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NMFS Office Of Protected Resources
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NMFS Southeast Region GIS Coordinator
nmfs.ser.gis.coordinator@noaa.gov
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2024-02-29T00:00:00
ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data
ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
EPSG::4326
Lobed Star Coral
2023-08-09
publication
NOAA/NMFS/EDM
65259
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/65259
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These data represent the critical habitat designation (August 9, 2023) under the Endangered Species Act for the lobed star coral (Orbicella annularis). Critical habitat is defined as all marine waters in the defined depth ranges relative to mean low water.Within the defined boundaries, critical habitat does not include: - areas subject to the 2014 Naval Air Station Key West Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan- areas where the essential feature (i.e., reproductive, recruitment, growth, and maturation habitat) does not occur- all managed areas that may contain natural hard substrate but do not provide the quality of substrate essential for the conservation of threatened corals, such as dredged navigation channels, shipping basins, vessel berths, and active anchorages. Specific federally-authorized channels and harbors not included in the designation are: St. Lucie Inlet, Palm Beach Harbor, Hillsboro Inlet, Port Everglades, BakerâÂÂs Haulover Inlet, Miami Harbor, Key West Harbor, Arecibo Harbor, San Juan Harbor, Fajardo Harbor, Ponce Harbor, Mayaguez Harbor, St. Thomas Harbor, Christiansted Harbor.- artificial substrates such as fixed and floating structures, aids-to-navigation (AToNs), seawalls, wharves, boat ramps, fishpond walls, pipes, submarine cables, wrecks, mooring balls, docks, and aquaculture cages- the restricted area managed by the South Florida Ocean Measuring Facility.
These data represent the critical habitat designation (August 9, 2023) under the Endangered Species Act for the lobed star coral (Orbicella annularis).
CREDIT: National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Region ORIGINATORS: NOAA-National Marine Fisheries Service; NOAA-National Marine Fisheries Service;
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NMFS Southeast Region GIS Coordinator
nmfs.ser.gis.coordinator@noaa.gov
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Moore, Jennifer
727-824-5312
727-824-5309
263 13th Ave. South
St. Petersburg
FL
33701
USA
Jennifer.Moore@noaa.gov
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Orbicella annularis
critical habitat
lobed star coral
threatened species
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Atlantic Ocean
Broward County
Caribbean
Caribbean Sea
Dry Tortugas
East Flower Garden Bank
Florida
Florida Keys
Gulf of Mexico
Lake Worth Inlet
Miami-Dade County
Navassa Island
Palm Beach County
Puerto Rico
St. Croix
St. John
St. Thomas
U. S. Virgin Islands
West Flower Garden Bank
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DOC/NOAA/NMFS/OPR > Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
2017-04-24
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Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords
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National ESA Critical Habitat Geodatabase
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Cite As: NMFS Office Of Protected Resources, [Date of Access]: Lobed Star Coral [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/65259.
NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
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Use Constraints: Users be advised that the accuracy of this data set is completely dependent upon the accuracy of the shoreline and/or bathymetric data used in the creation process. For more details on this process, see the process description. The proposed rule text description in 85 FR 76302 is always the one, true definition of the coral critical habitat. These or any other depictions are for information purposes only and shouldn't be relied on for regulatory purposes.
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NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP)
NOAA/NMFS/EDM
65259
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/opr/dmp/pdf/65259.pdf
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NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP)
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2020-11-27T00:00:00Z
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GIS File
CoralLobedStar_20230809
2021-11-30
publication
ESRI File Geodatabase
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/southeast/science-data/maps-geographic-information-systems-gis-data-southeast
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https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/southeast/science-data/maps-geographic-information-systems-gis-data-southeast
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Bathymetry source: NGDC Coastal Relief Model for Puerto Rico & U.S. Virgin Islands (Vol. 9), Florida and Eastern Gulf of Mexico (Vol. 3), and Central Gulf of Mexico (Vol. 4). Using ESRI's ArcGIS ArcMap software and Spatial Analyst extension, ran the focal statistics tool, which smoothed blocky contours. Then Surface >Contour tool with base contour set to 0.99999, which will also smooth some blockiness. Converted the polyline to a polygon. Deleted very small polygons/ or polys for depths +/- 1m. NOAA NCCOS provided bathymeric contours for Navassa based on sidescan sonar surveys.
A detailed shoreline was used 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) nearshore bathymetry (digitized from NOAA nautical charts), 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. In areas where shallow contours intersected the shoreline, the contours were edited so they would not overlap in the GIS layer and on the maps.