Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:

Currently, the most widely used approach to sensitive environment mapping in the United States is the NOAA Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI). This approach systematically compiles information in standard formats for coastal shoreline sensitivity, biological resources, and human-use resources. ESI maps are useful for identifying sensitive resources before a spill occurs so that protection priorities can be established and cleanup strategies designed in advance. Using ESIs in spill response and planning reduces the environmental consequences of the spill and cleanup efforts. NOAA has undertaken a wide-ranging program to promote open ESI standards and to develop digital ESI databases for high-priority coastal areas in partnerships with states and other Federal agencies. NOTE: MAPS ARE NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSESThis ESI Atlas Puerto Rico Maps and Geographic Systems Data contains geographic shape files (ArcView 3.x project and supporting shape and .dbf files) of the locale and identified sensitive areas and biota. Accompanying detailed Adobe Acrobat .PDF ESI maps, extensive metadata, a user guide, and files in MOSS (Map Overlay and Statistical System) format are also provided.

Citation

Title Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) Atlas: Puerto Rico - Volume 1, geographic information systems data, Volume 2, maps in portable document format (NODC Accession 0006584)
publication Date 2011-01-10

Edition 1.1

presentationForm tableDigital

cited responsible party - publisher

organisation Name NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information

Contact information

Telephone

Voice 301-713-3277
Fax 301-713-3300

Address

Federal Building 151 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC, 28801-5001 Country USA
electronic Mail Address NODC.DataOfficer@noaa.gov

Linkage for online resource

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cited responsible party - publisher

organisation Name DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Contact information

Telephone

Voice 301-713-3277
Fax 301-713-3302

Address

1315 East-West Highway, SSMC3, 4th floor, Silver Spring, MD, 20910-3282 Country USA
electronic Mail Address NODC.DataOfficer@noaa.gov

Linkage for online resource

name NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information website
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cited responsible party - resourceProvider

individual Name Jill Petersen

organisation Name US DOC; NOAA; NOS - Seattle, WA

Contact information

Telephone

Voice 206-526-6944

Address

Hazardous Materials Response Division Office of Response and Restoration National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115-0070 Country USA
electronic Mail Address jill.petersen@noaa.gov

cited responsible party - resourceProvider

organisation Name US DOC; NOAA; NOS - Seattle, WA

Contact information

Address

ORCA/BIO ASSESSMENT BRANCH 7600 SAND POINT WAY, NE, SEATTLE, WA, 98115 Country USA

cited responsible party - contributor

organisation Name Florida State Department of Environmental Protection (FLADEP)

Contact information

Telephone

Voice (850) 245-2118

Address

3900 COMMONWEALTH BOULEVARD, TALLAHASSEE, FL, 32399 Country USA

Linkage for online resource

name Florida State Department of Environmental Protection (FLADEP) website
URL: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/
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cited responsible party - contributor

organisation Name Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI)

Contact information

Telephone

Voice 727-896-8626

Address

100 8th Avenue SE, ST. PETERSBURG, FL, 33701 Country USA

cited responsible party - contributor

organisation Name US DOC; NOAA; NOS - Seattle, WA

Contact information

Address

ORCA/BIO ASSESSMENT BRANCH 7600 SAND POINT WAY, NE, SEATTLE, WA, 98115 Country USA

cited responsible party - author

individual Name Petersen, Jill

organisation Name US DOC; NOAA; NOS - Seattle, WA

Contact information

Telephone

Voice 206-526-6944

Address

Hazardous Materials Response Division Office of Response and Restoration National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115-0070 Country USA
electronic Mail Address jill.petersen@noaa.gov

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organisation Name US DOC/NOAA > NOS - Seattle, WA

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Address

ORCA/BIO ASSESSMENT BRANCH 7600 SAND POINT WAY, NE, SEATTLE, WA, 98115 Country USA

Topic Category: environment,oceans,imageryBaseMapsEarthCover,geoscientificInformation,biota

Keywords:

dataCentre Keywords

DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

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Title Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
publication Date 2015

Edition Version 8.1

cited responsible party - custodian

organisation Name Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Contact information

Address

, Greenbelt, MD

Linkage for online resource

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0006584

6584

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ANIMALS - GROUP - NUMBER IN GROUP

MACROINVERTEBRATE CENSUS

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US DOC; NOAA; NOS - Seattle, WA

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Title NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS

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Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS)

CORAL REEF STUDIES

ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY INDEX (ESI)

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Title NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS

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Caribbean Sea

North Atlantic Ocean

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Title NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS

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oceanography

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project Keywords

ESI > Environmental Sustainability Index

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Title Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project Keywords
publication Date 2018

Edition Version 8.6

cited responsible party - custodian

organisation Name Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Contact information

Address

, Greenbelt, MD

Linkage for online resource

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Theme keywords (theme):

EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION

EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES

EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ARTHROPODS > CRUSTACEANS

EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > MOLLUSKS

EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > MOLLUSKS > BIVALVES

EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES

EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > AMPHIBIANS

EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS

EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS

EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > REPTILES

EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC

EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > SHORELINES

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Title Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science and Services Keywords
publication Date 2018

Edition Version 8.6

cited responsible party - custodian

organisation Name Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Contact information

Address

, Greenbelt, MD

Linkage for online resource

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VISUAL OBSERVATIONS

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Edition Version 8.6

cited responsible party - custodian

organisation Name Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Contact information

Address

, Greenbelt, MD

Linkage for online resource

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Location keywords:

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

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Title Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
publication Date 2018

Edition Version 8.6

cited responsible party - custodian

organisation Name Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Contact information

Address

, Greenbelt, MD

Linkage for online resource

name NASA GCMD Keyword Community Page
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Theme keywords (theme):

CORAL

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Title Organization > NON-GOVERNMENT/NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
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Geography

Oceanography

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Title Science Domain > Earth Science
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NOAA

National Ocean Service

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Title Feature > Marine Feature
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Indexing

Analysis

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Document

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Adobe

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Title Material > Environmental Material
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Environmental Sensitivity Index

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Centered

North

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Title Property > Measure
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National Centers for Environmental Information

U.S. Department of Commerce

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Title Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Corporate Names
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Marine

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Observation

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Basic research

Resource language: eng

Character set encoding of resource: utf8

Resource progress code: completed

Resource Maintenance Information

maintenance or update frequency: asNeeded

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Constraints

Use limitation statement:

Constraints on resource usage:

Legal Constraints

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Constraints on resource usage:

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Geographic Bounding Box

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Temporal Extent

Additional information on resource:

Information from left side of discs - December 2002, Seattle, Washington DISCLAIMER - NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NODC cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data, nor as a result of the failure of these data to function on a particular system. Original data was submitted to NODC as the ESI Atlas 2-volume CD-ROM set Puerto Rico. Directory file details from the included file read1.pdf are as follows AVPROJ (Volume 1) This directory contains an ArcView project and the supporting shape and dbf files. The subdirectory AVPROJ contains the project file, PR.APR, with documentation and software for installation. The project itself is a single view containing a theme for each ESI data layer. Themes have been symbolized using the standard ESI colors and patterns. It includes links from the biology and socioeconomic themes to a flat file version of the ESI tables. An ESI menu enables links to searchable breeding and source tables for more complex queries. These links can also be turned off to maximize the performance of simpler queries. DBFILES (Volume 1) This directory is broken down into two subdirectories, DESKTOP and RELFILES. The DESKTOP directory contains a simplified flat file format that permits data queries without establishing the complex links needed for the relational files. Supportingdata tables allow more complex queries of the breeding and source items. These are the tables that are used in the ArcView project. The RELFILES directory contains the relational data tables that were used during the ESI data collection. These are a set of normalized, relational tables that will maintain the integrity of the data during updates. Though they are considerably more complex, these tables should be used by those who will be responsible for maintaining and updating the ESI data set. Both sets of database files are provided in two formats. The first is uncompressed Arc Export files that can be directly imported into INFO tables. The second is a comma-delimited text format for use in any other database system. For further information, including item definitions, see the Puerto Rico metadata document. DOCUMENT (Volume 1) This directory contains three pdf documents. METADATA should be referenced for entity and attribute information as well as data lineage. There are linked diagrams illustrating the structure of the ESI data tables. (The metadata are also included as an .html document.) The more general GUIDELINES describes what is contained in an ESI, how data are collected, and general GIS/database considerations. The document DESKTOP gives a detailed explanation of the contents of the CD, and also explains the simplified flat file data structure. ESI_VIEW (Volume 1) This directory contains Macintosh and Windows installers for an ESI data viewer. The viewer is comprised of MARPLOT, a mapping application produced by NOAA, and the associated data tables in a stand-alone version of Filemaker Pro. The first section of the TOUR document describes the installation procedure. TOUR will also help you to understand the ESI information and shows you how to formulate simple, yet useful queries. MARPLOT documentation is provided for more general questions. MOSS (Volume 1) This directory contains the ESI geographic data in MOSS file format. This format may be used directly by MOSS GIS or its simple text format makes it easy to write translators to other GIS software. Users of these files should use the lookup tables provided in this directory (BIO_LUT.TXT and SOC_LUT.TXT) in place of the lookup tables in the DBFILES directory. PR_PDFS (Volume 2) This directory contains an electronic version of the Puerto Rico ESI atlas in pdf format. The document GUIDE.PDF describes how to use the navigable pdf software, for example, to link from the index to the appropriate atlas page then to the back of the map. The pdfs may be used on-line or are excellent for printing out individual atlas pages. SOURCE (Volume 1) This directory contains the ESI geographic data in uncompressed, double-precision, Arc export file format. These data (as all geographic data on the CDs) are provided in geographic coordinates, NAD 27. SYMBOLS (Volume 1) This directory contains the ESI symbology and lookup tables for use with ARCEDIT and ARCPLOT software. The .e00 files are exported versions of the font, lineset, markerset, and shadeset. A readme.txt file tells where these files should be installed. The associated lookup tables are in the LUT directory. These are INFO tables stored in uncompressed Arc export format. The original disks for this NODC Accession have been transferred to the NOAA Central Library. A copy of each disk can be generated using the .iso files in the data/0-data/disc_image/ directory.

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position Name Information Services

Contact information

Telephone

Voice 301-713-3277
Fax 301-713-3300

Address

Federal Building 151 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC, 28801-5001 Country USA
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Resource distribution information

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organisation Name DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Contact information

Telephone

Voice 301-713-3277
Fax 301-713-3300

Address

Federal Building 151 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC, 28801-5001 Country USA
electronic Mail Address NCEI.Info@noaa.gov

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Metadata Information

Metadata data stamp: 2017-06-16T20:31:05

Resource Maintenance Information

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notes: Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness.

Metadata contact - custodian

organisation Name DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

position Name Data Officer

Contact information

Telephone

Voice 301-713-3277
Fax 301-713-3300

Address

Federal Building 151 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC, 28801-5001 Country USA
electronic Mail Address NODC.DataOfficer@noaa.gov

Linkage for online resource

name NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information website
URL: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/
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Metadata language eng

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Metadata standard for this record: ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data

standard version: ISO 19115-2:2009(E)

Metadata record identifier: gov.noaa.nodc:0006584

Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) Atlas: Puerto Rico - Volume 1, geographic information systems data, Volume 2, maps in portable document format (NODC Accession 0006584)

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Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)