P-55 Assessment of existing information on Atlantic coastal fish habitats: Development of a web-based spatial bibliography, query tools, and data summaries

Monday, September 13, 2010
Hall B (Convention Center)
David Moe Nelson, Ph.D. , NOAA/NOS Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Silver Spring, MD
Brook Herlach , NOAA/NOS Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Silver Spring, MD
Tom McGrath , NOAA/NOS Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Silver Spring, MD
The primary objective of this project, “Assessment of Existing Information on Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitats”, is to inform conservation planning for the Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership (ACFHP).  This project is a cooperative effort of NOAA/NOS Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA) Biogeography Branch and ACFHP.  The Assessment includes three components:
  1. a representative bibliographic and assessment database,
  2. a Geographical Information System (GIS) spatial framework, and
  3. a published summary report with description of methods, analyses of habitat assessment information, and recommendations for further work.
The spatial bibliography was created by linking the bibliographic table developed in Microsoft Excel and exported to SQL Server, with the spatial framework developed in ArcGIS and exported to GoogleMaps.  Information on habitat condition indicators, threats, and conservation recommendations are extracted from each entry and recorded in a separate linked table.  Together, the bibliography and assessment tables and their spatial framework provide a powerful tool to query and assess available information through a publicly available web interface.  It was designed to support the development of priorities for ACFHP’s conservation efforts within a geographic area extending from Maine to Florida, and from coastal watersheds seaward to the edge of the continental shelf.
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