CassinsAuklet_Colonies_MARXAN

Metadata:

• 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:

The British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis (BCMCA), a Tides Canada Initiatives Project

Publication_Date: November, 2009

Title: CassinsAuklet_Colonies_MARXAN

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Ecological Data

Publication_Information:

Publisher: BCMCA

Online_Linkage:

\\vancouverserver\gis\BCMCA\data4Marxan_May2010\Seabirds\seabird_marxan_features.mdb

Description:

Abstract:

The British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis (BCMCA) is a collaborative project assembling and analyzing spatial information about Canada's Pacific Ocean. The overall goal of the BCMCA is to identify marine areas of high conservation value and marine areas important to human use. Results of the project are intended to inform and help advance marine planning initiatives in BC by providing collaborative, peer-reviewed scientific analyses based on the best ecological and human use spatial data at scales relevant to a BC coast-wide analysis.

Purpose:

The purpose of this dataset is to identify areal extents of Cassin's Auklet colony locations to help inform the marine feature identified at the BCMCA Seabirds Workshop. Data presented in 2x2 km planning units for MARXAN analysis.

Supplemental_Information:

This dataset is a compilation of data collected by many people, for different purposes, using different survey techniques with different methodologies within each technique and, therefore, considerable care must be taken when using the data, even for site-specific inquiries. Refer to the original metadata document for data limitations and usage. Title or link is provided within source information. Data was collected, merged and buffered by target feature layer using the following data sources: 1. CWS Seabird Colony data. 2. Parks Canada Nesting Seabird Colony data.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: unknown

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -133.315315

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -124.958925

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 54.492907

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.514516

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:

REQUIRED: Reference to a formally registered thesaurus or a similar authoritative source of theme keywords.

Theme_Keyword: Cassin's Auklet

Theme_Keyword: Colony locations

Place:

Place_Keyword: British Columbia

Access_Constraints:

This dataset is subject to the terms and conditions of the data use agreements for the source datasets.

Use_Constraints:

This dataset is subject to the terms and conditions of the data use agreements for the source datasets.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Karin Bodtker

Contact_Organization: British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis

Contact_Position: BCMCA Co-Chair

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 1405-207 West Hastings Street

City: Vancouver

State_or_Province: BC

Postal_Code: V6B 1H7

Country: Canada

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 6046965044

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kbodtker@livingoceans.org

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3500

Data_Quality_Information:

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:

Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS). Dataset Name: Sites.shp. Includes the locations of all known seabird colonies. Points representing seabird colony locations were digitized using a 1:250000 basemap. Locations of all colonies were checked against 1:20000 TRIM and marine digital charts. Some of the colonies were shifted slightly to correspond to visible islands. Contains data from other sources with surveys conducted after 1989. Data sources include BCMOE, Parks Canada, Laskeek Bay Conservation Society and Bamfield Marine Station. Refer to original metadata document for data usage and limitations. Metadata document: bc_seabirdColonies_to_2007_updatedJune2008_meta.doc.

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:

Parks Canada Nesting Seabid Colony data. Dataset Name: NestingSeabirdsColonies.shp. Metadata document: Not supplied, however, updated using ArcCatalog. Gwaii Haanas known nesting colonies of Petrels, Cormorants, Glaucous-winged Gulls, Murres, Pigeon Guillemots, Ancient Murrelets, Auklets and Puffins.

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:

CDC Pelagic Seabird data. Dataset name: Pelagic_birds_CDC.shp. Mapped areas of land/water (Element Occurrence) in which a species or ecological community is, or was, present and provincial ranking applied. The CDC follows NatureServe mapping methodolgy whereby Element Occurances are depicted as polygons. Locations are supplied via lat/long coordinates, and bufferred according to locational uncertainties. Original metadata document: Online <http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/cdc/gis/eo_data_fields_06.htm>

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution: BCMCA 2 km x 2 km planning units for the Canadian Pacific EEZ.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

<<The methods used to combine datasets to identify areal extents of Cassin's Auklet colony locations are as follows >>

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:

\\CRMLTD03\E$\F\Crm1143\Source\080818_SourceDocs\Original_Data\Plants\BCMCA_Plants.gdb

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

--> Prepared CWS dataset:
Within SiteSurveys geodatabase table, selected by attributes all CAAU (Cassin's Auklet) and exported into separate table. To maintain one-to-many relationship between spatial and aspatial, joined Sites spatial point layer to CAAU table via GISkey field.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Displayed XY data using newly created X_COOR and Y_COORD fields and using PCS Albers as coordinate system imported from Sites.shp. Exported data into feature class. Added 3 new fields using Add Field tool: Feature, Data_Source, Dataset_ID. Populated fields using Calculate Field tool. Feature field calculated to equal the common name of the marine feature. Data_Source field calculated to equal the name of the dataset the data was derived from. Dataset_ID field calculated to equal the common dataset identifier as categorized by BCMCA.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Re-projected from PCS Albers to NAD 1983 BC Environment Albers using Project tool.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

--> Prepared Parks Canada dataset:
**Tables within original geodatabase were corrupted. Created new "File" geodatabase NestingSeabirdColonies2. Exported (right click - export - to dbase (multiple) all geodatabase tables to new geodatabase.** Converted NestingSeabirdColonies shapefile to geodatabase feature class using feature class to feature class tool.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: C:\F\Crm1143\Admin\MetaData\BullKelp_Final.xml

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

To maintain one-to-many relationship between spatial and aspatial, added 2 new fields to NestingSeabirdsColonies2 point feature class "X_COORD" and "Y_COORD" and calculated geometry. Joined spatial point layer to aspatial Auklets table using Site field. Displayed XY coordinates and exported data into feature class using NAD 1983 BC Environment Albers coordinate system.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Added 3 new fields using Add Field tool: Feature, Data_Source, Dataset_ID. Populated fields using Calculate Field tool. Feature field calculated to equal the common name of the marine feature. Data_Source field calculated to equal the name of the dataset the data was derived from. Dataset_ID field calculated to equal the common dataset identifier as categorized by BCMCA.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Overlaid both Parks Canada and CWS colony data and reviewed each point. The following rules were used to create final feature layer: 1. If duplicate inventory years were recorded within CWS dataset, the point representing the most recent inventory year was kept. The same approach was used for the Parks Canada dataset. 2. If attributes (location, count and year) matched between CWS and Parks dataset, the CWS point was used and Parks points deleted. 3. In some cases, the most recent inventory date did not provide population estimates. In these cases, both inventory years were kept. This was generally found within Parks data. 4. In some cases, multiple points (CWS and Parks) were located on one island, attribute review revealed different count data. In these cases the PC point was deleted. 5. In some cases, the Parks data had the most recent inventory date. If the CWS attributes matched Parks, the most recent Parks inventory point was used to represent the seabird colony location and the CWS point was deleted. 6. In some cases, the CWS data summarized all Parks count data within small areas (i.e. Harrison Island) into one generalized point. In these cases, if the summed Parks count data matched CWS count data, the generalized CWS point was used to represent the seabird colony. Note: CWS metadata mentions NestPair estimated numbers are rounded off. In some cases, count attribute comparison between Parks and CWS data were slightly off due to rounding. In these cases, CWS point was kept. Both datasets contain source information in the table of attributes. For the CWS dataset, the source is listed as a number (DataRef field) and the metadata contains a listing of each source dataset by number. For the PC dataset, the source if written out in the file (Source field).

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Merged CWS Seabird Colony and Parks Nesting Colony datasets using Merge tool to create one dataset storing all Cassin's Auklet colony data. During merge process like fields were combined using Field Map window to eliminate duplicate or redundant column headings. Field Map was also used to eliminate unnecessary fields not applicable for final feature layer requirements.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Buffered merged Cassin's Auklet point data to 5000m (radius) using Buffer tool. This buffer distance follows the methodology used in the CWS Marine Birds Areas of Interest database.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

--> Reveiwed CDC dataset: Using select by attributes, selected all Ancient Murrelet features. Overlaid CWS, PC and CDC datasets and reviewed attributes. If a CWS point fell within a CDC polygon or was in close proximity, CWS/PC point was kept to represent the colony location in the final feature layer. **All CDC polygons were covered by the extent of above datasets. No CDC polygons were used in final feature layer creation.

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Created Metadata.

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person:

Steps up to and including this one completed by Melissa Meneghetti

Contact_Organization: Coastal Resource Mapping

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Relative Importance (RI) field created and populated based on the values in NestPairs. Highly Important = 3 (>5% of total BC population); Moderately Important = 2 (1-5% of total BC population); and Less Important = 1 (<1% of total BC population).

Process_Date: April 2010

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Carrie Robb

Contact_Organization: Living Oceans Society (for BCMCA)

Contact_Position: GIS Specialist

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Colonies dissolved based on RI and intersected with BCMCA planning units. ID field added to hold marxan ID. Extraneous fields were removed. Lastly, the file was dissolved again based on the Unit ID and ID fields to ensure there was a unique record for each planning unit and importance class.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: C:\DOCUME~1\CARRIE~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\xml85.tmp

Process_Date: April 2010

Process_Time: 19390800

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Carrie Robb

Contact_Organization: Living Oceans Society (for BCMCA)

Contact_Position: GIS Specialist

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Unit ID updated to match new BCMCA planning unit IDs

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:

O:\BCMCA\Data_Andy_temp_June07\CassinsAuklet_Colonies_MARXAN.xml

Process_Date: June 2010

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Andy Pettersson

Contact_Organization: BCMCA

Contact_Position: GIS Contractor

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 1273

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Label point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 39346

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 39346

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 4

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area

Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:

Standard_Parallel: 50.000000

Standard_Parallel: 58.500000

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -126.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 45.000000

False_Easting: 1000000.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000315

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000315

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Resolution: 0.000100

Altitude_Encoding_Method:

Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: CassinsAuklet_Colonies_MARXAN

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape_Length

Attribute_Definition: Length of feature in internal units.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID

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: UNIT_ID

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape_Area

Attribute_Definition: Area of feature in internal units squared.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: RI

Attribute_Definition:

Relative Importance (RI) based on the count of birds at this colony vs. the BC population.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ID

Attribute_Definition: Marxan ID

Overview_Description:

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis

Contact_Instructions: See www.bcmca.ca for distribution details

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Transfer_Size: 50.954

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20100617

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Carrie Robb

Contact_Organization: Living Oceans Society (for BCMCA)

Contact_Position: GIS Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 1405-207 West Hastings Street

City: Vanvouver

State_or_Province: BC

Postal_Code: V6B 1H7

Country: Canada

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 604-696-5044

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: crobb@livingoceans.org

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>

Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>

Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile