MDIFW Coastal Wildlife Concentration Areas Scoter Polygons
Coverage name: gis/gom/habstudy/species/bird/waterfowl/scoter/scotercwca.shp
Geographic extent: Maine
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Automation Agency: Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW)
Description: Attributes: sctrperarea - maximum scoters per 10 ha (calculated as below); cwca - unique ID for survey polygon.
From database gis/me/mdifw/cwwhdata.dbf; selected "unidentified scoter" with count > 2 , summed on 'cwca', using 'maxcount'. Joined to gis/me/mdifw/cwwh; added item scoterperarea; calculated bird per 10 ha as: [max_count] / [maxarea] * 100000; regarded as habitats only polys with scoterperarea > 0.
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Projection: NAD 83 UTM meters, zone 19
Format: shapefile
Keywords: surf, white-winged, black scoter