sediment mussel beds
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:
NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0
Place_Keyword:
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > MASSACHUSETTS
Place_Keyword: OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
Place_Keyword: OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MAINE
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: U.S. Board on Geographic Names
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
Place_Keyword: Bigelow Bight
Place_Keyword: Buzzards Bay
Place_Keyword: Cape Cod Bay
Place_Keyword: Gulf of Maine
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Bay
Place_Keyword: Nantucket Sound
Place_Keyword: North America
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: Vineyard Sound
Access_Constraints:
None. These data are in the public domain. GIS files are freely available for download.
Use_Constraints:
Public domain data from the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM), an agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA), are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management as the source of these data. You are not permitted to use CZM's name or to suggest that CZM endorses your project or product, without its express written consent. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the state of the art, CZM cannot assume liability for any damages or misrepresentation caused by any inaccuracies in the data or as a result of changes to the data caused by system transfers. The user must be aware of data conditions and bear responsibility for the appropriate use of these data with respect to possible errors, original map scale, collection methodology, currency of data, and other conditions specific to these data. NOAA mandated language per federal Data Quality Act (DQA): These environmental data and related items of information have not been formally disseminated by NOAA and do not represent and should not be construed to represent any agency determination, view, or policy.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
Contact_Position: CZM Data Manager
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 251 Causeway Street, Suite 800
City: Boston
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02114-2138
Country: US
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 617-626-1200
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 617-626-1240
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: czm@state.ma.us
Hours_of_Service: 0900 hrs to 1600 hrs EST
Data_Set_Credit:
These spatial data were created by the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA).
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.2.2.3552
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report: An attribute accuracy report was not conducted for these data.
Logical_Consistency_Report: A logical consistency report was not conducted for these data.
Completeness_Report: A completeness report was not conducted for these data.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: A positional accuracy report was not conducted for these data.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
Publication_Date: unpublished material
Title: Analyzed Seafloor Photographs
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Other_Citation_Details:
Over 10,000 images of the seafloor have been obtained from the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) and U.S. Geological Survey Seafloor Mapping Cooperative and from surveys conducted by CZM and partners on the Ocean Survey Vessel Bold. CZM classified the biological information in these photos according to a modified version of the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS), Version 4.0, Benthic Biotic Component (Federal Geographic Data Committee, January 2012).
Type_of_Source_Media: None
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20130501
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Analyzed Seafloor Photographs
Source_Contribution:
Source information used in support of the development of the dataset.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Selected and extracted photo locations where the primary biotic group was soft sediment mussel bed. Used the following query expression: "BIO_GROUP" = 'Soft Sediment Mussel Bed'
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Analyzed Seafloor Photographs
Process_Date: 20150106
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
Contact_Position: CZM Data Manager
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 251 Causeway Street, Suite 800
City: Boston
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02114-2138
Country: US
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 617-626-1200
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 617-626-1240
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: czm@state.ma.us
Hours_of_Service: 0900 hrs to 1600 hrs EST
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 9
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Map_Projection:
Map_Projection_Name: NAD 1983 StatePlane Massachusetts Mainland FIPS 2001
Lambert_Conformal_Conic:
Standard_Parallel: 41.71666666666667
Standard_Parallel: 42.68333333333333
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -71.5
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 41.0
False_Easting: 200000.0
False_Northing: 750000.0
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000000008155898179040834
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000000008155898179040834
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: OM_SOFT_SED_MUSSEL_BEDS_PT
Entity_Type_Definition:
Table containing attribute information associated with the dataset.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: CZM
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FID
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: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PICNAME
Attribute_Definition: Name of bottom photo.
Attribute_Definition_Source: CZM
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Description of features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: BIO_CLASS
Attribute_Definition:
CMECS Biotic Class classification of bottom photo. Biotic classes are determined by the dominant percent cover based on the taxonomy and life forms of the living components of the sampled area. Biotic class definitions are based on the biologically defined classes of the Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats in the United States, FGDC-STD-004.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, Version 4.0 (January 2012)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Faunal Bed
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Seabeds dominated or characterized by a cover of attached, sessile, infaunal, or slow-moving animals and associated biota that cannot (or are not sufficiently abundant to) construct identifiable substrate.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, Version 4.0 (January 2012)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: BIO_SUBCL
Attribute_Definition:
CMECS Biotic Subclass classification of bottom photo. Biotic subclasses are based on finer distinctions of dominant life forms, taxa, and growth forms.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, Version 4.0 (January 2012)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Soft Sediment Fauna
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Areas that are characterized by fine unconsolidated substrates (sand, mud) and that are dominated by infauna, sessile epifauna, or mobile epifauna. These fauna may move slowly over the sediment surface, burrow freely within the sediment, or embed themselves wholly or partially in the sediment.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, Version 4.0 (January 2012)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: BIO_GROUP
Attribute_Definition:
CMECS Biotic Group classification of bottom photo. Biotic groups are observational, descriptive, or functional groupings of the characteristic biological types that occur as generalized patterns across their range. Biotic groups are designed as simple observational units, to be based upon regularly recurring biological features that are evident in the environment under observation. The classification area is the field of view of the photograph.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, Version 4.0 (January 2012)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Soft Sediment Mussel Bed
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Soft-sediment areas dominated by mussel species that are not attached to a hard substrate.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source:
Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, Version 4.0 (January 2012)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SOURCE
Attribute_Definition: Source of bottom photo.
Attribute_Definition_Source: CZM
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: CZM Bold 2012
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Bottom photo from the survey conducted by CZM and partners in 2012 on the Ocean Survey Vessel Bold.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CZM
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: USGS OFR Boston Harbor
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Bottom photo from the USGS Open-File Report for Boston Harbor and approaches. Citation: Ackerman, S.D., Butman, Bradford, Barnhardt, W.A., Danforth, W.W., and Crocker, J.M., 2006, High-resolution geologic mapping of the inner continental shelf—Boston Harbor and approaches, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1008, 1 DVD-ROM. [Also available at <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1008/.>]
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CZM
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: USGS OFR Nahant to Gloucester
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Bottom photo from the USGS Open-File Report for Nahant to Gloucester. Citation: Barnhardt, W.A., Andrews, B.D., and Butman, Bradford, 2006, High-resolution geologic mapping of the inner continental shelf—Nahant to Gloucester, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1293, 1 DVD-ROM. [Also available at <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1293/.>]
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CZM
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: USGS OFR Western Massachusetts Bay
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Bottom photo from the USGS Open-File Report for western Massachusetts Bay. Citation: Gutierrez, B.T., Butman, Bradford, and Blackwood, D.S., 2001, Photographs of the sea floor of Western Massachusetts Bay, offshore of Boston, Massachusetts, July 1999: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-427, 1 CD-ROM. [Also available at <http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/of00-427/.>]
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: CZM
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
Contact_Position: CZM Data Manager
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 251 Causeway Street, Suite 800
City: Boston
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02114-2138
Country: US
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 617-626-1200
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 617-626-1240
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: czm@state.ma.us
Hours_of_Service: 0900 hrs to 1600 hrs EST
Distribution_Liability:
Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of these data, errors and conditions originating from physical sources used to develop these data may be reflected in the data supplied. The client must be aware of data conditions and bear responsibility for the appropriate use of the information with respect to possible errors, original map scale, collection methodology, currency of data, and other conditions specific to certain data. In no event shall CZM be liable for any damages, whether general, special, incidental or consequential damages, arising out of your use of these data. Your sole remedy for damages is to stop using the data. You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless CZM and its employees against any claim, loss, liability or expense, including attorneys' fees, resulting from loss of or damage to property or the injury to or death of any person arising out of the use of the data. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the CZM.
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Format_Version_Number: ArcGIS 8.x, 9.x, and 10.x
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Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
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Network_Resource_Name: <http://www.mass.gov/czm/mapping/index.htm>
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
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Network_Resource_Name: <http://maps.massgis.state.ma.us/map_ol/mass_ocean_plan.php>
Fees:
GIS and coordinate files may be downloaded at no charge by following links on the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management website (<http://www.mass.gov/czm/>).
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20150324
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
Contact_Position: CZM Data Manager
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 251 Causeway Street, Suite 800
City: Boston
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02114-2138
Country: US
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 617-626-1200
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 617-626-1240
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: czm@state.ma.us
Hours_of_Service: 0900 hrs to 1600 hrs EST
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
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