gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:54799 eng UTF8 dataset GIS Files Office of Response and Restoration resourceProvider ESI Program Manager 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle WA 98115 orr.esi@noaa.gov pointOfContact 2026-03-04T19:17:18 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) geometryOnly composite 2264 Southwest Peninsular Florida 2016 ESI INVERTEBRATE Polygons 2017-02 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 54799 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/54799 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/resources/esi-guidelines WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link ESI Guidelines Guidelines for developing ESI data content and overview of ESI data structure. Useful for data collectors and users requiring more in depth information on the ESI process. download https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link ESI Overview Overview of ESI data content and uses. download mapDigital Prepared by Research Planning, Inc., Columbia, South Carolina for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service, Office of Response and Restoration, Emergency Response Division, Seattle, Washington. This data set contains sensitive biological resource data for marine and estuarine invertebrate species in Southwest Florida. Vector polygons in this data set represent invertebrate distribution and concentration areas. Species specific abundance, seasonality, status, life history, and source information are stored in relational data tables (described below) designed to be used in conjunction with this spatial data layer. This data set comprises a portion of the ESI data for Southwest Florida. ESI data characterize the marine and coastal environments and wildlife by their sensitivity to spilled oil. The ESI data include information for three main components: shoreline habitats, sensitive biological resources, and human-use resources. The ESI data were collected, mapped, and digitized to provide environmental data for oil spill planning and response. The Clean Water Act with amendments by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 requires response plans for immediate and effective protection of sensitive resources. This project was supported by the Florida Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI), Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). Kathleen OKeife with FWRI served as contract and technical manager for the project. Timyn Rice, Christi Santi, Ryan Druyor, Chris Boland, and other FWRI staff contributed significantly to the project, as did many other individuals from several state and federal agencies and other organizations. At Research Planning, Inc. in Columbia, South Carolina, numerous scientific and staff were involved with different phases of the project. Mark White, GIS Director, and Christine Boring, Biology Dept. Manager, were co-Project Managers. The ESI shoreline was classified by Jennifer Horsman, Steve Quan, and Dr. Tim McClinton. The biological data were collected and compiled by Christine Boring, Lauren Szathmary, and Jennifer Weaver. Lee Diveley, Katy Beckham, Jeff Dahlin, Chris Locke, and Bryan Thom processed and produced the GIS data and final metadata documents. This project was further supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R), Emergency Response Division (ERD), Seattle, Washington for final data conversion to the current NOAA standard. completed ESI Program Manager 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle WA 98115 orr.esi@noaa.gov pointOfContact ESI Program Manager 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle WA 98115 orr.esi@noaa.gov custodian asNeeded Data content is considered static once published. However, if issues with the Geodatabase linkages or table contents are identified, the Geodatabase and/or the associated Map Document may be updated. Assure most current data is being used by downloading from https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi_download and/or comparing modification dates provided at this site. https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/ESI-Browse-Graphic.pdf Depicts the relationships between spatial data layers and attribute data tables for the Southwest Florida ESI data. pdf EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > OIL SPILLS theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 17.0 CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > FLORIDA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 20.8 Coastal Zone Management Coastal resources ESI Environmental Monitoring Oil spill planning Sensitivity maps theme Gulf of Mexico Southwest Peninsular Florida place DOC/NOAA/NOS/ORR > Office of Response and Restoration, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2017-04-24 publication 8.5 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page 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 information custodian Southwest Peninsular Florida, 2016 project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Office of Response and Restoration, [Date of Access]: Southwest Peninsular Florida 2016 ESI INVERTEBRATE Polygons [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/54799. 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. otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None otherRestrictions Use Constraints: DO NOT USE MAPS FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES. Management boundaries are not to be considered legal boundaries. Edges may have been altered for cartographic processes. Note that the ESI database should not be used to the exclusion of other pertinent data or information held by state or federal agencies or other organizations. Likewise, information contained in the database cannot be used in place of consultations with environmental, natural resource, and cultural resource agencies, or in place of field surveys. Recognize that the information contained in the ESI database represents known concentration areas or occurrences of natural, cultural, and human-use resources, but does not necessarily represent the full distribution or range of each species or resource. This is particularly important to recognize when considering potential impacts to protected resources, such as endangered species, wetlands, etc. Besides the above warnings, there are no use constraints on these data. Acknowledgment of the originators, publishers, contributors, and sources listed would be appreciated in products derived from these data. otherRestrictions Distribution Liability: Although these data have been processed and used successfully on a computer system at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by NOAA regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. NOAA warrants the delivery of this product in computer-readable format, and will offer a replacement copy of the product when the product is determined unreadable by computer input peripherals, or when the physical medium is delivered in damaged condition. unclassified NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 54799 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/orr/dmp/pdf/54799.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. information crossReference vector textTable eng; US biota environment The software packages used to develop the atlas are Environmental Systems Research Institute's ArcGIS for Desktop 10.4.1(R) and SQL SERVER(R) (version 2005). The hardware configuration is PC's with Windows Operating System 10. -84.0099 -80.721 24.5018 27.2699 This reflects the extent of all land and water features included in the overall Southwest Peninsular Florida ESI study region. The bounding box for this particular feature class may vary depending on occurrences identified and mapped. Time Frame Range starts with ESI Project Start Year, and ends with ESI Atlas Publication Year. | Currentness: Publication Date 2014 2016 false eng false INVERT 2019-02-15 publication BIOFILE 2019-02-15 publication SOURCES 2019-02-15 publication BREED_DT 2019-02-15 publication ESRI File Geodatabase Zip Office of Response and Restoration 1305 East-West Highway Silver Spring MD 20910 https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link ORR Home Page Website listed for Office of Response and Restoration information distributor https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/esi WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link SW_Peninsular_Florida_2016_GDB.zip This feature class is part of the downloadable Esri Arc Geodatabase. download dataset Accuracy A multi-stage error checking process is used to verify both attribute accuracy and logical consistency throughout data production. The process includes a standardized data entry methodology, data review by in-house and external resource experts, a final Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) process, and multiple automated logical consistency checks. Quantitative data (such as densities, counts, abundances, or concentrations) provided by resource experts for inclusion in the data set may vary widely in attribute accuracy, depending upon the methodology used to collect and compile such data. For a more detailed evaluation of source data attribute accuracy, contact the sources listed in the Lineage section. Completeness Report These data represent a synthesis of expert knowledge and digital data on invertebrate distribution and concentration areas. These data do not necessarily represent all invertebrate occurrences in Southwest Florida. The following species are included in this data set: (Species_ID, Common Name, Scientific Name [n/a if not applicable]): 4, Pink shrimp, Farfantepenaeus duorarum; 41, Bay scallop, Argopecten irradians; 43, Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica; 44, Horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus; 49, Blue crab, Callinectes sapidus; 72, Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus; 74, Stone crabs, Menippe spp.; 100, Quahog, Mercenaria spp.; 729, Tunicates, n/a. Conceptual Consistency A multi-stage error checking process, described in the above Attribute Accuracy Report, is used to verify both attribute accuracy and logical consistency throughout data production. This process includes multiple automated logical consistency checks that test the files for missing or duplicate data, rules for proper coding, GIS topological consistencies, and SQL SERVER(R) to ArcGIS(R) consistencies. A final review is made by the GIS manager, before the final Geodatabase and metadata are created. After the data are delivered to NOAA, they are again subjected to several consistency checks, and processed into the final delivery format. Sources of data used to depict invertebrate distribution and seasonality for this data layer include: 1) expert knowledge of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC) and local agencies, and 2) digital datasets. Information on the presence of oysters was derived from digital datasets. Polygons were buffered by 5 meters to meet the minimum mapping unit and reduce the presence of gaps between the shoreline of the source data and the ESI shoreline. Horseshoe crab spawning beaches were mapped based on a database of public observations provided by FFWCC. Observations from 2008 to present were considered. Geographic areas which had reports of more than 50 crabs spawning in multiple years of the dataset were identified and digitized based on these reports. The inherent bias in the dataset likely underrepresents the extent of spawning in southwest Florida; available habitat is plentiful. Horseshoe crab spawning occurs year round but peaks in April and September/October. Pink shrimp, blue crab and stone crab were mapped in the Charlotte Harbor region using densities and seasonalities derived from fishery independent monitoring (FIM) data. Abundances based on habitat strata were derived as described in the fish section. For the invertebrate layers, data from the FIM program were condensed into two strata - shallow (shoreline, shallow vegetated and shallow nonvegetated polygons) and deep (>1.8 m in depth). Records in the Ten Thousand Islands were generated based on NOAA's Estuarine living marine resources (ELMR) database and reviewed by FFWCC (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission) staff. These species, along with spiny lobster, were mapped to broad distribution polygons in the Gulf of Mexico based on expert knowledge of FFWCC. Quahog and scallops were mapped to the FIM 'shallow' polygons in which they are likely to occur. Actual distribution of bay scallops in this region is variable from year to year, and is most commonly found in association with seagrasses. Two species of quahog occur in the area, and are most commonly found in association with unvegetated bottom. Aquaculture leases are present in Marco Island and Pine Island Sound. The above digital and/or hardcopy sources were compiled by the project biologist to create the INVERT data layer. Depending on the type of source data, three general approaches are used for compiling the data layer: 1) information gathered during initial interviews and from hardcopy sources are compiled onto U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000 topographic quadrangles and digitized; 2) hardcopy maps are digitized at their source scale; 3) digital data layers are evaluated and used "as is" or integrated with the hardcopy data sources. See the Lineage section for additional information on the type of source data for this data layer. The ESI, biology, and human-use data are compiled into the standard ESI digital data format. A second set of interviews with participating resource experts are conducted to review the compiled data. If necessary, edits to the INVERT data layer are made based on the recommendations of the resource experts, and final hardcopy maps and digital data are created. 2017-02-01T00:00:00 ESI Program Manager orr.esi@noaa.gov processor BENTHIC HABITAT MAPPING AND SUBSTRATE CHARACTERIZATION IN THE NORTHERN ESTUARIES, FLORIDA 2011-01-01 publication U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (USACE), JACKSONVILLE DISTRICT 2011 CHNEP BENTHIC HABITATS, 2006 2006-01-01 publication CHARLOTTE HARBOR NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM 2006 DISTRIBUTION AND SEASONALITY OF INVERTEBRATES IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA 2016-01-01 publication FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION (FWC) FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (FWRI) - RYAN GANDY 2016 Distribution and Abundance of Fishes and Invertebrates in Gulf of Mexico Estuaries, Volume I: Data Summaries 1992-09-01 publication Nelson, David Moe https://nccospublicstor.blob.core.windows.net/projects-attachments/107/ELMRGulfMexVol1.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information Distribution and abundance of fishes and invertebrates in Gulf of Mexico estuaries, Volume II: Species life history summaries 1997-08-01 publication Nelson, David Moe https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/estuarine-species-database-noaa-estuarine-living-marine-resources-program/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Estuarine Living Marine Resources Program Source Citation URL information 1997 FISHERIES INDEPENDENT MONITORING DATA 2016-01-01 publication FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION (FWC) FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (FWRI) 2005 2016 HORSESHOE CRAB SPAWNING AREAS DATABASE 2016-01-01 publication FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION (FWC) FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (FWRI) 2016 HORSESHOE CRAB SPAWNING SEASONALITY 2016-01-01 publication FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION (FWC) - TIFFANY BLACK 2016 INVERTEBRATE RESOURCES OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA 2016-01-01 publication FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION (FWC) - STEVE GEIGER 2016 INVERTEBRATES OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA 2016-01-01 publication BROWDER, JOAN 2016 LEE COUNTY OYSTERS NATURAL HISTORY 2016-01-01 publication LEE COUNTY NATURAL RESOURCES - LESLI HAYNES 2016 NOAA's ESTUARINE LIVING MARINE RESOURCES (ELMR) DATABASE 2000-01-01 publication Nelson, David Moe https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/estuarine-species-database-noaa-estuarine-living-marine-resources-program/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Estuarine Species Database for the NOAA Estuarine Living Marine Resources Program Source Citation URL information 2000 RBNERR 2014 BENTHIC HABITATS 2014-01-01 publication ROOKERY BAY NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE (NERR) 2014 SARASOTA COUNTY OYSTERS 2013-01-01 publication SARASOTA COUNTY (KATHRYN MEAUX, JIM GRIMES) http://www.sarasota.wateratlas.usf.edu/oysters/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Source Citation URL Source Citation URL information 2008 2013 SPINY LOBSTER IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA 2016-01-01 publication FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION (FWC) FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (FWRI) - TOM MATTHEWS, ROD BERTELSON 2016