BCMCA_ECO_Fish_HerringSpawn_DATA

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
The British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis (BCMCA), a Tides Canada Initiatives Project
Publication_Date: Unpublished Material
Title: BCMCA_ECO_Fish_HerringSpawn_DATA
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Online_Linkage:
\\vancouverserver\gis\BCMCA\Repository\DATA_Shapefiles\BCMCA_ECO_Fish_HerringSpawn_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 and spatially represent herring spawn habitat and the relative value of that habitat through a classification developed by DFO for this purpose to create the feature recommended at the BCMCA Fish Experts Workshop. Data presented as 2 km x 2 km planning units for MARXAN analysis.
Supplemental_Information:
The original dataset was obtained from a Fisheries and Oceans Canada website (<http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/sci/herring/herspawn/cumulati.htm>). Refer to this link for more information on the data collection and process of developing the cumulative spawn habitat index.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: May 2009
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -133.397360
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.177566
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 56.016140
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.168999
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
REQUIRED: Reference to a formally registered thesaurus or a similar authoritative source of theme keywords.
Theme_Keyword: Herring
Theme_Keyword: Spawn
Theme_Keyword: Cumulative Habitat Index
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: (604) 696-5044
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (604) 696-5045
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kbodtker@livingoceans.org
Data_Set_Credit:
Living Oceans Society did preparation work on the DFO data for the BCMCA.
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.6.1500
Data_Quality_Information:
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Title: Cumulative Herring Spawn Table
Online_Linkage: <http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/sci/herring/herspawn/cumulati.htm>
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: herring_cummulative_spawn.xls
Source_Contribution:
The Cumulative Herring Spawn table was obtained from Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Each row of values in the table represents the historical (1928 to present year) herring spawn characteristics of a single kilometre of British Columbia (BC) shoreline identified by a unique, six-digit, section-kilometre code.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Title: BCMCA Planning Units
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: dfo_bc_2k_4k_combined.shp
Source_Contribution: BCMCA 2 km x 2 km planning units for the Canadian Pacific EEZ.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
All records from the Cumulative Spawn Table obtained from the Fisheries and Oceans Canada website were copied and pasted into excel - May 15, 2009. A new feature class was created from the X/Y table using the respective Lat/Long fields. The Geographic Coordinate System selected for input was WGS84. A new shapefile was then created transforming the spatial reference system into NAD83 BC Environemt Albers to match the BCMCA Planning Units dataset.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: herring_cumulative_spawn.xls
Process_Date: May 15, 2009
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: herring_spawn_WGS84.shp
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: herring_spawn_BCAlbs.shp
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
A spatial join was performed using the Herring Spawn frequency data (herring_spawn_BCAlbs.shp) with the BCMCA Planning Unit dataset (dfo_bc_2k_4k_combined.shp).
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: dfo_bc_2k_4k_combined.shp
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: herring_spawn_BCAlbs.shp
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: PU_herring_spJoin.shp
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Using the spatially joined Herring Spawn and Planning Unit dataset (PU_herring_spJoin.shp) a summary table was created (herring_spawn_avgSHI.dbf) using the UNIT_ID field to show the average Spawn Habitat Index (SHI) value for each planning unit. This table was then joined to the BCMCA Planning Units dataset (dfo_bc_2K_4K_combined) using the UNIT_ID field as the primary key.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: PU_herring_spJoin.shp
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: dfo_bc_2K_4K_combined
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: herring_spawn_avgSHI.dbf
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: HerringSpawn.shp
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Previous steps performed by Mathew Evans
Contact_Organization: Living Oceans Society
Contact_Position: GIS Technician
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Redundant fields removed and a field for the Marxan ID added. A second Marxan ID (ID_Final) was then added to split the herring spawn classes into 3 features (high, medium, low). A Presence field was also added and calculated to be 1.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: C:\BCMCA\Data_Processed\Fish\Herring\HerringSpawn.shp.xml
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\FishMetadata\herringSpawn_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: 2203
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
Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Altitude_System_Definition:
Altitude_Resolution: 0.000010
Altitude_Encoding_Method:
Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: BCMCA_ECO_Fish_HerringSpawn_DATA
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SH_Class
Attribute_Definition:
Six classes representing the relative importance of the planning unit for herring spawn, based on average SHI value. Class 6: Vital (top 5% of values); Class 5: Major (next 10%); Class 4: High (next 15%); Class 3: Medium (next 20%); Class 2: Low (next 25%); Class 1: Minor (lowest 25%)
Attribute_Definition_Source:
The class breaks mimic the class breaks developed by DFO to rank herring spawn habitat.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 6
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Vital. Top 5% of planning units with highest average SHI
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 5
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Major. Next 10% of planning units with highest average SHI
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 4
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: High. Next 15% of planning units with highest average SHI
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 3
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Medium. Next 20% of planning units with highest average SHI
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Low. Next 25% of planning units with highest average SHI
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Minor. Last 25% of planning units with highest average SHI
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Planning units with no spawning events recorded
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_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: UNIT_ID
Attribute_Definition:
Unique identifier for BCMCA 2km planning units for the Canadian Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ID
Attribute_Definition: Marxan ID
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Cnt_UNIT_I
Attribute_Definition:
A count of the number of DFO spawn shoreline units (coastal kilometres) recorded in each planning unit.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole 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: Ave_SHI
Attribute_Definition:
Average Spawn Habitat Index (SHI) value for each planning unit. SHI is and index of the long-term frequency and magnitude of spawns along the coastline over time.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ID_Final
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Presence
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_Leng
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: 0.286
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20100831
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Living Oceans Society (for BCMCA)
Contact_Person: Carrie Robb
Contact_Position: GIS Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 1405-207 W. Hastings St.
City: Vancouver
State_or_Province: BC
Postal_Code: V6B 1H7
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
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