Description: Areas of high mobile invertebrate abundance and concentration. Mobile invertebrates include large benthic crustaceans like lobster and crabs, as well as pelagic invertebrates such as squid. “Overlaps” value indicates the number of sublayers present.
For more information on the data sources used and the creation of this layer, please refer to The Long Island Sound Blue Plan, Appendix 2 – Ecologically Significant Areas.
Copyright Text: Long Island Sound Blue Plan (CT Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, 2019)
Name: ESA - Mobile Invertebrates: Decopod Biomass Fall 1995-2004
Display Field: gridcode
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Depicts areas of high biomass for five decapod species (Blue crab, flat claw hermit crab, lady crab, rock crab, and spider crab) from the LIS Trawl Survey. These were mapped and considered together as a group due to similarities in their biology, habitat preferences, and catchability in the trawl survey. The data reflect the top quintiles forthe Fall Seasons across 1995-2004.
For more information on the data sources used and the creation of this layer, please refer to The Long Island Sound Blue Plan, Appendix 2 – Ecologically Significant Areas.
Copyright Text: Long Island Sound Blue Plan (CT Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, 2019)
Name: ESA - Mobile Invertebrates: Decopod Biomass Spring 1995-2004
Display Field: gridcode
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Depicts areas of high biomass for five decapod species (Blue crab, flat claw hermit crab, lady crab, rock crab, and spider crab) from the LIS Trawl Survey. These were mapped and considered together as a group due to similarities in their biology, habitat preferences, and catchability in the trawl survey. The data reflect the top quintiles for the Spring Seasons across 1995-2004.
For more information on the data sources used and the creation of this layer, please refer to The Long Island Sound Blue Plan, Appendix 2 – Ecologically Significant Areas.
Copyright Text: Long Island Sound Blue Plan (CT Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, 2019)
Name: ESA - Mobile Invertebrates: Decopod Biomass Fall 2005-2014
Display Field: gridcode
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Depicts areas of high biomass for five decapod species (Blue crab, flat claw hermit crab, lady crab, rock crab, and spider crab) from the LIS Trawl Survey. These were mapped and considered together as a group due to similarities in their biology, habitat preferences, and catchability in the trawl survey. The data reflect the top quintiles for the Fall seasons across 2005-2014.
For more information on the data sources used and the creation of this layer, please refer to The Long Island Sound Blue Plan, Appendix 2 – Ecologically Significant Areas.
Copyright Text: Long Island Sound Blue Plan (CT Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, 2019)
Name: ESA - Mobile Invertebrates: Decopod Biomass Spring 2005-2014
Display Field: gridcode
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Depicts areas of high biomass for five decapod species (Blue crab, flat claw hermit crab, lady crab, rock crab, and spider crab) from the LIS Trawl Survey. These were mapped and considered together as a group due to similarities in their biology, habitat preferences, and catchability in the trawl survey. The data reflect the top quintiles for the Spring Seasons across 2005-2014.
For more information on the data sources used and the creation of this layer, please refer to The Long Island Sound Blue Plan, Appendix 2 – Ecologically Significant Areas.
Copyright Text: Long Island Sound Blue Plan (CT Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, 2019)
Name: ESA - Mobile Invertebrates: Horseshoe Crab spawning
Display Field: Id
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Represents predicted horseshoe crab spawning use classifications for Connecticut beaches. These data were included in Connecticut’s 2015 Wildlife Action Plan Key Habitats and Communities. High and medium use beaches were considered ecologically significant.
For more information on the data sources used and the creation of this layer, please refer to The Long Island Sound Blue Plan, Appendix 2 – Ecologically Significant Areas.
Copyright Text: Long Island Sound Blue Plan (CT Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, 2019)
Name: ESA - Mobile Invertebrates: Horseshoe Crab Biomass Fall 1995-2004
Display Field: gridcode
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Depicts areas of high biomass for horseshoe crabs from the LIS Trawl Survey. The data reflect the top quintiles for the Fall Seasons across 1995-2004.
For more information on the data sources used and the creation of this layer, please refer to The Long Island Sound Blue Plan, Appendix 2 – Ecologically Significant Areas.
Copyright Text: Long Island Sound Blue Plan (CT Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, 2019)
Name: ESA - Mobile Invertebrates: Horseshoe Crab Biomass Spring 1995-2004
Display Field: gridcode
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Depicts areas of high biomass for horseshoe crabs from the LIS Trawl Survey. The data reflect the top quintiles for the Spring Seasons across 1995-2004.
For more information on the data sources used and the creation of this layer, please refer to The Long Island Sound Blue Plan, Appendix 2 – Ecologically Significant Areas.
Copyright Text: Long Island Sound Blue Plan (CT Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, 2019)
Name: ESA - Mobile Invertebrates: Horseshoe Crab Biomass Fall 2005-2014
Display Field: gridcode
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Depicts areas of high biomass for horseshoe crabs from the LIS Trawl Survey. The data reflect the top quintiles for the Fall Seasons across 2005-2014.
For more information on the data sources used and the creation of this layer, please refer to The Long Island Sound Blue Plan, Appendix 2 – Ecologically Significant Areas.
Copyright Text: Long Island Sound Blue Plan (CT Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, 2019)
Name: ESA - Mobile Invertebrates: Horseshoe Crab Spring Biomass 2005-2014
Display Field: gridcode
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Depicts areas of high biomass for horseshoe crabs from the LIS Trawl Survey. The data reflect the top quintiles for the Spring Seasons across 2005-2014.
For more information on the data sources used and the creation of this layer, please refer to The Long Island Sound Blue Plan, Appendix 2 – Ecologically Significant Areas.
Copyright Text: Long Island Sound Blue Plan (CT Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, 2019)
Name: ESA - Mobile Invertebrates: Lobster Biomass Fall 1995-2004
Display Field: gridcode
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Depicts areas of high biomass for American lobster from the LIS Trawl Survey. The data reflect the top quintiles for the Fall Seasons across 1995-2004.
For more information on the data sources used and the creation of this layer, please refer to The Long Island Sound Blue Plan, Appendix 2 – Ecologically Significant Areas.
Copyright Text: Long Island Sound Blue Plan (CT Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, 2019)
Name: ESA - Mobile Invertebrates: Lobster Biomass Spring 1995-2004
Display Field: gridcode
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Depicts areas of high biomass for American lobster from the LIS Trawl Survey. The data reflect the top quintiles for the Spring Seasons across 1995-2004.
For more information on the data sources used and the creation of this layer, please refer to The Long Island Sound Blue Plan, Appendix 2 – Ecologically Significant Areas.
Copyright Text: Long Island Sound Blue Plan (CT Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, 2019)
Name: ESA - Mobile Invertebrates: Lobster Biomass Fall 2005-2014
Display Field: gridcode
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Depicts areas of high biomass for American lobster from the LIS Trawl Survey. The data reflect the top quintiles for the Fall Seasons across 2005-2014.
For more information on the data sources used and the creation of this layer, please refer to The Long Island Sound Blue Plan, Appendix 2 – Ecologically Significant Areas.
Copyright Text: Long Island Sound Blue Plan (CT Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, 2019)
Name: ESA - Mobile Invertebrates: Lobster Biomass Spring 2005-2014
Display Field: gridcode
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Depicts areas of high biomass for American lobster from the LIS Trawl Survey. The data reflect the top quintiles for the Spring Seasons across 2005-2014.
For more information on the data sources used and the creation of this layer, please refer to The Long Island Sound Blue Plan, Appendix 2 – Ecologically Significant Areas.
Copyright Text: Long Island Sound Blue Plan (CT Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, 2019)
Name: ESA - Mobile Invertebrates: Lobster Thermal Refuge
Display Field: gridcode
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: This layer represents those LIS Trawl Survey grid cells where projected future temperatures remain within American lobsters’ tolerance (between 12-20°C) from July to September for at least 32% of the time. This threshold was chosen because between 2002-2012 temperatures remained between 12-20°C from July to September for ~32% of the time and allowed for some American lobster survival.
For more information on the data sources used and the creation of this layer, please refer to The Long Island Sound Blue Plan, Appendix 2 – Ecologically Significant Areas.
Copyright Text: Long Island Sound Blue Plan (CT Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, 2019)
Name: ESA - Mobile Invertebrates: Squid Biomass Fall 1995-2004
Display Field: gridcode
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Depicts areas of high biomass for long-finned squid from the LIS Trawl Survey. The data reflect the top quintiles for the Fall Seasons across 1995-2004 .
For more information on the data sources used and the creation of this layer, please refer to The Long Island Sound Blue Plan, Appendix 2 – Ecologically Significant Areas.
Copyright Text: Long Island Sound Blue Plan (CT Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, 2019)
Name: ESA - Mobile Invertebrates: Squid Spring Biomass 1995-2004
Display Field: gridcode
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Depicts areas of high biomass for long-finned squid from the LIS Trawl Survey. The data reflect the top quintiles for the Spring Seasons across 1995-2004.
For more information on the data sources used and the creation of this layer, please refer to The Long Island Sound Blue Plan, Appendix 2 – Ecologically Significant Areas.
Copyright Text: Long Island Sound Blue Plan (CT Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, 2019)
Name: ESA - Mobile Invertebrates: Squid Biomass Fall 2005-2014
Display Field: gridcode
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Depicts areas of high biomass for long-finned squid from the LIS Trawl Survey. The data reflect the top quintiles for the Fall Seasons across 2005-2014.
For more information on the data sources used and the creation of this layer, please refer to The Long Island Sound Blue Plan, Appendix 2 – Ecologically Significant Areas.
Copyright Text: Long Island Sound Blue Plan (CT Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, 2019)
Name: ESA - Mobile Invertebrates: Squid Spring Biomass 2005-2014
Display Field: gridcode
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Depicts areas of high biomass for long-finned squid from the LIS Trawl Survey. The data reflect the top quintiles for the Spring Seasons across 2005-2014.
For more information on the data sources used and the creation of this layer, please refer to The Long Island Sound Blue Plan, Appendix 2 – Ecologically Significant Areas.
Copyright Text: Long Island Sound Blue Plan (CT Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, 2019)
Description: Areas of high fish persistence and high fish abundance and concentration. The fish criterion includes species using water column habitats (i.e., diadromous and pelagic species), and seafloor habitats (i.e., demersal species). “Overlaps” value indicates the number of sublayers present.
For more information on the data sources used and the creation of this layer, please refer to The Long Island Sound Blue Plan, Appendix 2 – Ecologically Significant Areas.
Copyright Text: Long Island Sound Blue Plan (CT Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, 2019)
Name: ESA - Fish: Demersal High Weighted Persistence
Display Field: Value
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Depicts areas of high weighted fish persistence for species using seafloor habitats (i.e., demersal species) from data derived from the CT DEEP Marine Fisheries Long Island Sound Trawl Survey (LISTS). The data reflect the top quintiles for the Fall and Spring Seasons across two decades (1995-2004 & 2005-2014).
For more information on the data sources used and the creation of this layer, please refer to The Long Island Sound Blue Plan, Appendix 2 – Ecologically Significant Areas.
Copyright Text: Long Island Sound Blue Plan (CT Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, 2019)
Name: ESA - Fish: Water Column High Weighted Persistence
Display Field: gridcode
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Depicts areas of high weighted fish persistence for species using water column habitats (i.e., diadromous and pelagic species) from data derived from the CT DEEP Marine Fisheries Long Island Sound Trawl Survey (LISTS). The data reflect the top quintiles for the Fall and Spring Seasons across two decades (1995-2004 & 2005-2014).
For more information on the data sources used and the creation of this layer, please refer to The Long Island Sound Blue Plan, Appendix 2 – Ecologically Significant Areas.
Copyright Text: Long Island Sound Blue Plan (CT Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, 2019)
Name: ESA - Fish: Demersal Fall Abundance 1995-2004
Display Field: gridcode
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Depicts areas of high abundance for fish species using seafloor habitats (i.e., demersal species) from data derived from the CT DEEP Marine Fisheries Long Island Sound Trawl Survey (LISTS). The data reflect the top quintiles for the Fall Seasons across 1995-2004.
For more information on the data sources used and the creation of this layer, please refer to The Long Island Sound Blue Plan, Appendix 2 – Ecologically Significant Areas.
Copyright Text: Long Island Sound Blue Plan (CT Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, 2019)
Name: ESA - Fish: Demersal Spring Abundance 1995-2004
Display Field: gridcode
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Depicts areas of high abundance for fish species using seafloor habitats (i.e., demersal species) from data derived from the CT DEEP Marine Fisheries Long Island Sound Trawl Survey (LISTS). The data reflect the top quintiles for the Spring Seasons across 1995-2004.
For more information on the data sources used and the creation of this layer, please refer to The Long Island Sound Blue Plan, Appendix 2 – Ecologically Significant Areas.
Copyright Text: Long Island Sound Blue Plan (CT Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, 2019)
Name: ESA - Fish: Demersal Fall Abundance 2005-2014
Display Field: gridcode
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Depicts areas of high abundance for fish species using seafloor habitats (i.e., demersal species) from data derived from the CT DEEP Marine Fisheries Long Island Sound Trawl Survey (LISTS). The data reflect the top quintiles for the Fall Seasons across 2005-2014.
For more information on the data sources used and the creation of this layer, please refer to The Long Island Sound Blue Plan, Appendix 2 – Ecologically Significant Areas.
Copyright Text: Long Island Sound Blue Plan (CT Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, 2019)
Name: ESA - Fish: Demersal Spring Abundance 2005-2014
Display Field: gridcode
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Depicts areas of high abundance for fish species using seafloor habitats (i.e., demersal species) from data derived from the CT DEEP Marine Fisheries Long Island Sound Trawl Survey (LISTS). The data reflect the top quintiles for the Spring Seasons across 2005-2014.
For more information on the data sources used and the creation of this layer, please refer to The Long Island Sound Blue Plan, Appendix 2 – Ecologically Significant Areas.
Copyright Text: Long Island Sound Blue Plan (CT Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, 2019)
Name: ESA - Fish: Water Column Fall Abundance 1995-2004
Display Field: gridcode
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Depicts areas of high abundance for species using water column habitats (i.e., diadromous and pelagic species) from data derived from the CT DEEP Marine Fisheries Long Island Sound Trawl Survey (LISTS). The data reflect the top quintiles forthe Fall Seasons across 1995-2004.
For more information on the data sources used and the creation of this layer, please refer to The Long Island Sound Blue Plan, Appendix 2 – Ecologically Significant Areas.
Copyright Text: Long Island Sound Blue Plan (CT Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, 2019)
Name: ESA - Fish: Water Column Abundance Spring 1995-2004
Display Field: gridcode
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Depicts areas of high abundance for species using water column habitats (i.e., diadromous and pelagic species) from data derived from the CT DEEP Marine Fisheries Long Island Sound Trawl Survey (LISTS). The data reflect the top quintiles for the Spring Seasons across 1995-2004.
For more information on the data sources used and the creation of this layer, please refer to The Long Island Sound Blue Plan, Appendix 2 – Ecologically Significant Areas.
Copyright Text: Long Island Sound Blue Plan (CT Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, 2019)
Name: ESA - Fish: Water Column Fall Abundance 2005-2014
Display Field: gridcode
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Depicts areas of high abundance for species using water column habitats (i.e., diadromous and pelagic species) from data derived from the CT DEEP Marine Fisheries Long Island Sound Trawl Survey (LISTS). The data reflect the top quintiles for the Fall Seasons across 2005-2014.
For more information on the data sources used and the creation of this layer, please refer to The Long Island Sound Blue Plan, Appendix 2 – Ecologically Significant Areas.
Copyright Text: Long Island Sound Blue Plan (CT Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, 2019)
Description: Depicts areas of high abundance for species using water column habitats (i.e., diadromous and pelagic species) from data derived from the CT DEEP Marine Fisheries Long Island Sound Trawl Survey (LISTS). The data reflect the top quintiles for the Spring Seasons 2005-2014.
For more information on the data sources used and the creation of this layer, please refer to The Long Island Sound Blue Plan, Appendix 2 – Ecologically Significant Areas.
Copyright Text: Long Island Sound Blue Plan (CT Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection, 2019)