Tidal Flats Florida
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- Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator:
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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
- Publication_Date: 2009
- Title: Tidal Flats Florida
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
- Online_Linkage: <http://research.myfwc.com/>
- Description:
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- Abstract:
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Tidal flats are non-vegetated areas of sand or mud protected from wave action and composed primarily of mud transported by tidal channels. An important characteristic of the tidal flat environment is its alternating tidal cycle of submergence and exposure to the atmosphere. This GIS data set was created to show a statewide representation of unvegetated tidal flats, compiled from the best available sources. The sources included individual seagrass mapping studies and National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) data for Florida. The NWI was ERASEd using more recent data sources that showed some areas were indeed vegetated. See Source Information for more details on how each source was used.
- Purpose:
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This GIS data set represents tidal flats in Florida for cartographic and analytical purposes. Source years vary. The methodology is different from previous statewide tidal flats data sets; this data set is not intended for temporal statewide comparisons.
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Prior to July 1, 2004, the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) was known as the Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI). The institute name has not been changed in historical data sets or references to work completed by the Florida Marine Research Institute. The institute name has been changed in references to ongoing research, new research, and contact information.
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- Beginning_Date: 1977
- Ending_Date: 2009
- Currentness_Reference: ground condition
- Status:
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
- Spatial_Domain:
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- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.641247
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.881862
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.855579
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.556049
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: FWC Theme
- Theme_Keyword: GIS
- Theme_Keyword: benthic
- Theme_Keyword: coastal
- Theme_Keyword: mapping
- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Habitat
- Theme_Keyword: estuaries
- Place:
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: FWC Place
- Place_Keyword: Florida
- Place_Keyword: Florida Bay
- Place_Keyword: Florida Keys
- Place_Keyword: Tampa Bay
- Place_Keyword: north Florida
- Place_Keyword: northeast Florida
- Place_Keyword: northwest Florida
- Place_Keyword: south Florida
- Place_Keyword: southeast Florida
- Place_Keyword: southwest Florida
- Place_Keyword: statewide
- Place_Keyword: west coast of Florida
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- Place_Keyword: Florida
- Place_Keyword: Florida Bay
- Place_Keyword: Florida Keys
- Place_Keyword: North Central
- Place_Keyword: Northeast
- Place_Keyword: Northwest
- Place_Keyword: South
- Place_Keyword: Southwest
- Place_Keyword: Tampa Bay
- Place_Keyword: north Florida
- Place_Keyword: northeast Florida
- Place_Keyword: northwest Florida
- Place_Keyword: south Florida
- Place_Keyword: southeast Florida
- Place_Keyword: southwest Florida
- Place_Keyword: statewide
- Place_Keyword: west coast of Florida
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Water Management Districts
- Place_Keyword: Northwest Florida
- Place_Keyword: South Florida
- Place_Keyword: Southwest Florida
- Place_Keyword: St. Johns River
- Place_Keyword: Suwannee River
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Available without restriction. All data must be verified by Principal Investigator or Group Database Analyst prior to release. It is strongly recommended that this data is directly acquired from FWC and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. FWC makes no claims as to the data's suitability for other purposes.
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Acknowledgement of the FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute) as the data source would be appreciated in any products developed from these data, and such acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices for data source is expected by users of this data. Please cite the original metadata when using portions of the record to create a similar record of slightly altered data, such as reprojection. If any data are modified or adjusted, please share the edited information with FWC. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection, and computer processes over time. FWC shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of this data. These data are not legal documents and are not to be used as such. This is not a survey data set and should not be utilized as such. These data are not to be used for navigation.
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- Contact_Person: GISLibrarian
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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
- Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
- Address: 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast
- City: St. Petersburg
- State_or_Province: Florida
- Postal_Code: 33701
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-893-1679
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Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000
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- Attribute_Accuracy:
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Attributes have been added by FWC. These attributes are accurate - each data set was calculated to a set value for each attribute prior to compilation, so that the lineage of each polygon could be traced.
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These data are logically consistent. Topology was run to remove overlapping polygons and polygons smaller than the cluster tolerance.
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Completeness is unknown. This data set includes all data in FWC holdings as of 2009.
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Positional accuracy varies. See the Source Information section for details on individual sources.
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- Source_Information:
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- Source_Citation:
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- Originator: Photo Science,Inc.
- Publication_Date: Unknown
- Title: seagrass_swfwmd_2008
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- Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
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- Beginning_Date: 20080108
- Ending_Date: 20080210
- Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
- Source_Citation_Abbreviation: seagrass_swfwmd_2008
- Source_Contribution: Reselected code 6510 "tidal flats".
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- Originator: Avineon, Inc.
- Publication_Date: 20051202
- Title: benthic_SRWMD_2001
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- Publication_Place: Live Oak, Florida
- Publisher: Suwannee River Water Management District
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- Calendar_Date: 20011119
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- Calendar_Date: 20011121
- Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
- Source_Citation_Abbreviation: benthic_SRWMD_2001
- Source_Contribution:
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Reselected code 6510 "tidal flats". This data source was only used where more recent data were not available.
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- Originator: Avineon, Inc.
- Publication_Date: Unknown
- Title: seagrass_esterobay_2006
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- Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
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- Calendar_Date: 200602
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- Calendar_Date: 200604
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- Calendar_Date: 200605
- Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
- Source_Citation_Abbreviation: seagrass_esterobay_2006
- Source_Contribution:
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Erased area where this data overlapped more recent data "seagrass_swfwmd_2008", then reselected code 6510 "tidal flats".
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- Originator: Photo Science, Inc.
- Publication_Date: Unpublished material
- Title: seagrass_bigbend_2006
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
- Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
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- Calendar_Date: 2006
- Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
- Source_Citation_Abbreviation: seagrass_bigbend_2006
- Source_Contribution:
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Category 6510 reselected from this data set. All selected features were used in the compilation unless overlapped by more recent data.
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- Originator: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Publication_Date: 20080522
- Title: wetland_fl_nwi
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
- Series_Information:
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Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States. U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, DC. FWS/OBS-79/31.
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- Publication_Place: Washington, D.C.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Habitat and Resource Conservation
- Online_Linkage: <http://www.fws.gov/wetlands/data/index.html>
- Source_Scale_Denominator: 25000
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- Beginning_Date: 1977
- Ending_Date: 2008
- Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
- Source_Citation_Abbreviation: wetland_fl_nwi
- Source_Contribution:
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This data set was used in areas where tidal flats were not delineated in more recent seagrass mapping studies. We used polygons from this data set that represented Estuarine and Marine unvegetated tidally influenced features. Because this data set is older, it was erased using areas where more recent seagrass mapping indicated that the flats are now vegetated. Also areas where unvegetated marine flats experienced high wave action were removed.
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator:
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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
- Publication_Date: 2009
- Title: submerged_aquatic_vegetation
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
- Online_Linkage: <http://research.myfwc.com/>
- Type_of_Source_Media: vector digital data
- Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
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- Beginning_Date: 1987
- Ending_Date: 2008
- Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
- Source_Citation_Abbreviation: submerged_aquatic_vegetation
- Source_Contribution:
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SAV polygons were used to ERASE NWI polygon features to leave only unvegetated tidal flats.
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Avineon, Inc.
- Publication_Date: 20050914
- Title: benthic_flbay_2004
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- Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
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- Calendar_Date: 20040331
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- Calendar_Date: 20040421
- Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
- Source_Citation_Abbreviation: benthic_flbay_2004
- Source_Contribution:
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Habitat type 1cc (Unconsolidated Sediments, Bank) was used from this data set.
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- Source_Citation:
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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coastal Services Center (CSC), Dade County
- Publication_Date: 2001
- Title: benthic_south_fl
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
- Source_Scale_Denominator: 48000
- Type_of_Source_Media: vector digital data
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- Calendar_Date: 1991
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- Calendar_Date: 1992
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- Calendar_Date: 1995
- Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
- Source_Citation_Abbreviation: benthic_south_fl
- Source_Contribution:
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Areas identified as "Bare Substrate" types with the "Bank" modifier were used from this data set, only in areas where not overlapped by the more recent Florida Bay 2004 data.
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- Originator: benthic_palmbeach_2007
- Publication_Date: 20080429
- Title: benthic_palmbeach_2007
- Edition: Version 8.3, September 29, 2005
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
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- Publication_Place: Clearwater, FL
- Publisher: Avineon, Inc.
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- Calendar_Date: 2007
- Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
- Source_Citation_Abbreviation: benthic_palmbeach_2007
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Category 6510 reselected from this data set. All selected features were used in the compilation.
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- Originator: Avineon, Inc.
- Publication_Date: 20081217
- Title: seagrass_springscoast07
- Edition: Final
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- Calendar_Date: 200704
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- Source_Citation_Abbreviation: seagrass_springscoast07
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Category 6510 reselected from this data set. All selected features were used in the compilation, except where ovelapped by more recent seagrass_swfwmd_2008 data.
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Reselected 6510 from the seagrass data sets where it is mapped.Selected Estuarine/Marine Unvegetated and tidally influenced polygons from NWI.
Erased from NWI the full extent of the seagrass data sets where tidal flats were mapped more recently.
Erased from NWI the statewide seagrass polygons (these are vegetated flats).
Removed remaining "high wave action" areas from NWI.
Merged NWI with the 6510 polygons from the seagrass mapping projects.
Ran a topology to identify and eliminate overlapping polygons.
Dissolved based on attributes METADATA, SOURCEDATE, and DESCRIPT attributes to simplify geometry.
Loaded to ArcSDE geodatabase.
- Process_Date: 2009
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- Map_Projection_Name: NAD 1983 2011 Florida GDL Albers
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- Entity_Type_Label: GIS.FWC.tidal_flat_fl_poly
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