Maine Horseshoe Crab Locations

Coverage name: gis/gom/habstudy/species/invert/crabh/hscdata2_83.shp

Geographic extent: Maine

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Automation Agency: USFWS-GOMP

Source of Data: Born, J. W., Significant Breeding Sites of the Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) in Maine and their relevance to the critical areas program of the State Planning Office, Maine State Planning Office, Planning Report 28, April, 1977; reissued 4/82. Also, personal communications from C. N. Shuster,Jr.

Description: occurrence data from Born paper, with points added from Shuster's field notes. HSCDATA2.shp includes occurrences, and absences-- ie: all sites checked, and documented in Born 1977 . Full FGDC metadata is available.

Data Restrictions: none

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Projection: NAD 83 UTM meters, zone 19

Format: shapefile

Keywords: horseshoe crab, Maine, ME