BCMCA_ECO_Inverts_Hab4_MudflatsAdjacentEst_Data

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: May 2009

Title: BCMCA_ECO_Inverts_Hab4_MudflatsAdjacentEst_Data

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Online_Linkage: \\los-svr1\gis\BCMCA\data 4 Marxan\physical\SZ_CoastalClass

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Living Oceans Society

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

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 mudflats adjacent to estuaries using the British Columbia Biophysical Shorezone Dataset and the PECP estuary dataset to help inform the marine feature identified in the BCMCA Physical Features report.

Supplemental_Information:

Refer to the source metadata for further information. Source: British Columbia Biophysical Shorezone Dataset, BC MOE The shoreunit morphology and substrate has been described in terms of 36 different coastal classes in the B.C biophysical shore-zone mapping system. This shapefile has been created by querying classes where the substrate of mudflats is described as a major feature. A spatial query was then performed to keep only sections that intersected or were within 100 meters from estuaries features, taken from the PECP estuaries shapefile created by Canadian Wildlife Service.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: September 2008

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -130.292700

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -123.204848

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 54.288524

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.457476

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:

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

Theme_Keyword: Physical Shorezone

Theme_Keyword: Coastal Class

Theme_Keyword: Mudflats

Theme_Keyword: Estuaries

Place:

Place_Keyword: British Columbia

Place_Keyword: Canadian Pacific EEZ

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 Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7600) ; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Province of BC

Publication_Date: September 2008

Title: British Columbia Biophysical Shorezone Dataset

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

As the primary and foreign keys (PHYIDENT) for the spatial data and table records were not of the same data type, a new string field was created in the MainMVW (MaterializedView) table in the database. This field was populated with the data from the PHYIDENT field.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:

C:\BCMCA\Data_received\Plants\Prov\Shorezone\April2009download\WorkCopy\SZ_CoastalClass

Process_Date: May 2009

Process_Step:

Process_Description: A query selecting coastal class 29 was performed

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The Main_MVW table was then joined with the spatial data (shorezone line segments) based on the PHYIDENT field. The joined spatial file was then extracted to a new file.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

All of the unnecessary fields were dropped and the coastal_class field was retained.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

A spatial query selecting only features that intersected or were within 100 meters of estuaries (estuary features taken from dataset Pacific Estuary Conservation Program (PECP) estuaries released by Canadian Wildlife Series, technical report series number 476) was done. The selected features were extracted to a new file.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: C:\Users\Andy\AppData\Local\Temp\xml15D6.tmp

Process_Date: May 2009

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: All processing steps performed by 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: String

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 38

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_Inverts_Hab4_MudflatsAdjacentEst_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: LENGTH

Attribute_Definition: Length of shoreunit

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PHYIDENT

Attribute_Definition: Unique identifier for each shoreline segment

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COASTAL_CL

Attribute_Definition: Shorezone Coastal Class

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COASTAL__1

Attribute_Definition: Shorezone Coastal Class Definition

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: 35.810

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20100921

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:

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