Connecticut Eelgrass Beds 2009 Field Data

+ Resource Description

Citation

Information used to reference the data.

Title: Connecticut Eelgrass Beds 2009 Field Data

Originators: US Fish and Wildlife Service

Consevation Management Institute

Publication date: 2009

Data type: vector digital data

Data location: http://www.ct.gov/deep

Description

A characterization of the data, including its intended use and limitations.

Abstract:

This data layer was created by the Conservation Management Institute, Virginia Tech University for the USFWS National Wetlands Inventory, Region 5. The project area encompasses the eastern end of Long Island Sound, including Fishers Island and the North Fork of Long Island. It includes all coastal embayments and nearshore waters (i.e., to a depth of -15 feet at mean low water) bordering the Sound from Clinton Harbor in the west to the Rhode Island border in the east and including Fishers Island and the North Shore of Long Island from Southold to Orient Point and Plum Island. The study area includes the tidal zone of 18 sub-basins in Connecticut: Little Narragansett Bay, Stonington Harbor, Quiambog Cove, Mystic Harbor, Palmer-West Cove, Mumford Cove, Paquonock River, New London Harbor, Goshen Cove, Jordan Cove, Niantic Bay, Rocky Neck State Park, Old Lyme Shores, Connecticut River, Willard Bay, Westbrook Harbor, Duck Island Roads, and Clinton Harbor, and two areas in New York: Fishers Island and a portion of the North Shore of Long Island. Delineations of 2009 eelgrass beds were completed using 1:20,000 true color aerial photography flown at low tide on 7/14/2009 and 7/15/2009. Extensive field work was conducted by the USFWS Region 5 Southern New England-New York Bight Coastal Program Office in October, November, and December 2009 with 193 field sites checked. The 2009 photography was scanned and geo-rectified using 2006 NAIP 1 meter true color imagery. Data have been summarized in a technical report: Tiner, R., K. McGuckin, M. Fields, N. Fuhrman, T. Halavik, and A. MacLachlan. 2010. 2009 Eelgrass Survey for Eastern Long Island Sound, Connecticut and New York. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wetlands Inventory Program, Northeast Region, Hadley, MA. National Wetlands Inventory report. 16 pp. plus Appendix.

Purpose:

This dataset was developed for an ongoing eelgrass monitoring of the Long Island Sound.  Funding was provided by the EPA, Region 2.

Language of dataset: en

Point Of Contact

Contact information for the individual or organization that is knowledgeable about the data.

Person: Ralph Tiner

Organization: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Northeast Region

Position: National Wetlands Inventory, R5 Coordinator

Phone: 413-253-8620

Email: ralph_tiner@fws.gov

Address type: mailing and physical address

Address:

300 Westgate Center Drive

City: 300 Westgate Center Drive

State or Province: MA

Postal code: 01035

Data Type

How the data are represented, formatted and maintained by the data producing organization.

File or table name: depgis.DEP.EELGRASS_BEDS_2009_FIELD_DATA

Data type: vector digital data

Data format: SDE Feature Class

Native dataset environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000

Time Period of Data

Time period(s) for which the data corresponds to the currentness reference.

Date: 2009

Currentness reference:

ground condition

Status

The state of and maintenance information for the data.

Data status: Complete

Update frequency: None planned

Key Words

Words or phrases that summarize certain aspects of the data.

Theme:

Keywords: environment

Keyword thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Place:

Keywords: Connecticut, CT

Keyword thesaurus: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of The United States, and Associated Areas (Federal Information Processing Standard 5-2): Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Place:

Keywords: United States of America, USA

Keyword thesaurus: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1995, Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions (Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 10-4): Washington, D.C., National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Data Access Constraints

Restrictions and legal prerequisites for accessing or using the data after access is granted.

Access constraints:

None. The data is in the public domain and may be redistributed.

Use constraints:

Per US Fish and Wildlife Service:
Contraints based on limitation of methods of aquiring data through remotely sensed processes.

Per State of Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection:
No restrictions or legal prerequisites for using the data.  Although this data set  has been used by the State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection as to the accuracy of the data and or related materials.  The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection in the use of these data or related materials. The user assumes the entire risk related to the use of these data. Once the data is distributed to the user, modifications made to the data by the user should be noted in the metadata.

+ Spatial Reference Information

Horizontal Coordinate System

Reference system from which linear or angular quantities are measured and assigned to the position that a point occupies.

Projected coordinate system:

Name: NAD 1983 StatePlane Connecticut FIPS 0600 Feet

Map units: survey feet

Geographic coordinate system:

Name: GCS North American 1983

Coordinate System Details

Map projection

Map projection name: Lambert Conformal Conic

Standard parallel: 41.200000

Standard parallel: 41.866667

Longitude of central meridian: -72.750000

Latitude of projection origin: 40.833333

False easting: 999999.999996

False northing: 499999.999998

Planar Coordinate Information

Planar coordinate encoding method: coordinate pair

Coordinate representation:

Abscissa resolution: 0.000328

Ordinate resolution: 0.000328

Planar distance units: survey feet

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

Reference system from which vertical distances (altitudes or depths) are measured.

Altitude system definition:

Altitude resolution: 1.000000

Altitude encoding method: Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Spatial Domain

The geographic areal domain of the data that describes the western, eastern, northern, and southern geographic limits of data coverage.

Bounding Coordinates

In Projected or local coordinates

NAD 1983 StatePlane Connecticut FIPS 0600 Feet

Boundary	Coordinate
Left	1106394.765597 (survey feet)
Right	1244981.398528 (survey feet)
Top	688116.586345 (survey feet)
Bottom	614616.276325 (survey feet)

In Unprojected coordinates (geographic)

GCS North American 1983

Boundary	Coordinate
West	-72.363698 (longitude)
East	-71.857784 (longitude)
North	41.348970 (latitude)
South	41.144442 (latitude)

+ Data Structure and Attribute Information

Overview

Summary of the information content of the data, including other references to complete descriptions of entity types, attributes, and attribute values for the data.

Direct spatial reference method: Vector

Attributes of depgis.DEP.EELGRASS_BEDS_2009_FIELD_DATA

Detailed descriptions of entity type, attributes, and attribute values for the data.

Name: depgis.DEP.EELGRASS_BEDS_2009_FIELD_DATA

Type of object: Feature Class

Geometry type: Point

Number of records: 193

Attributes

OBJECTID

Definition:

Internal feature number.

Alias: OBJECTID Type: OID Width: 4 Precision: 10 Scale: 0

Attribute values: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute definition source:

ESRI

SHAPE

Definition:

Feature geometry.

Alias: SHAPE Type: Geometry Width: 4 Precision: 0 Scale: 0

Attribute values: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute definition source:

ESRI

Alias: ID Type: Double Width: 8 Precision: 38 Scale: 8

SITE

Alias: SITE Type: Double Width: 8 Precision: 38 Scale: 8

LAT

Alias: LAT Type: Double Width: 8 Precision: 38 Scale: 8

LON

Alias: LONG_ Type: Double Width: 8 Precision: 38 Scale: 8

SITE_1

Alias: SITE_1 Type: String Width: 10 Precision: 0 Scale: 0

LATITUDE

Alias: LATITUDE Type: String Width: 20 Precision: 0 Scale: 0

LONGITUDE

Alias: LONGITUDE Type: String Width: 20 Precision: 0 Scale: 0

SITE_AREA

Alias: SITE_AREA Type: String Width: 20 Precision: 0 Scale: 0

SITE_NAME

Alias: SITE_NAME Type: String Width: 30 Precision: 0 Scale: 0

INSP_DATE

Alias: INSP_DATE Type: Date Width: 36 Precision: 0 Scale: 0

INSP_TIME

Alias: INSP_TIME Type: Date Width: 36 Precision: 0 Scale: 0

DEPTH_FT

Alias: DEPTH_FT Type: Double Width: 8 Precision: 38 Scale: 8

EELGRASS

Alias: EELGRASS Type: String Width: 10 Precision: 0 Scale: 0

COVER

Alias: COVER Type: String Width: 10 Precision: 0 Scale: 0

COMMENTS

Alias: COMMENTS Type: String Width: 254 Precision: 0 Scale: 0

TIDE_TIME

Alias: TIDE_TIME Type: Date Width: 36 Precision: 0 Scale: 0

TIDE_HEIGH

Alias: TIDE_HEIGH Type: Double Width: 8 Precision: 38 Scale: 8

INVESTIGAT

Alias: INVESTIGAT Type: String Width: 254 Precision: 0 Scale: 0

ESRI Feature Description

Description of spatial objects in the data using the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) terminology.

Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) terms

depgis.DEP.EELGRASS_BEDS_2009_FIELD_DATA

ESRI feature type: Simple

Geometry type: Point

Topology: FALSE

Feature count: 193

Spatial index: TRUE

Linear referencing: FALSE

SDTS Feature Description

Description of point and vector spatial objects in the data using the Spatial Data Transfer Standards (SDTS) terminology.

Spatial data transfer standard (SDTS) terms

depgis.DEP.EELGRASS_BEDS_2009_FIELD_DATA

Type: Entity point

Count: 193

+ Data Source and Process Information

ESRI geoprocessing history

Description of ESRI geoprocessing commands, settings, and tolerances applied to the data.

ESRI geoprocessing command information

1 Process

Date: 20100513 Time: 125512

Tool location: C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Conversion Tools.tbx\FeatureClassToFeatureClass

Command issued: FeatureClassToFeatureClass E:\NWI\Eelgrass\Final_Submit\Submitted\Eelgrass_Field_Points_2009.shp E:\NWI\Eelgrass\Final_Submit\Submitted\Eelgrass_2009_CT_St_Plane.mdb\Eelgrass Eelgrass_Field_Points_2009 # "ID 'ID' true true false 19 Double 5 18 ,First,#,E:\NWI\Eelgrass\Final_Submit\Submitted\Eelgrass_Field_Points_2009.shp,ID,-1,-1;SITE__ 'SITE__' true true false 19 Double 5 18 ,First,#,E:\NWI\Eelgrass\Final_Submit\Submitted\Eelgrass_Field_Points_2009.shp,SITE__,-1,-1;LAT 'LAT' true true false 19 Double 5 18 ,First,#,E:\NWI\Eelgrass\Final_Submit\Submitted\Eelgrass_Field_Points_2009.shp,LAT,-1,-1;LONG_ 'LONG_' true true false 19 Double 5 18 ,First,#,E:\NWI\Eelgrass\Final_Submit\Submitted\Eelgrass_Field_Points_2009.shp,LONG,-1,-1;SITE___1 'SITE___1' true true false 254 Text 0 0 ,First,#,E:\NWI\Eelgrass\Final_Submit\Submitted\Eelgrass_Field_Points_2009.shp,SITE___1,-1,-1;LATITUDE 'LATITUDE' true true false 254 Text 0 0 ,First,#,E:\NWI\Eelgrass\Final_Submit\Submitted\Eelgrass_Field_Points_2009.shp,LATITUDE,-1,-1;LONGITUDE 'LONGITUDE' true true false 254 Text 0 0 ,First,#,E:\NWI\Eelgrass\Final_Submit\Submitted\Eelgrass_Field_Points_2009.shp,LONGITUDE,-1,-1;SITE_AREA 'SITE_AREA' true true false 254 Text 0 0 ,First,#,E:\NWI\Eelgrass\Final_Submit\Submitted\Eelgrass_Field_Points_2009.shp,SITE_AREA,-1,-1;SITE_NAME 'SITE_NAME' true true false 254 Text 0 0 ,First,#,E:\NWI\Eelgrass\Final_Submit\Submitted\Eelgrass_Field_Points_2009.shp,SITE_NAME,-1,-1;DATE_ 'DATE_' true true false 8 Date 0 0 ,First,#,E:\NWI\Eelgrass\Final_Submit\Submitted\Eelgrass_Field_Points_2009.shp,DATE_,-1,-1;TIME_ 'TIME_' true true false 8 Date 0 0 ,First,#,E:\NWI\Eelgrass\Final_Submit\Submitted\Eelgrass_Field_Points_2009.shp,TIME,-1,-1;DEPTH_FT 'DEPTH_FT' true true false 19 Double 5 18 ,First,#,E:\NWI\Eelgrass\Final_Submit\Submitted\Eelgrass_Field_Points_2009.shp,DEPTH_FT,-1,-1;EELGRASS 'EELGRASS' true true false 254 Text 0 0 ,First,#,E:\NWI\Eelgrass\Final_Submit\Submitted\Eelgrass_Field_Points_2009.shp,EELGRASS,-1,-1;COVER 'COVER' true true false 254 Text 0 0 ,First,#,E:\NWI\Eelgrass\Final_Submit\Submitted\Eelgrass_Field_Points_2009.shp,COVER,-1,-1;COMMENTS 'COMMENTS' true true false 254 Text 0 0 ,First,#,E:\NWI\Eelgrass\Final_Submit\Submitted\Eelgrass_Field_Points_2009.shp,COMMENTS,-1,-1;TIDE_TIME 'TIDE_TIME' true true false 8 Date 0 0 ,First,#,E:\NWI\Eelgrass\Final_Submit\Submitted\Eelgrass_Field_Points_2009.shp,TIDE_TIME,-1,-1;TIDE_HEIGH 'TIDE_HEIGH' true true false 19 Double 5 18 ,First,#,E:\NWI\Eelgrass\Final_Submit\Submitted\Eelgrass_Field_Points_2009.shp,TIDE_HEIGH,-1,-1;INVESTIGAT 'INVESTIGAT' true true false 254 Text 0 0 ,First,#,E:\NWI\Eelgrass\Final_Submit\Submitted\Eelgrass_Field_Points_2009.shp,INVESTIGAT,-1,-1" # E:\NWI\Eelgrass\Final_Submit\Submitted\Eelgrass_2009_CT_St_Plane.mdb\Eelgrass\Eelgrass_Field_Points_2009

2 Process

Date: 20101116 Time: 082433

Tool location: C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CopyFeatures

Command issued: CopyFeatures Y:\Workspaces\Coastal\KOB\metadata_work\SDE_prep\OLISP_SDE_data_prep.mdb\Eelgrass\Eelgrass_Field_Points_2009 Y:\GIS_Tools\Dropoff_Box\OLISP_data\Eelgrass_Field_Points_2009.shp # 0 0 0

3 Process

Date: 20101118 Time: 124904

Tool location: C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CopyFeatures

Command issued: CopyFeatures Y:\GIS_Tools\Dropoff_Box\OLISP_data\Eelgrass_Field_Points_2009.shp Y:\GIS_Tools\Dropoff_Box\OLISP_data\Coastal_Data_Load.mdb\EELGRASS_BEDS_2009_FIELD_DATA # 0 0 0

4 CopyFeatures_1

Date: 20101209 Time: 140009

Tool location: C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CopyFeatures

Command issued: CopyFeatures Y:\GIS_Tools\Dropoff_Box\OLISP_data\Coastal_Data_Load_Final.mdb\EELGRASS_BEDS_2009_FIELD_DATA "Database Connections\10.18.8.60.depgis@dep_92dc.sde\depgis.DEP.EELGRASS_BEDS_2009_FIELD_DATA" DEPFEATURESTATIC 0 0 0

+ Data Distribution Information

General

Description of the data known by the party from whom the data may be obtained, liability of party distributing data, and technical capabilities required to use the data.

Resource description:

Connecticut Eelgrass Beds 2009 Field Data

Standard Order Process

Common ways in which data may be obtained.

Digital form:

Size of the data: 0.005

Transfer size: 0.005

+ Metadata Reference

Metadata Date

Dates associated with creating, updating and reviewing the metadata.

Last updated: 20120119

Language of metadata: en

Metadata Point of Contact

Contact information for the individual or organization responsible for the metadata information.

Person: Kevin McGuckin

Organization: Consevation Management Institute

Position: GIS Manager

Phone: 540-231-9197

Email: kmcguckn@vt.edu

Address type: mailing and physical address

Address:

1900 Kraft Dr. Suite 250

City: Blacksburg

State or Province: VA

Postal code: 24061

Metadata Standards

Description of the metadata standard used to document the data and reference to any additional extended profiles to the standard used by the metadata producer.

Standard name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Standard version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Time convention: local time

Metadata profiles defining additonal information:

Profile: ESRI Metadata Profile

Online linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html

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Stylesheet: FGDC Plus Stylesheet

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