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These data represent the Biotic Component (BC) of the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classificaiton Standard (CMECS) out to -200m or state waters (PMEP's bouCoasndary) of the West Coast of the contiguous United States. |
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These data represent the Biotic Component (BC) of the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classificaiton Standard (CMECS) out to -200m or state waters (PMEP's bouCoasndary) of the West Coast of the contiguous United States. |
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Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission GIS |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN><SPAN>The </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.pacificfishhabitat.org/"><SPAN><SPAN>Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN /><SPAN><SPAN>(PMEP), is a nationally recognized partnership that seeks to advance regional and national goals relating to fish habitat. PMEP is a consortium of organizations focused on West Coast fish habitat in the region's estuaries and nearshore marine waters.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN /><SPAN /><SPAN>These data represent the Biotic Component (BC) of the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) out to -200 m or state waters (PMEP's boundary) of the West Coast of the contiguous United States. The BC is organized into a branched hierarchy of five nested levels: setting, class, subclass, group, and community. Classes and subclasses of the BC are determined by the dominant biota (defined as the most abundant in terms of percent cover) of the substrate. This is a data compilation; we cross-walked attributes from 20 datasets into CMECS BC ecological units. These classifications were applied to Nearshore Zones currently part of the Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership’s (PMEP) spatial data system, within the “</SPAN><A href="https://psmfc.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=e7797a548fe74ee0a5dd387a090b41e7"><SPAN>West Coast USA Nearshore Zones</SPAN></A><SPAN>” (PMEP) layer. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>For full documentation of CMECS, see https://coast.noaa.gov/data/digitalcoast/pdf/cmecs.pdf.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Vers. 1.0, Last Updated August 22, 2022</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>This product is for informational purposes only and is not intended for navigational, legal, engineering, or surveying purposes; it is provided with the understanding that conclusions drawn from the information are the responsibility of the user.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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West Coast USA Nearshore Biotic Habitat |
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["Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard","environment","oceans","PMEP","nearshore habitat","biotic component","Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership","PMEP","nearshore","biotic","habitat","West Coast","CMECS"] |
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