BCMCA_ECO_VascPlants_eelgrass_bioband_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: 12/2008
Title: BCMCA_ECO_VascPlants_eelgrass_bioband_data
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Online_Linkage:
\\CARRIE\E\Andy_Bcmca\data_processed_namedStandardized\Plants\BCMCA_VascularMarinePlants_28012009.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 socio-economic spatial data at scales relevant to a BC coast-wide analysis.
Purpose:
The purpose of this dataset is to identify areal extents of eelgrass biobands that help inform the marine feature identified at the BCMCA Marine Plants Workshop. Areas not depicting eelgrass biobands can be assumed to be an eelgrass absence.
Supplemental_Information:
This dataset contains a subset of data collected by the provincial government in an effort to map and classify the entire BC coastline between 1995 and 2002. The provincial physical shore-zone mapping initiative was developed 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 linked within the source information for more information on the mapping and classification process.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: unknown
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Unknown
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -133.272561
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.576053
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 55.456289
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.158388
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
REQUIRED: Reference to a formally registered thesaurus or a similar authoritative source of theme keywords.
Theme_Keyword: Eelgrass (Zostera)
Theme_Keyword: Bioband
Place:
Place_Keyword: British Columbia
Place_Keyword: Shore Zone
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_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: BCMCA
Contact_Person: Karin Bodtker
Contact_Position: Co-chair
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
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:
Source_Contribution:
Provincial Shore-Zone Mapping (1995 - 2002). Dataset name: SHZN_BIOBANDING_LINES_SP from the Sept 2008 LRDW download. Biobanding extraction was undertaken by Brian Woodman, contractor for the Shorezone oracle data maintenance. Processing steps used are decribed in "Process Step" tab. Refer to the original metadata link below for more information on the mapping and classification process.
<http://www.ilmb.gov.bc.ca/risc/pubs/coastal/bioshore/index.htm> <http://srmapps.gov.bc.ca/apps/dss_coastal/html/biophys_shr/index.html>
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Biobanding process steps undertaken by Brian Woodman: Biobanding is a many-to-many join between the xshore components table and the bioband codes. On the database, a MATERIALIZED_VIEW was built that is essentially a crosstab query of the data. A crosstab was decided upon because it shows where the biobands ARE but also where they are NOT, which is significant to end users. The fields from the xshore components table that join to the xref table are essentially the fields that make up the phyident plus the zone and component i.e. region, section, unit, subunit, zone, component
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The BIOBANDING_MVW was then linked to the spatial arcs using an SDE spatial view query (SVW).
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
If the spatial view is too large and slow to load from the LRDW, a process created by Al Sutherland was used to create a specific layer for the SVW and populate it using an FME script. Any SHZN layer in the LRDW with the '_SP' suffix is one of these i.e. SHZN_BIOBANDING_LINES_SP.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Biobanding processing steps undertaken by Coastal Resource Mapping: The methods used to extract eelgrass biobanding is as follows. Using select by attributes, select all "ZOS" features with Biodistribution code equal to "C" or "P" and export into a feature class. Select by attribute example: [ZOS] = 'C' or [ZOS] = 'P'.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Deleted all Bioband fields except "ZOS" using Delete field tool.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Re-projected from PCS Albers to NAD 1983 BC Environment Albers imported from CMN B5_EG95 dataset using project tool. Added 2 new fields using Add Field tool: Data_Source, Dataset_ID. Populated fields using Calculate Field tool. Data_Source field calculated to equal the name of the dataset from which data was derived. Dataset_ID calculated to equal the common dataset identifier as categorized by BCMCA.
Process_Step:
Process_Description: Created Metadata
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: All processing steps performed by Melissa Meneghetti
Contact_Organization: Coastal Resource Mapping
Contact_Position: Spatial Analyst
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: 13582
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: 0.000125
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000125
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: BCMCA_ECO_VascPlants_eelgrass_bioband_data
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: GEOMETRY
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DATA_SOURCE
Attribute_Definition: Name of the dataset from which the data was derived.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PHYIDENT
Attribute_Definition:
A 13 character 'slash-delimited' (/) concatenation of the SHOREUNITS, REGION, SECTION, UNIT and SUBUNIT that uniquely identifies the unit for use in Arcmap.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: REGION
Attribute_Definition:
Each region is assigned a number from 1 to 13 and represent subdivisions of the shoreline.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Dataset_ID
Attribute_Definition: Common dataset identifier as categorized by BCMCA.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: UNIT
Attribute_Definition: Number common to the shore unit database.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SUBUNIT
Attribute_Definition:
Identifier used to show the across-shore component of the shoreline. SUBUNIT identified with "01, 02, etc" signify alongshore length and identified as points in the UNIT database.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: GEOMETRY_Length
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: COMPONENT
Attribute_Definition: Zone subdivisions.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ZOS
Attribute_Definition:
Zostera (eelgrass). Shoreline biological bands are sub-divisions of a across-shore area, according to common species assemblages. Bands are defined by the dominant cover species. BioDistribution codes "C" (continuous), "P" (patchy), "W" (wide(>5m)), "M" (medium(1-5m wide)), "N" (narrow(<1m)) indicate the amount or presence of the Bio Band feature.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SECTION_
Attribute_Definition: Region subdivisions.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ZONE_
Attribute_Definition:
A qualitative indicator of the relative elevation of the component with respect to the intertidal zone. A - Upland, B - Intertidal, C - Subtidal, D - Pelagic, X - Dummy.
Overview_Description:
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_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: 20100925
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
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
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