Northern anchovy larvae distribution off California
Dataset Identification:
Resource Abstract:
The National Marine Sanctuary Program (NMSP) updates and revises the management plans for each of its 13 sanctuaries. This
process, which is open to the public, enables each site to revisit the reasons for sanctuary designation and assess whether
they are meeting their goals, as well as to set new goals consistent with the mandates of the National Marine Sanctuaries
Act. Issues raised by the public during this process are evaluated and a determination is made as to whether they will be
incorporated into the updated plan. Many of these issues focus on topics such as the implementation of marine zoning or sanctuary
boundary adjustments, both of which require information on the distribution of resources within and around the sanctuary.
Recognizing this, NMSP and NOAA?s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) formalized an agreement to collaborate
in the revision process by developing such information through a series of biogeographic assessments conducted in selected
sanctuaries. The resulting products are then supplied to sanctuary managers and staff for use in the policy and decision making
process. This collaborative effort began along the west coast of the U.S. with the Cordell Bank, Gulf of Farallones, and Monterey
Bay national marine sanctuaries, and is herein centered on the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS).
Citation
Title Northern anchovy larvae distribution off California
publication Date
2006-01-01
presentationForm
mapDigital
cited responsible party
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publisher
organisation Name
NOAA's Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
Contact information
Address
, Silver Spring, MD
cited responsible party
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originator
organisation Name
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
(NCCOS),Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch
cited responsible party
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originator
organisation Name
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
(NCCOS),Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch
other Citation Details
Cinergi keyword enhanced at Fri Nov 11 21:44:55 UTC 2016
purpose:
This dataset was obtained to examine the distribution of fish larvae off southern California. This work will complement and
build upon a similar effort currently being conducted by the BP for three sanctuaries in central California (Cordell Bank,
Gulf of the Farallones, and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries). The biogeographic assessment for these three sanctuaries
was conducted to identify important biological zones, time periods, and ecological linkages within an analysis area that extends
from Point Arena in the north to Point Sal in the south. Furthermore, this study will incorporate data and information from
a comprehensive west coast assessment completed by NOS in the late 1980s that resulted in the "West Coast of North America,
Coastal and Ocean Zones, Strategic Assessment: Data Atlas". This Atlas contains maps of key biological, physical, and economic
characteristics of the marine environment of the West Coast. The Atlas complemented the BP's Estuarine Living Marine Resources
Program (ELMR) studies to define the biological and physical characteristics of adjacent estuarine systems, and included biogeographic
analyses to define estuarine assemblages and inshore-offshore linkages between ecosystems.
Resource language:
eng; USA
Resource progress code:
completed
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:
asNeeded
Constraints on resource usage:
Constraints
Use limitation statement:
Unknown
Constraints on resource usage:
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use constraint:
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Use Constraints: None
Constraints on resource usage:
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Access Constraints: None
Spatial representation type code:
vector
Processing environment:
Native Dataset Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude
-126.675077
eastBoundLongitude
-116.622518
northBoundLatitude
42.023737
southBoundLatitude
31.678653
Temporal Extent
2006-01-01
Additional information on resource:
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act, the National Marine Sanctuary Program will incorporatethis assessment
with cultural and socio-economic analyses to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement to fully analyze boundary
change concepts.
Credits:
This data set: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA)/National Ocean Service (NOS)/National Centers for Coastal
Ocean Science (NCCOS)/Center for Coastal Ocean Science (CCMA)/Biogeography Branch; Raw data - California Cooperative Oceanic
Fisheries Investigations (CALCOFI)
point of contact
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pointOfContact
individual Name Randy Clark
organisation Name
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA)/National Ocean Service (NOS)/National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
(NCCOS)/Center for Coastal Ocean Science (CCMA)/Biogeography Branch
position Name Biogeography Branch/CINMS Biogeographic Assessment Project Manager
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 301-713-3028
Fax 301-713-4384
Address
1305 East-West Hwy.SSMC 4, N/SCI-1, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
Country USA
notes: This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata standard (version
FGDC-STD-001-1998) using the 2012-06-20T17:21:00 version of the FGDC RSE to ISO 19115-2 transform.
notes: Last Metadata Review Date: 2014-03-19
Metadata contact
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pointOfContact
individual Name Randy Clark
organisation Name
NOAA/NCCOS/CCMA/Biogeography Branch
position Name Biogeography Branch/CINMS Biogeographic Assessment Project Manager
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 301-713-3028
Fax 301-713-4384
Address
1305 East-West Hwy.SSMC 4, N/SCI-1, Silver Spring, MD, 20910
Country USA