NOAA National Marine Fisheries ServiceUnpublished MaterialAcropora_CH_povector digital data\\SERO-NOVELL-4\DATA1\GIS\ESRI CATALOG\ARCDATA\PRODUCTS\Distribution\AcroporaCHAcropora_CH_poThese data represent the critical habitat for elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) and staghorn coral (A. cervicornis) as designated by 73 FR 72210, November 26, 2008, Rules and Regulations.The purpose of these data is to visually represent the critical habitat areas for GIS analysis and display.en20081126ground conditionAs needed-83.120607-64.43828626.54513417.637457-83.120607-64.43828617.63745726.545134NoneAcropora palmataAcropora cervicornisCritical HabitatEndangered SpeciesGISstaghorn coralelkhorn coralNoneCaribbeanPuerto RicoVirgin IslandsSt. JohnSt. ThomasSt. CroixFloridaFlorida KeysPalm Beach CountyBroward CountyMiami-Dade CountyMonroe CountyAtlantic OceanCaribbean SeaNoneUsers be advised that the accuracy of this data set is completely dependent upon the accuracy of the shoreline and bathymetric data used in the creation process. For more details on this process, see the process description. The text description in 73 FR 72210 is always the one, true definition of Acropora critical habitat. These or any other depictions are for information purposes only and shouldn't be relied on for regulatory purposes.Acropora Coordinatormailing and physical address
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St. PetersburgFL33071-5505USA727-824-5312727-824-5309Jennifer.Moore@noaa.govMonday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pmJennifer MooreNOAA-National Marine Fisheries ServiceMicrosoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000ShapefileNot ApplicableComplete Pending NMFS PRD ReviewBathymetry source: NGDC Coastal Relief Model for Puerto Rico & Virgin Islands (Vol. 9), and Florida and Eastern Gulf of Mexico (Vol. 3).
Using ESRI's ArcGIS ArcMap software and Spatial Analyst extension, ran the 'Surface Analysis' tool, 'Contour'. Set contour interval to 30 (CRM is in tenths of meters). The contour line was a bit blocky, so smoothed using ET GeoWizard (3rd party software) to smooth the contour using Bezier Curve smoothing algorithm with default settings (5 for smoothness) for the Caribbean and 10 for smoothing setting for Florida, and then cleaned. Converted the polyline to a polygon. Deleted very small polygons/ or polys for depths +/- 1m.National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Geodetic Data Center (NGDC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce20071030NOAA-NMFSAmanda FrickGIS Analyst/Contractormailing and physical address
263 13th Avenue South
St. PetersburgFL33701-5505USA727-824-5312727-824-5309Amanda.Frick@noaa.govMonday - Friday, 8:30am - 5:30pmUsed detailed shoreline for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands from NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), by selecting 'Land' and 'mangrove' polygons. Used NOAA medium resolution vector shoreline for Florida to create land polygon. Erased the bathymetry polygons with the land/mangrove polygons .
For Florida shoreline, or shoreward side of the critical habitat polygon, used Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission (FWC) for nearshore bathymetry (digitized from NOAA nautical charts) for the 6 ft depth to Government Cut, FWC 1:24,000 scale shoreline, COLREG lines, and intercouncil boundary between South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Councils at the mouths of bays and inlets, and information from the U.S. Navy for exclusions. The polygon that included to the 30 meter contour was erased with the appropriate data for the shoreward side.20050816Florida Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce - Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Acropora 73 FR 72210, November 26, 2008NOAA Fisheries Servicemailing and physical address263 13th Ave SSt. PetersburgFL33701USAAmanda FrickNOAA-NMFSGIS Analyst727-824-5312727-8245309amanda.frick@noaa.gov8:00 am - 5:00 pmThe process of creating an outer boundary using the gridded bathymetry data produced polygons with very dense veritices. ET GeoWizards (3rd party software) was used to generalize the polygons, using the Douglas-Poiker algorithm. A generalize tolerance of .00001 arc seconds was assigned.03/12/2009Dataset copied.Q:\PRODUCTS\Distribution\Acropora_CH_po2009090410395200VectorG-polygon79SimplePolygonFALSE79TRUEFALSED_WGS_1984WGS_19846378137.000000298.257224GCS_WGS_1984Decimal degrees0.0000000.000000Acropora_CH_poFeature Class79FIDInternal feature number.ESRISequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.FIDOID400ShapeFeature geometry.ESRICoordinates defining the features.ShapeGeometry000ET_IDET_IDNumber9Downloadable Data0.1021.30320090904NOAA-National Marine Fisheries ServiceAmanda FrickGIS Analystmailing and physical addressSt. PetersburgFL33701-5505USA
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