Massachusetts Arctic Tern Colony Polygons

Coverage name: gis/gom/habstudy/species/bird/seabird/ternarctic/maarte83.shp

Geographic extent: Massachusetts

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Automation Agency: USFWS

Source of Data: Sites based on coverage developed from Erwin, R.M. and C.E. Korschgen. 1979. Coastal waterbird colonies: Maine to Virginia, 1977. An atlas showing colony locations and species composition. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Services Program, FWS/OBS-79/08. 1999 Massachusetts data from Brad Blodgett, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries, Wildlife and Environmental Law Enforcement.

Description: Items 'cote99' and 'rost99' counts used as 'potential' nesting habitats (scored hsi as 5); arte99 occurrences scored as nesting habitat (10)

Data Restrictions: none

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Projection: NAD 83 UTM meters, zone 19

Format: shapefile

Keywords: Arctic tern