Identification
Information
Data Quality
Information
Spatial Data Organization Information
Spatial Reference Information
Entity and Attribute Information
Distribution Information
Metadata Reference Information
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Arnold Banner
Publication_Date: 20000616
Title: Common Snipe Habitat in the Gulf of Maine (SNIPEHAB83)
Edition:
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Falmouth, ME
Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Gulf of Maine Program
Other_Citation_Details:
The Gulf of Maine Habitat Mapping Project used occurrence information and species/habitat
models to map potential habitat for 63 species of primary concern to the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service. These include migratory birds, anadromous and estuarine fishes, and threatened or
endangered species. The habitat models are based on published literature, agency reports, and
knowledge of experts working with the species.
Online_Linkage:
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Arnold Banner and Sue Schaller
Publication_Date:
Title: Gulf of Maine Habitat Mapping Project
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Falmouth, Maine
Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gulf of Maine Program, Northeast Region
Online_Linkage:
Description:
Abstract:
Habitat for common snipe was based on vegetative cover type,
patch size, soil type and moisture regime.
For details see the model narrative: common_snipe_model.htm
Purpose:
Habitat suitability information mapped for this and for 62
other species of concern in the Gulf of Maine will be used
to identify valuable areas for conservation, protection and enhancement of plant, fish and wildlife habitat.
Supplemental_Information:
The mapped habitat was tested using Breeding Bird Survey
information and found to be significantly associated with occurrences of snipe.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 19930101
Ending_Date: 19931231
Currentness_Reference:
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -72.3892
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -66.8317
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.4396
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.6446
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: habitat
Theme_Keyword: model
Theme_Keyword: common snipe
Theme_Keyword: Charadrius vociferus
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Maine
Place_Keyword: Massachusetts
Place_Keyword: New Hampshire
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: Gulf of Maine
Access_Constraints:
Use_Constraints:
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gulf of Maine Program
Contact_Person: Arnold Banner
Contact_Position: Senior Biologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 4R Fundy Road
City: Falmouth
State_or_Province: ME
Postal_Code: 04105-1764
Country: U.S.A.
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 207 781-8364
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 207 781-8369
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: fw5es_gomp.gis@fws.gov
Hours_of_Service: 8:00 am to 4:30 pm (Eastern Standard)
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
ESRI Grid format
f:\arcdat\gom\birds\csnipe\snipehab83
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DATA_QUALITY_INFORMATION
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
The accuracy of the attributes is determined by the scale and quality of the data sets used,
which may have errors in characterizing land cover, soil, or other environmental condition.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
This raster data set is based on a descriptive model, applied to available GIS datasets. The
presence/absence of the species and relative scoring of habitats were validated using
Breeding Bird Survey data.
Completeness_Report:
The coverage may omit useful habitat or erroneously
identify habitat because of limitations of the source data
and the models operating on those data. Habitat identification was limited by the
spatial resolution of the underlying data and the quality and age of information available.
The species may not be found in all the habitats shown, or may be found in additional areas;
the information provided may not accurately portray most recent conditions.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Data set accuracy generally corresponds to that of the
1:24,000 base data used to align the raster data.
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
N/A
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Arnold Banner
Publication_Date: 19990616
Title: GOMLC7
Edition:
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Falmouth, ME
Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Gulf of Maine Program
Other_Citation_Details:
Online_Linkage: gomlc7.htm; see also Landcover_Data_Methods.htm
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Arnold Banner; Sue Schaller
Publication_Date:
Title: Gulf of Maine Habitat Mapping Project
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Falmouth, ME
Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Gulf of Maine Program
Online_Linkage:
Source_Scale_Denominator:
Type_of_Source_Media:
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1993
Ending_Date: 1993
Source_Currentness_Reference:
Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
Source_Contribution: used to identify cover types and patch size
Source_Information:
Source_Citation: USDA_NRCS Soils Surveys [by state, by county]
Citation_Information:
Originator: USDA_NRCS
Publication_Date:
Title: soils
Edition:
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place:
Publisher: USDA_NRCS Soils Surveys
Other_Citation_Details:
Online_Linkage: http://www.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/stat_data.html ,
http://www.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/ssur_data.html
Larger_Work_Citation: Soils Surveys
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Publication_Date:
Title:
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place:
Publisher: USDA_NRCS
Online_Linkage:
Source_Scale_Denominator: 250,000 [statsgo]; 24,000 [ssurgo]
Type_of_Source_Media:
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date:
Ending_Date:
Source_Currentness_Reference:
Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
Source_Contribution: identification of moist (hydric) organic soils
Source_Information:
Source_Citation: Breeding Bird Surveys
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Publication_Date:
Title: GOMBBSPTS83.SHP
Edition: Breeding Bird Surveys
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: database
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Patuxent MD
Publisher: USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Other_Citation_Details: see gombbspts83.htm
Online_Linkage: http://www.mp2-pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Publication_Date:
Title: Breeding Bird Surveys
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Patuxent MD
Publisher: USGS
Online_Linkage: http://www.mp2-pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/
Source_Scale_Denominator:
Type_of_Source_Media:
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 19900105
Ending_Date: 19980930
Source_Currentness_Reference:
Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
Source_Contribution:
We downloaded databases of counts by year by bird species at each of 50 stops along routes
throughout study area, for the years 1997, 1998; data for 1990 donated by Raymond Oconnor,
Univ. of Maine, Orono. We digitized routes and joined these to the database files. The coverage
was used to test (validate) models by comparing mapped habitat to occurrences from this data set.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Appropriate cover types were selected and habitat suitability
scores were based on wetland or soil condition (wet organic regarded as preferred) and
area ( > 3 ha preferred). see common_snipe_model.htm
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
Process_Date:
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation:
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gulf of Maine Program
Contact_Person: Arnold Banner
Contact_Position: Senior Field Biologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 4R Fundy Road
City: Falmouth
State_or_Province: ME
Postal_Code: 04105-1764
Country: U.S.A.
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 207 781-8364
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 207 781-8369
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: fw5es_gomp.gis@fws.gov
Hours_of_Service: 8:00 am to 4:30 pm (Eastern Standard)
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SPATIAL_DATA_ORGANIZATION_INFORMATION
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster
Raster_Object_Information:
Raster_Object_Type: Grid Cell, 30 m
Row_Count: 21381
Column_Count: 13972
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SPATIAL_REFERENCE_INFORMATION
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Grid_Coordinate_System:
Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator
Universal_Transverse_Mercator:
UTM_Zone_Number: 19
Transverse_Mercator:
Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -69.000000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000
False_Easting: 500000.000000
False_Northing: 0.000000
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: Row and column
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 30
Ordinate_Resolution: 30
Planar_Distance_Units: Meters
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.26
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ENTITY_AND_ATTRIBUTE_INFORMATION
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: snipehab83.vat
Entity_Type_Definition: GRID Value Attribute Table
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Value
Attribute_Definition: Pixel value
Attribute_Definition_Source: Model generated
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Software computed
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Count
Attribute_Definition: Number of pixels with same value
Attribute_Definition_Source: Software generated
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Software computed
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
Grid-cell Value: indexed to habitat suitability, where 10
is optimal and 0 is unsuitable
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DISTRIBUTION_INFORMATION
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gulf of Maine Program
Contact_Person: Robert Houston
Contact_Position: Wildlife Biologist / GIS Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 4R Fundy Road
City: Falmouth
State_or_Province: ME
Postal_Code: 04105-1764
Country: U.S.A.
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 207 781-8364
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 207 781-8369
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: fw5es_gomp.gis@fws.gov
Hours_of_Service: 8:00 am to 4:30 pm (Eastern Standard)
Resource_Description:
This map may not accurately portray most recent conditions or occupation by the species,
and is not warranted for any use other than it's original purpose which was to provide
an estimate of habitat suitability.
Distribution_Liability:
There are no restrictions on the use of this data. However, secondary distribution must be
accompanied by this documentation. Credit should always be given to the data source when
this data is transferred or printed.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name:
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media:
Recording_Format:
Compatibility_Information:
Fees:
Ordering_Instructions:
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METADATA_REFERENCE_INFORMATION
Metadata_Date: 20000720
Metadata_Review_Date: 20000700
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gulf of Maine Program
Contact_Person: Arnold Banner
Contact_Position: Senior Field Biologist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and physical address
Address: 4R Fundy Road
City: Falmouth
State_or_Province: ME
Postal_Code: 04105-1764
Country: U.S.A.
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 207 781-8364
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 207 781-8369
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: fw5es_gomp.gis@fws.gov
Hours_of_Service: 8:00 am to 4:30 pm (Eastern Standard)
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC CSDGM
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
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