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Substrate

Entity (ENT)  |  Office for Coastal Management (OCM)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:49317  |  Updated: August 9, 2022  |  Published / External 

Item Identification

Title: Substrate
Short Name: Substrate
Status: Completed
Abstract:

Shallow benthic habitats CMECS 2012 substrate component polygons | Description Source: NOAA Office for Coastal Management
Notes:

Converted from FGDC using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml_entity.pl' script.

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
100
 OBJECTID Unknown Internal feature number. | Description Source: Esri
100
 SHAPE Unknown Feature geometry. | Description Source: Esri
100
 CMECS_CODE Unknown CMECS substrate unit code. | Description Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC 2012
100
 S_ORIGIN VARCHAR Substrate Origin - Dominance (percent cover) of either the geologic, biogenic (but no longer living), or anthropogenic origin of the upper layer of substrate | Description Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC 2012
100
 S_CLASS VARCHAR Substrate Class - Composition and particle size of the dominant substrate material in the surface sediments. | Description Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC 2012
100
 S_SUBCLASS VARCHAR Substrate Subclass - Composition and particle size of the dominant substrate material in the surface sediments. | Description Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC 2012
100
 S_GROUP VARCHAR Substrate Group - Determined by Folk (1954) mixes for Geologic Sediments and by taxa for the Biogenic Substrates | Description Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC 2012
100
 S_SUBGROUP VARCHAR Substrate Subgroup - Determined by Folk (1954) mixes for Geologic Sediments and by taxa for the Biogenic Substrates | Description Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC 2012
100
 Shape_Length Unknown Length of line features in meters | Description Source: Esri
100
 Shape_Area Unknown Polygon area in square meters | Description Source: Esri
100
 Description Unknown Descriptive information on substrate units | Description Source: Maine Dept. of Marine Resources/NOAA Office for Coastal Management

Attribute Details

OBJECTID

CC ID: 659670
Seq. Order: 1
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Internal feature number. | Description Source: Esri
Allowed Values: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

SHAPE

CC ID: 659671
Seq. Order: 2
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Feature geometry. | Description Source: Esri
Allowed Values: Coordinates defining the features.

CMECS_CODE

CC ID: 659672
Seq. Order: 3
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

CMECS substrate unit code. | Description Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC 2012
Allowed Values: Alphanumeric code for CMECS units

S_ORIGIN

CC ID: 659673
Seq. Order: 4
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Substrate Origin - Dominance (percent cover) of either the geologic, biogenic (but no longer living), or anthropogenic origin of the upper layer of substrate | Description Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC 2012
Allowed Values: See list of substrate origin units; CMECS FGDC 2012: See definitions of substrate origin units; CMECS FGDC 2012 |

S_CLASS

CC ID: 659674
Seq. Order: 5
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Substrate Class - Composition and particle size of the dominant substrate material in the surface sediments. | Description Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC 2012
Allowed Values: See list of substrate class units; CMECS FGDC 2012: See definitions of substrate class units; CMECS FGDC 2012 |

S_SUBCLASS

CC ID: 659675
Seq. Order: 6
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Substrate Subclass - Composition and particle size of the dominant substrate material in the surface sediments. | Description Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC 2012
Allowed Values: See list of substrate subclass units; CMECS FGDC 2012: See definitions of substrate subclass units; CMECS FGDC 2012 |

S_GROUP

CC ID: 659676
Seq. Order: 7
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Substrate Group - Determined by Folk (1954) mixes for Geologic Sediments and by taxa for the Biogenic Substrates | Description Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC 2012
Allowed Values: See list of substrate group units; CMECS FGDC 2012: See definitions of substrate group units; CMECS FGDC 2012 |

S_SUBGROUP

CC ID: 659677
Seq. Order: 8
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Substrate Subgroup - Determined by Folk (1954) mixes for Geologic Sediments and by taxa for the Biogenic Substrates | Description Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC 2012
Allowed Values: See list of substrate subgroup units; CMECS FGDC 2012: See definitions of substrate subgroup units; CMECS FGDC 2012 |

Shape_Length

CC ID: 659678
Seq. Order: 9
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Length of line features in meters | Description Source: Esri
Allowed Values: Distance

Shape_Area

CC ID: 659679
Seq. Order: 10
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Polygon area in square meters | Description Source: Esri
Allowed Values: Area

Description

CC ID: 659680
Seq. Order: 11
Data Storage Type: Unknown
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Descriptive information on substrate units | Description Source: Maine Dept. of Marine Resources/NOAA Office for Coastal Management
Allowed Values: Free text further describing substrate units

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 49317
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:49317
Metadata Record Created By: Anne Ball
Metadata Record Created: 2017-11-15 08:31+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2022-08-09 17:11+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2017-11-16
Owner Org: OCM
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2017-11-16
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2018-11-16