StagingAreasRocky_Marxan

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
The British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis (BCMCA), a Tides Canada Initiatives Project
Publication_Date: November, 2009
Title: StagingAreasRocky_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:
Shorebird features to be used in the Marxan software analysis. Rocky staging areas using observations of Surfbirds taken from various surveys. A list of the shorebirds that use each different staging habitat (flat vs. rocky) were used. Data presented as 2 km x 2 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 and merged by target feature layer using the following data sources: 1.Bird Studies Canada (BSC) BC Coastal Waterbirds Survey (BCCWS_polygons.shp, Coastal Waterbird Survey data '99-'08.xls). 2.Burrard Inlet Environmental Action Program (BIEAP_SUBSECTOR_Albers.shp, MAX_Month_Subsector_Taxo.dbf). 3. Capital Regional district (Bird_survey_polygons.shp, Year_Round_Calcs.xls).
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Multiple_Dates/Times:
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: -132.016227
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.786377
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 54.403216
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.197865
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
REQUIRED: Reference to a formally registered thesaurus or a similar authoritative source of theme keywords.
Theme_Keyword: Rocky Staging areas for Surfbirds
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
REQUIRED: Reference to a formally registered thesaurus or a similar authoritative source of theme keywords.
Theme_Keyword: bird distribution
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
REQUIRED: Reference to a formally registered thesaurus or a similar authoritative source of theme keywords.
Theme_Keyword: SURF
Place:
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_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Bird Studies Canada
Publication_Date: 2000/08
Publication_Time: Unknown
Title: British Columbia Coastal Waterbird Survey
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: September 1999
Ending_Date: 2010
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: BCCWS
Source_Contribution:
Volunteer-based monitoring program for coastal waterbirds started in September 1999. The monthly surveys are shoreline-based for the period of September through April. Observers undertake surveys at sites with clearly defined boundaries once per month from September through April, and identify and count all coastal waterbirds with binoculars and/or spotting scope. Purpose is to obtain a relative index of coastal waterbird populations and information on the distribution and ecology of wintering coastal waterbirds in BC. Dataset supplied includes spatial layer. All bird occurrences and counts stored in a raw data format and included within excel spreadsheet; approx 75,000 records. Bird occurrences are documented by site location, rather than individual sighting locations and can be joined to spatial polygon data via SiteCode. Refer to original metadata document (listed above) for more information regarding survey background, methodology and data limitations.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Title: Burrard Inlet Environmental Action Program
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: BIEAP
Source_Contribution:
Spatial Trends in the Distribution and Abundance of Water Birds in Burrard Inlet during Selected Winter Months in 1993 and 1994. The objective of the 1991 Burrard Inlet Environmental Action Program was to determine how habitat needs can be balanced against the other functions of Burrard Inlet. This required the identification of sensitive habitats, the coordination of current and planned land uses and the collection of scientific evidence to guide ecosystem management for Burrard Inlet. The database was intended to provide an overview of the spatial trends in waterbird abundance and diversity within Burrard Inlet. Due to inconsistencies in survey methodology only the 1993-1994 data covering selected winter months was included in this relational database.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Title: Victoria Capital Region District Harbours Atlas
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: CRD
Source_Contribution:
CRD supplied 2 spatial polygon layers (Bird_survey_polygons & VEHEAP_Harbours_Sub_Areas), 2 DBF's (HARB9798 & HARB99), and 2 excel workbooks (Biird_S_Graphs & Bird_Survey_wo_Marine-Birds_By_Area_And_Season). Polygons used for displaying data from 1997-1999 bird surveys. Includes Portage Inlet, Gorge Waterway, Victoria Harbour, Esquimalt Harbour, and Esquimalt Lagoon. Note: Used HEIR (TRIM where there was no HEIR) shore combined with polygons digitized from un-projected file used for original survey.
Source_Information:
Source_Contribution: BCMCA 2 km x 2 km planning units for the Canadian Pacific EEZ.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Prepared the BCCWS dataset by importing "raw data 1, raw data 2, raw data 3" and appending these into 1 dataset from Coastal Waterbird Survey data '99-'08.xls into a geodatabase.
Used MS Access to query bird species associated with rocky stagings. Shorebirds attracted to rocky staging areas within this dataset are "BEKI, BLOY, BLTU, ROSA, SURF, WHIM" and were selected due to a match in the excel document "shorebirds_for_staging_features_final" recieved from LOS.
Used MS access to create a field called "Sitename" which was populated by [RegionCode]& [SiteNumber]. A group query was then run on the site name field and the species field to sum up all existing records with the same attributes for these fields. By using the "Count" statement in MS Access for the site name the number of times a species had been recorded within the same site was found. 2 new fields were added to the table and populated with this information.
Used MS Access to create a field storing date (ymd) rather than the 3 fields that was used for this. In order to get the number of times each site has been surveyed another "group by" query in access was performed. Each site with a distinct date was selected and the total number for that site was then summed up. This information was then linked back to each site name and copied.
The average bird count for each site was calculated by dividing total surveys with total birds.
The spatial data and the table records were imported into a geodatabase.
As the relationship between the spatial data and the survey attributes (table records) is one-to-many, the "Make Query Tool" in ArcToolbox was used to connect each surveyed species to a spatial polygon. Thereby having duplicate spatial records but with different bird species attributes.
Deleted unnecessary fields using Delete Field tool
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Andy Pettersson
Contact_Organization: BCMCA
Contact_Position: GIS Contractor
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Prepared the CRD dataset by importing the "Year_Round_Calcs" excel spreadsheet within "Biird_S_Graphs.xls" to a geodatabase table.
Used MS Access to query bird species associated with flat stagings. Shorebirds attracted to flat staging areas within this dataset are "BLOY and BLTU" and were selected due to a match in the excel document "shorebirds_for_staging_features_final" recieved from LOS.
A group query using MS Access was run on the site name identifier field and the species field to sum up all existing records with the same attributes for these fields. By using the "Count" statement in MS Access for the site name the number of times a species had been recorded within the same site was found. 2 new fields were added to the table and populated with this information.
In order to get the number of times each site has been surveyed another "group by" query in access was performed. Each site with a distinct date was selected and the total number for that site was then summed up. This information was then linked back to each site name and copied.
The average bird count for each site was calculated by dividing total surveys with total birds.
The spatial data and the table records were imported into a geodatabase.
As the relationship between the spatial data and the survey attributes (table records) is one-to-many, the "Make Query Tool" in ArcToolbox was used to connect each surveyed species to a spatial polygon. Thereby having duplicate spatial records but with different bird species attributes.
Deleted unnecessary fields using Delete Field tool
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Andy Pettersson
Contact_Organization: BCMCA
Contact_Position: GIS Contractor
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Prepared the BIEAP dataset by selecting bird species attracted to flat staging areas from the table "Max_Month_Subsector_Taxo". These species were the Belted Kingfisher and Black Turnstone and were selected due to a match in the excel document "shorebirds_for_staging_features_final" recieved from LOS.
A group query using MS Access was run on site identifier field (Subsector_ID) and species field to sum up all records occuring for the same site and species but on different occasions. The number of times a species had been recorded within the same site was queried for by using the "Count" statement. The datatable was joined to the spatial records based on subsector ID. The average number of species observations were calculated by taking the total number and dividing it by 4 as there were 4 surveys per site.
Deleted unnecessary fields using Delete Field tool
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Andy Pettersson
Contact_Organization: BCMCA
Contact_Position: GIS Contractor
Process_Step:
Process_Description: Appended all datasets into one.
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Andy Pettersson
Contact_Organization: BCMCA
Contact_Position: GIS Contractor
Process_Step:
Process_Description: Created metadata
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Andy Pettersson
Contact_Organization: BCMCA
Contact_Position: GIS Contractor
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Using the Select By Attributes function records in the [Species] field that were equal to 'SURF' were exported to a new shapefile.
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Mathew Evans
Contact_Organization: BCMCA
Contact_Position: GIS Contractor
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Polygons were dissolved and intersected with the BCMCA Planning Units. The ID field was added to hold the unique Marxan ID and the Presence field was added and calculated to equal 1 to denote the presence of surfbirds.
Process_Date: February 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: Unit ID updated to match new BCMCA planning unit IDs
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: O:\BCMCA\Data_Andy_temp_June07\StagingAreasRocky_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: 219
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: 0.000559
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000559
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: StagingAreasRocky_Marxan
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Id
Attribute_Definition: Marxan ID
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: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: UNIT_ID
Attribute_Definition: Planning Unit ID
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: 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: PRESENCE
Attribute_Definition: Presence for surfbirds
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:
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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
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Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
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