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: Arnold Banner
Publication_Date: 20000726
Title: Substrate data for the Gulf of Maine (GOMSUBST83)
Edition:
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Falmouth, ME
Publisher: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service; Gulf of Maine Program
Other_Citation_Details:
The Gulf of Maine Habitat Mapping Project used occurrence information and species/habitat
models to map potential habitat for 64 species of primary concern to the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service. These include migratory birds, anadromous and estuarine fishes, and threatened or
endangered species. The habitat models are based on published literature, agency reports, and
knowledge of experts working with the species.
Online_Linkage:
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Arnold Banner and Sue Schaller
Publication_Date:
Title: Gulf of Maine Habitat Mapping Project
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Falmouth, Maine
Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Gulf of Maine Program, Northeast Region
Online_Linkage:
Description:
Abstract:
Several sources of digital information were combined to map intertidal and subtidal benthic features
such as rock, gravel, sand, and mud, sediments, throughout the U.S. portion of the Gulf of Maine.
See sediment_information.htm
Purpose:
Substrate forms the structure to which invertebrates may attach, or into which they may burrow, and which
can offer cover or spawning habitat for a number of fish species.
Supplemental_Information:
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date:
Ending_Date:
Currentness_Reference:
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -72.3892
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -66.8317
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.4396
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.6446
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: habitat
Theme_Keyword: model
Theme_Keyword: sediments
Theme_Keyword: substrate
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Maine
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts
Place_Keyword: New Hampshire
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: Gulf of Maine
Access_Constraints:
Use_Constraints:
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Gulf of Maine Program
Contact_Person: Arnold Banner
Contact_Position: Senior Biologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 4R Fundy Road
City: Falmouth
State_or_Province: ME
Postal_Code: 04105-1764
Country: U.S.A.
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 207 781-8364
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 207 781-8369
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: fw5es_gomp.gis@fws.gov
Hours_of_Service: 8:00 am to 4:30 pm (Eastern Standard)
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
ESRI Grid format
f:\arcdat\gom83\bathy\gomsubst83
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DATA_QUALITY_INFORMATION
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
The accuracy of the attributes is determined by the quality of the data sets used,
which may have errors in characterizing substrate types.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
This raster data set is based on highly generalized information, gathered at widely scattered locations.
Completeness_Report:
The coverage may omit useful habitat or erroneously
identify substrate because of limitations of the source data.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
N/A
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Robert G. Marvinney, Ph.D.
Publication_Date: 971024.150749
Title: Surficial Geology of the Maine Inner Continental Shelf
Edition:
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Augusta, ME
Publisher: Maine Geological Survey, 22 State House Statio, Augusta, ME 04333-0022,
Other_Citation_Details: Phone: (207) 287-2804, FAX (207) 287-2353 e-mail:
Robert.G.Marvinney@state.me.us
Online_Linkage: e-mail: Robert.G.Marvinney@state.me.us
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Barnhardt, W.A., D.F. Belknap, A.R. Kelley, J.T. Kelley, and S.M. Dickson.
Publication_Date: 1996
Title: Surficial Geology of the Maine Inner Continental Shelf
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Augusta, ME
Publisher: Maine Geological Survey
Online_Linkage:
Source_Scale_Denominator: 100,000
Type_of_Source_Media:
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date:
Ending_Date:
Source_Currentness_Reference:
Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
Source_Contribution: used to identify substrates for Maine coastal waters
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Surficial sediment polygons for greater Gulf of Maine
Citation_Information:
Originator: Poppe, L.J., Schlee, J. S., Butman, B., and Lane, C.M.
Publication_Date: 1989
Title: Map showing distribution of surficial sediment, Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank, Miscellaneous
Investigations Series Map, I-1986-A, 1 sheet.
Edition:
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: cdrom
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place:
Publisher: USGS
Other_Citation_Details: A Marine GIS Library for Massachusetts Bay: Focusing on Disposal Sites,
Contaminated Sediments, and Sea Floor Mapping, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File
Report 99-439
Online_Linkage: lpoppe@usgs.gov, wwwnurc@uconnvm.uconn.edu
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Publication_Date:
Title:
Publication_Information:
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Online_Linkage:
Source_Scale_Denominator: 100,000
Type_of_Source_Media:
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Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
Source_Contribution: background map of sediments, overlain with finer resolution data
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information: Knebel, H.J. and Circe, R.C., 1995. Sea floor environments within the Boston
Harbor Massachusetts Bay sedimentary system: A regional synthesis: Journal of Coastal
Research, v. 11, p. 230-251.
Originator: H. Knebel
Publication_Date:
Title: Sedimentary Environments Map
Edition:
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: cdrom - map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place:
Publisher: USGS , Woods Hole
Other_Citation_Details: see hknebel@usgs.gov
Online_Linkage:
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Publication_Date:
Title: A Marine GIS Library for Massachusetts Bay: Focusing on Disposal Sites, Contaminated
Sediments, and Sea Floor Mapping, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-439
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place:
Publisher: USGS
Online_Linkage:
Source_Scale_Denominator:
Type_of_Source_Media: cdrom
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date:
Ending_Date:
Source_Currentness_Reference:
Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
Source_Contribution:
Finer resolution information on sedimentary structure of Massachusetts Bay
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: USFWS; Maine Geological Survey; Massachusetts Office of GIS
Publication_Date:
Title: National Wetland Inventory; Maine Coastal Marine Geologic Environments;
Massachusetts Office of GIS orthophoto wetlands
Edition:
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place:
Publisher: USFWS; Maine Geological Survey; Massachusetts Office of GIS
Other_Citation_Details:
Online_Linkage: http://www.state.me.us/doc/nrimc/pubedinf/pubedinf.htm ;
http://www.nwi.fws.gov/ ; http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
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Title:
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Source_Scale_Denominator:
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Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
Source_Contribution: identification of intertidal substrate types
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The data was re-coded to correspond to classes of the USGSsurficial geology coverage.
More detailed inshore features from photo-interpreted information and previous analyses were overlaid to
improve resolution and accuracy.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
Process_Date:
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Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Gulf of Maine Program
Contact_Person: Arnold Banner
Contact_Position: Senior Field Biologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 4R Fundy Road
City: Falmouth
State_or_Province: ME
Postal_Code: 04105-1764
Country: U.S.A.
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 207 781-8364
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 207 781-8369
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: fw5es_gomp.gis@fws.gov
Hours_of_Service: 8:00 am to 4:30 pm (Eastern Standard)
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SPATIAL_DATA_ORGANIZATION_INFORMATION
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster
Raster_Object_Information:
Raster_Object_Type: Grid Cell
Row_Count: 21381
Column_Count: 13972
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SPATIAL_REFERENCE_INFORMATION
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Grid_Coordinate_System:
Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator
Universal_Transverse_Mercator:
UTM_Zone_Number: 19
Transverse_Mercator:
Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -69.000000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000
False_Easting: 500000.000000
False_Northing: 0.000000
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: Row and column
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution:
Ordinate_Resolution:
Planar_Distance_Units: Meters
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.26
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ENTITY_AND_ATTRIBUTE_INFORMATION
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: gomsubst83.vat
Entity_Type_Definition: GRID Value Attribute Table
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Value
Attribute_Definition: Pixel value
Attribute_Definition_Source: Software generated
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Software computed
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Count
Attribute_Definition: Number of pixels with same value
Attribute_Definition_Source: Software generated
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Software computed
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: descriptive
Attribute_Definition: substrate class (16 classes; 0 land; 1 gravel; 2 gravel/mud; 3 gravel/rock; 4
gravel/sand; 5 mud; 6 mud/gravel; 7 mud/rock; 8 mud/sand; 9 rock; 10 rock/grave; 11
rock/mud; 12 rock/sand; 13 sand; 14 sand/gravel; 15 sand/mud; 16 sand/rock
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Software computed
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
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DISTRIBUTION_INFORMATION
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Gulf of Maine Program
Contact_Person: Robert Houston
Contact_Position: Wildlife Biologist / GIS Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 4R Fundy Road
City: Falmouth
State_or_Province: ME
Postal_Code: 04105-1764
Country: U.S.A.
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 207 781-8364
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 207 781-8369
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: fw5es_gomp.gis@fws.gov
Hours_of_Service: 8:00 am to 4:30 pm (Eastern Standard)
Resource_Description:
This map may not accurately portray most recent conditions or occupation by the species,
and is not warranted for any use other than it's original purpose which was to provide
an estimate of habitat suitability.
Distribution_Liability:
There are no restrictions on the use of this data. However, secondary distribution must be
accompanied by this documentation. Credit should always be given to the data source when
this data is transferred or printed.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name:
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media:
Recording_Format:
Compatibility_Information:
Fees:
Ordering_Instructions:
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METADATA_REFERENCE_INFORMATION
Metadata_Date: 20000720
Metadata_Review_Date: 20000700
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Gulf of Maine Program
Contact_Person: Arnold Banner
Contact_Position: Senior Field Biologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and physical address
Address: 4R Fundy Road
City: Falmouth
State_or_Province: ME
Postal_Code: 04105-1764
Country: U.S.A.
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 207 781-8364
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 207 781-8369
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: fw5es_gomp.gis@fws.gov
Hours_of_Service: 8:00 am to 4:30 pm (Eastern Standard)
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC CSDGM
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
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