river_lamprey_EO

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Alaska Natural Heritage Program, Environment and Natural Resources, University of Alaska Anchorage

Publication_Date: 20060630

Title: river_lamprey_EO

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Anchorage, Alaska

Publisher: Alaska Natural Heritage Program

Online_Linkage:

\\COMPUTER\C$\adfg\2006_adfg_finalproducts\arcproject\shapefiles\AK_blackfish_pts.shp

Description:

Abstract:

This shapefile contains polygon features summarizing statewide observations for the river lamprey, Lampetra ayresii. This coverage was created by the Zoology program of the Alaska Natural Heritage Program, Anchorage, AK. Source points for these polygons were assembled from a variety of sources including published literature, unpublished literature, and online museum specimen databases. The data represent a wide variety of sources collected over many years and therefore precision and accuracy vary within the data. This coverage was intended to depict a comprehensive assemblage of observations of this species along with locational information. Many locations required transcription of textual descriptions from literature to a statewide basemap.

Purpose:

This dataset is intended to describe the current known observations of the river lamprey, Lampetra ayresii, in Alaska. This information was developed in association with efforts to describe life history and distribution of species featured in Alaska's Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy, which was prepared by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and reviewed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20060630

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -135.930765

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -128.499114

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 58.807489

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 55.500543

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Mecklenburg et al. 2002

Theme_Keyword: river lamprey

Theme_Keyword: Lampetra ayresii

Place:

Place_Keyword: Alaska

Stratum:

Stratum_Keyword: Distribution

Access_Constraints:

This dataset summarizes public information and may be provided to aid users in generating various natural resource analyses and products; as such there are no access constraints.

Use_Constraints:

Any products utilizing these data should clearly indicate their source. If the user has modified the data in any way, they are obligated to describe modifications performed, and the user specifically agrees not to misrepresent the data or to imply that the Alaska Natural Heritage Program approved the changes they made.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Tracey Gotthardt

Contact_Organization:

Alaska Natural Heritage Program, Environment and Natural Resource Institute, University of Alaska Anchorage

Contact_Position: Program Zoologist

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (907) 257-2782

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (907) 257-2789

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: antg@uaa.alaska.edu

Hours_of_Service: 8:00am-5:00pm Mon-Fri AST

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.0.1324

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Attributes assembled from published hardcopy and digital data and standardized across the entire dataset.

Logical_Consistency_Report: Point features presented.

Completeness_Report: Unknown.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Unknown

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Unknown

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: American Museum of Natural History

Publication_Date: 2006

Title:

Lamb, A., and P. Edgell. 1986. Coastal fishes of the Pacific Northwest. Harbour Publishing Co., Madeira Park, B.C.

Online_Linkage: <http://www.fishbase.org/museum/SearchFishCollections.php>

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Lamb and Edgell 1986

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Publication_Date: 1962

Title:

Lee, D.S., C.R. Gilbert, C.H. Hocutt, R.E. Jenkins, D.E. McAllister, and J.R. Stauffer, Jr. (eds.). 1980. Atlas of North American freshwater fishes. North Carolina State Museum of Natural History and U.S. Dept. Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Raleigh, NC. 854 pp.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Lee et al. 1980

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Quast, J.C., and E.L. Hall. 1972. List of fishes of Alaska and adjacent waters with a guide to some of their literature. NOAA Technical Report NMFS SSRF; 658. NMFS, Seattle, WA. 47 pp.

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Quast and Hall 1972

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman. 1973. Freshwater fishes of Canada. Fish. Res. Board Canada Bull. 184. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 966 pp.

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Scott and Crossman 1973

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Mecklenburg, C. W., T. A. Mecklenburg, and L. K. Thorsteinson. 2002. Fishes of Alaska. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland. xxxvii + 1037 pp.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2002

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Mecklenburg et al. 2002

Source_Contribution:

Textual describtion and documentation of observation/specimen data.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Morrow, J.E. 1980. The freshwater fishes of Alaska. Alaska Northwest Publishing Co., Anchorage, AK. 248 pp.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1980

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Morrow 1980

Source_Contribution:

Textual describtion and documentation of observation/specimen data.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) Fish Collection. 2006. Specimen collections database. Available online at: <http://www.fishbase.org/museum/SearchFishCollections.php>. Accessed 21Feb2006.

Type_of_Source_Media: online

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NMNH Fish Collection database 2006

Source_Contribution: Observations/Specimen data

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

University of British Columbia (UBC) Fish Museum. 2006. Specimen collection records. Available online at: <http://www.fishbase.org/museum/SearchFishCollections.php>. Accessed 21Feb2006.

Type_of_Source_Media: online

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: UBC Fish Collection database 2006

Source_Contribution: Observations/Specimen data

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

All fish observations were assembled from a variety of sources and evaluated by program zoologists for data accuracy and quality. Excel software was used to assemble observation data tables. These database files were transfered to ArcGIS software and x,y coordinates in each table were used to create a point feature coverage. The resulting shapefiles were displayed over various basemaps to check general locational accuracy and the shapefile was reprojected into Alaska Albers projection (NAD83).

Process_Date: 20060630

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

Alaska Natural Heritage Program, Environment and Natural Resource Institute, University of Alaska Anchorage

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 907 257-2782

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 907 257-2780

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: antg@uaa.alaska.edu

Hours_of_Service: 8:00-5:00 AST Mon-Fri

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Metadata imported.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: C:\DOCUME~1\JULIEM~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\xml16.tmp

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Metadata imported.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: C:\DOCUME~1\antlf\LOCALS~1\Temp\xml679.tmp

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Metadata imported.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: C:\DOCUME~1\anjgm\LOCALS~1\Temp\xml36.tmp

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Dataset moved.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:

C:\ZOOLOGY\2007_ADFG_EO_project\GIS_projects\Fishes\shapefiles\river_lamprey_pts_feb07_ALB_buff

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 13

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area

Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:

Standard_Parallel: 55.000000

Standard_Parallel: 65.000000

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -154.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 50.000000

False_Easting: 0.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000000

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000000

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: river_lamprey_EO

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: GEN_COMM

Attribute_Definition: General comments

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SCI_NAME

Attribute_Definition: Scientific Name

Attribute_Definition_Source: AKNHP

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: G_RANK

Attribute_Definition: Global Rarity Rank

Attribute_Definition_Source: AKNHP

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COM_NAME

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: EL_CODE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: S_RANK

Attribute_Definition: State Rarity Rank

Attribute_Definition_Source: AKNHP

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SITE_NAME

Attribute_Definition: Sitename

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DIRECTIONS

Attribute_Definition: Directions to observation site

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LAT_DD

Attribute_Definition: Latitude in decimal degrees

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LONG_DD

Attribute_Definition: Longitude in decimal degrees

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DATA_SENS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COORD_SOUR

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DATUM

Attribute_Definition: North American Datum

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PRECISION

Attribute_Definition: Precision category

Attribute_Definition_Source: AKNHP

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 4 categories U = very general, G=General, 10km, M=2000m, S=100m

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: AKNHP

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBSERVER

Attribute_Definition: Name of Observer

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ACCURACY_M

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: REFERENCE

Attribute_Definition: Reference

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DATE_

Attribute_Definition: Date of observation

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: YEAR_RANGE

Attribute_Definition: Range of years observed

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OTHER_DATE

Attribute_Definition: Additional Date observed

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ABUND_COMM

Attribute_Definition: Abundance comments

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SURVEY_MET

Attribute_Definition: Survey methods

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: RSOURCE_CO

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MIN_ELEVAT

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: EO_TYPE

Attribute_Definition: Element occurrence type

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SPECIMEN

Attribute_Definition: Specimen

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COLL_COMM

Attribute_Definition: Collection comments

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LIFE_STAGE

Attribute_Definition: Life stage

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: HAB_COMM

Attribute_Definition: Habitat comments

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ESA_STAT

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: EO_NUM

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: BUFF_DIST

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Provides the scientific and common name to identify the fish species together with the Alaska Natural Heritage global and state rarity rank. General documentation of sources used to construct the polygon coverage are provided as are general location fields together with a precision field.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Tracey Gotthardt

Contact_Organization: Alaska Natural Heritage Program

Contact_Position: Program Zoologist

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 907 257-2782

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 907 257-2789

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: antg@uaa.alaska.edu

Hours_of_Service: 8:00am - 5:00pm Mon-Fri AST

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Distribution_Liability:

The Alaska Natural Heritage Program shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described. Information contained in the data is dynamic and may change over time. The data is not better than the original sources from which they were derived. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data appropriately and consistent within the limitations of geospatial data in general and the data in particular. The Alaska Natural Heritage Program (AKNHP) gives no warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of these data. It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from the AKNHP and not indirectly through other sources that may have changed the data in some way.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Transfer_Size: 4.051

Custom_Order_Process: Contact the Alaska Natural Heritage Program.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20070720

Metadata_Review_Date: 20060630

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Tracey Gotthardt

Contact_Organization:

Alaska Natural Heritage Program, Environment and Natural Resource Institute, University of Alaska Anchorage

Contact_Position: Program Zoologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: 707 A Street

City: Anchorage

State_or_Province: Alaska

Postal_Code: 99501

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: Tracey Gotthardt

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 907 257-2780

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: antg@uaa.alaska.edu

Hours_of_Service: 8:00am- 5:00pm AST Mon-Fri

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Access_Constraints: None

Metadata_Use_Constraints: None

Metadata_Security_Information:

Metadata_Security_Classification: Unclassified

Metadata_Extensions:

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Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile

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