Shorebird Staging Areas

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: Canadian Wildlife Servies

Publication_Date: October 15, 2009

Title: Shorebird Staging Areas

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Online_Linkage:

\\data-server\gis\BCMCA\Repository\DATA_Shapefiles\Seabirds\BCMCA_ECO_Birds_StagingAreasFlat_Data.shp

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 a subset of the shorebird staging areas in BC that are surveyed by CWS in order to help inform the flat staging areas feature identified at the BCMCA Seabirds Workshop.

Supplemental_Information:

Note: Data were not available for all shorebird staging areas in BC. Data was collected and summarized using the follwing sources: Canadian Wildlife Services Shorebird Survey Results (Summary_Peeps_Tof_Sid_Bruns.xls).
Staging Area polygons for tofino sourced from:
R.W. Butler, A. Dorst and M.A. Hobson 1992: Seasonal abundance and biomass of birds in eelgrass habitats in Browning Passage on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Pp 109-113 in K. Vermeer, R.W. Butler and K.H. Morgan (eds) The Ecology, status and conservation of marine and shoreline birds on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. CWS Occassional paper # 75

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1991

Ending_Date: 2009

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -125.906195

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -123.117065

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 49.192580

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.618899

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:

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

Theme_Keyword: shorebird

Theme_Keyword: staging areas

Place:

Place_Keyword: Coastal BC

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:

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Polygons were digitized from map in a technical report and should not be considered exact.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution: CWS Shorebird Survey Results (Summary_Peeps_Tof_Sid_Bruns.xls)

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:

Staging Area polygons for tofino sourced from:
R.W. Butler, A. Dorst and M.A. Hobson 1992: Seasonal abundance and biomass of birds in eelgrass habitats in Browning Passage on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Pp 109-113 in K. Vermeer, R.W. Butler and K.H. Morgan (eds) The Ecology, status and conservation of marine and shoreline birds on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. CWS Occassional paper # 75

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Printed maps from CWS containing hand drawn polygons of shorebird staging areas for Sidney Island and Brunswick Point were scanned to JPEGS then subsequently georeferenced and digitized using the CHS coastline. Staging area polygons for Tofino were digitized using a printed map from a CWS technical report which was scanned and georeferenced.

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Mathew Evans

Contact_Organization: BCMCA

Contact_Position: GIS Contractor

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Using the Shorebird Survey Results from CWS, bird count data was summarized. Average bird counts for all years at each site were calculated then entered into the AVG_CNT field. Total number of surveys performed for all years at each site was calculated and entered into the SURV_TOT field. The average number of surveys performed at each site was calculated and entered into SURV_AVG.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Summary_Peeps_Tof_Sid_Bruns.xls

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Shorebird_staging_areas.shp

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Mathew Evans

Contact_Organization: BCMCA

Contact_Position: GIS Contractor

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Dataset copied.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:

E:\Andy_Bcmca\data_processed_namedStandardized\Seabirds\BCMCA_ECO_Birds_StagingAreasFlat_Data

Process_Date: 20101008

Process_Time: 15121500

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: 3

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: 0.000000

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000000

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

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: BCMCA_ECO_Birds_StagingAreasFlat_Data

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

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: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AVG_CNT

Attribute_Definition: The average number of shorebirds surveyed.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SURV_TOT

Attribute_Definition: The total number of surveys performed.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SURV_AVG

Attribute_Definition: The average number of surveys performed.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SURV_DATE

Attribute_Definition: Date(s) of the survey(s).

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LOCATION

Attribute_Definition: Location of the survey.

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: 0.016

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20120120

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