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The Unified Reef Map provides a seamless coverage of benthic habitats across the Florida reef tract by integrating regional habitat maps from Martin County to the Dry Tortugas. |
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The Unified Reef Map provides a seamless coverage of benthic habitats across the Florida reef tract by integrating regional habitat maps from Martin County to the Dry Tortugas. |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Draft marine bioregional distinctions for Southeast Florida and the Florida Keys. These are generalized lines pulled from multiple different sources. For the most part, these bounds are based on physical/biological environment properties. SEFL bioregions are based on quantitative methods described by Walker (2012). Florida Keys bioregions are based on the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuaries 1997 Final Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement Volume II of III. Landward and seaward bounds were added to bioregion bounds in order to create polygon representations. In Southeast Florida landward and seaward bounds are arbitrarily added to include all shallow water marine benthic habitats. In the Florida Keys, seaward bounds follow the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) area. The FKNMS boundary does not necessarily follow physical/biological environment properties that distinguish bioregions. This fact is particularly significant in considering the boundary between Florida Bay and Keys bioregions. The original regions layer was projected to NAD 1983 (2011) Florida GDL Albers (Meters), WKID 6439.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Walker, B. K. (2012). Spatial Analyses of Benthic Habitats to Define Coral Reef Ecosystem Regions and Potential Biogeographic Boundaries along a Latitudinal Gradient. PloS one, 7(1), e30466. </SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Users are encouraged to read and fully comprehend the metadata record prior to using these data. Please acknowledge the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) as the data source for any products developed from these data. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection techniques, and computer processes over time. FWC shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of these data.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>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 Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 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 Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 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.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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Unified Reef Map - Regions_Projected |
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["Martin","Palm Beach","Broward","and Miami-Dade","Monroe","Biscayne National Park","Florida Bay","Florida Keys","Dry Tortugas","benthic","GIS","mapping","marine","mangroves","seagrasses","coastal","habitat","hard bottom","corals","reefs","URM","FRT","Florida Reef Tract","NOAA","FDEP","CMP","CZM","FWC","FWRI"] |
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