Theoretical Flight Path for Lee County Aerial Distribution Survey for Manatees (October 1994 to January 1998)
Metadata:
- Identification_Information:
- Citation:
- Citation_Information:
- Originator:
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
- Publication_Date:
- Unpublished material
- Title:
- Theoretical Flight Path for Lee County Aerial Distribution Survey for Manatees (October 1994 to January 1998)
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:
- vector digital data
- Online_Linkage:
- http://geodata.myfwc.com
- Description:
- Abstract:
- Aerial distribution surveys are used by marine mammal biologists from FWC and other agencies to determine the seasonal distribution of manatees. Most surveys are conducted from small, four-seat, high-winged airplanes (Cessna 172 or 182) flying at a height of 500-1000 ft at a speed of 70-90 kts. Small helicopters may be used instead of fixed wing aircraft in urban areas or where waters are particularly opaque and hovering may be required. Surveys are flown along a standardized, theoretical flight route, which was designed to cover all likely manatee habitats in the study area. This "theoretical flight path" indicates the area that was covered during each survey, but it may not be the actual flight route flown on every survey. GPS tracklines recorded during surveys may be available for some flights. The survey area includes most of the rivers and coastal waters of Lee County. The major bodies of water include Caloosahatchee and Orange Rivers, San Carlos and Estero Bays, Matlacha Pass and Pine Island Sound. Many undeveloped areas that are under state or federal management were part of the study area.
- Purpose:
- To determine the seasonal distribution of manatees in Lee County, FL.
- Supplemental_Information:
- --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.--
- Time_Period_of_Content:
- Time_Period_Information:
- Range_of_Dates/Times:
- Beginning_Date:
- 19941012
- Ending_Date:
- 19980130
- Currentness_Reference:
- Survey dates
- Status:
- Progress:
- Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency:
- None Planned
- Spatial_Domain:
- Description_of_Geographic_Extent:
- Lee County, Florida
- Bounding_Coordinates:
- West_Bounding_Coordinate:
- -82.25
- East_Bounding_Coordinate:
- -81.69
- North_Bounding_Coordinate:
- 26.73
- South_Bounding_Coordinate:
- 26.32
- Keywords:
- Theme:
- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- FWRI Theme
- Theme_Keyword:
- manatees
- Theme_Keyword:
- marine mammals
- Theme_Keyword:
- threatened and endangered (turtles, whales, manatees, sturgeon)
- Theme_Keyword:
- research
- Theme:
- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- ISO 19115 Topic Category
- Theme_Keyword:
- biota
- Theme:
- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- Operational Tiers
- Theme_Keyword:
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
- Theme_Keyword:
- Wildlife Research
- Theme_Keyword:
- Marine Mammal Research
- Place:
- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- FWRI Place
- Place_Keyword:
- Florida
- Place:
- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- Florida Counties
- Place_Keyword:
- Lee
- Temporal:
- Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- None
- Temporal_Keyword:
- winter, spring, summer, fall
- Taxonomy:
- Keywords/Taxon:
- Taxonomic_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- FWRI common name
- Taxonomic_Keywords:
- manatee
- Taxonomic_Classification:
- Taxon_Rank_Name:
- Kingdom
- Taxon_Rank_Value:
- Animalia
- Taxonomic_Classification:
- Taxon_Rank_Name:
- Division
- Taxon_Rank_Value:
- Chordata
- Taxonomic_Classification:
- Taxon_Rank_Name:
- Class
- Taxon_Rank_Value:
- Mammalia
- Taxonomic_Classification:
- Taxon_Rank_Name:
- Super Order
- Taxon_Rank_Value:
- Paenungulata
- Taxonomic_Classification:
- Taxon_Rank_Name:
- Order
- Taxon_Rank_Value:
- Sirenia
- Taxonomic_Classification:
- Taxon_Rank_Name:
- Family
- Taxon_Rank_Value:
- Trichechidae
- Taxonomic_Classification:
- Taxon_Rank_Name:
- Genus
- Taxon_Rank_Value:
- Trichechus
- Taxonomic_Classification:
- Taxon_Rank_Name:
- Species
- Taxon_Rank_Value:
- manatus
- Applicable_Common_Name:
- manatee
- Applicable_Common_Name:
- sea cow
- Taxonomic_Classification:
- Taxon_Rank_Name:
- Subspecies
- Taxon_Rank_Value:
- Latirostris
- Applicable_Common_Name:
- manatee
- Applicable_Common_Name:
- sea cow
- Applicable_Common_Name:
- Florida manatee
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- All data must be verified by Principle 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.
- Point_of_Contact:
- Contact_Information:
- Contact_Organization_Primary:
- Contact_Organization:
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
- Contact_Address:
- Address_Type:
- mailing and physical address
- Address:
- Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
- Address:
- 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast
- City:
- St. Petersburg
- State_or_Province:
- FL
- Postal_Code:
- 33701-5095
- Country:
- USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone:
- 727-896-8626
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:
- 727-823-0166
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
- metadata@MyFWC.com
- Browse_Graphic:
- Browse_Graphic_File_Name:
- https://mermaid.ncddc.noaa.gov/fwc/fwri/wr/mmr/Manatees/Manatee_11-081_fp/idinfo/browse/lee.jpg
- Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
- image of study area
- Browse_Graphic_File_Type:
- JPEG
- Data_Set_Credit:
- The flight path was developed and digitized by FWC staff.
- Native_Data_Set_Environment:
- ArcGIS
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- Data_Quality_Information:
- Attribute_Accuracy:
- Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
- not applicable
- Logical_Consistency_Report:
- not applicable
- Completeness_Report:
- Flight path is complete
- Positional_Accuracy:
- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
- The route was created using detailed maps, such as National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)1:40,000 navigation charts or U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 1:24,000 topographic maps.
- Lineage:
- Methodology:
- Methodology_Type:
- Field
- Methodology_Identifier:
- Methodology_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- aerial survey
- Methodology_Keyword:
- aerial survey
- Methodology_Keyword:
- population
- Methodology_Description:
- Survey routes were designed to cover all likely manatee habitats in the study area. Routes included coastal areas, major rivers and tributaries, estuaries (typically to depths of 3 m), and fresh-water and salt-water canals. Manatees were most commonly seen in shallow water, where aquatic vegetation on which they feed occurs. Survey flight concentrated on winter aggregation sites, areas within 500 m of shore, offshore areas <2 m deep (shoals) or with aquatic vegetation, freshwater sources, and where manatees had historically been seen.
- Process_Step:
- Process_Description:
- The theoretical flight path was digitized into a GIS shapefile format. GIS is a computer software system for representing data spatially and for conducting spatial analyses. The flight path was created in reference to the FWC-FWRI Wildlife Research Marine Mammal section 40K shoreline.
- Process_Date:
- 1994
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- Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
- Indirect_Spatial_Reference:
- Data retrieved from the geodata.myfwc.com are projected to Web Mercator. Data received directly from FWC staff remain in the custom PCS Albers projection (detailed in the Spatial Reference Information section).
- Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method:
- Vector
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
- SDTS_Terms_Description:
- SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type:
- Link
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Count:
- 1
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- Spatial_Reference_Information:
- Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
- Planar:
- Map_Projection:
- Map_Projection_Name:
- Albers Conical Equal Area
- Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:
- Standard_Parallel:
- 24.0
- Standard_Parallel:
- 31.5
- Longitude_of_Central_Meridian:
- -84.0
- Latitude_of_Projection_Origin:
- 24.0
- False_Easting:
- 400000.0
- False_Northing:
- 0.0
- Planar_Coordinate_Information:
- Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method:
- coordinate pair
- Coordinate_Representation:
- Abscissa_Resolution:
- 0.000128
- Ordinate_Resolution:
- 0.000128
- Planar_Distance_Units:
- meters
- Geodetic_Model:
- Horizontal_Datum_Name:
- North American Datum of 1983
- Ellipsoid_Name:
- Geodetic Reference System 80
- Semi-major_Axis:
- 6378137
- Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio:
- 298.257
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- Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
- Detailed_Description:
- Entity_Type:
- Entity_Type_Label:
- Dist_Lee_1994_1998_FlightPath.shp
- Entity_Type_Definition:
- GIS shapefile containing the theoretical flight path for the Lee County aerial distribution survey. Shapefile was previously named FTLEE947.
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source:
- FWC-FWRI
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- Distribution_Information:
- Distributor:
- Contact_Information:
- Contact_Organization_Primary:
- Contact_Organization:
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
- Contact_Address:
- Address_Type:
- mailing address
- Address:
- Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
- Address:
- 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast
- City:
- St. Petersburg
- State_or_Province:
- FL
- Postal_Code:
- 33701-5095
- Country:
- USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone:
- 727-896-8626
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:
- 727-823-0166
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
- metadata@MyFWC.com
- Distribution_Liability:
- This data set is in the public domain, and the recipient may not assert any proprietary rights thereto nor represent it to anyone as other than a FWC-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute produced data set; it is provided "as-is" without warranty of any kind, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The user assumes all responsibility for the accuracy and suitability of this data set for a specific application. In no event will the staff of the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute be liable for any damages, including lost profits, lost savings, or other incidental or consequential damages arising from the use of or the inability to use this data set.
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- Metadata_Date:
- 20120925
- Metadata_Review_Date:
- 20120928
- Metadata_Contact:
- Contact_Information:
- Contact_Organization_Primary:
- Contact_Organization:
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
- Contact_Address:
- Address_Type:
- mailing and physical address
- Address:
- Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
- Address:
- 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast
- City:
- St. Petersburg
- State_or_Province:
- FL
- Postal_Code:
- 33701-5095
- Country:
- USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone:
- 727-896-8626
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:
- 727-823-0166
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
- metadata@MyFWC.com
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- FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata_Standard_Version:
- FGDC-STD-001-1998
- Metadata_Time_Convention:
- local time
- Metadata_Use_Constraints:
- All data must be credited to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Florida Marine Research Institute.
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- http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/metadataresource/metadata-references/files/ncddcmdprofile_v2.pdf
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