Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: 2014 Title: BBVS_BottomPhotos_wBio.shp: Locations of bottom photographs with biological interpretations collected by the U.S. Geological Survey offshore of Massachusetts in Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound in September 2010 on the RV Connecticut. Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2014-1221 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1221/GIS/shapefile/BBVS_BottomPhotos_wBio.zip Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1221/html/appendix1.html Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Seth D. Ackerman Originator: Adrienne L. Pappal Originator: Emily C. Huntley Originator: Dann S. Blackwood Originator: William C. Schwab Publication_Date: 2014 Title: Geological Sampling Data and Benthic Biota Classification: Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2014-1221 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1221/ Description: Abstract: These data were collected under a cooperative agreement with the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology Program. The primary objective of this program, initiated in 2003, is to develop regional geologic framework information for the management of coastal and marine resources. Accurate data and maps of sea-floor geology are important first steps toward protecting fish habitat, delineating marine resources, and assessing environmental changes due to natural or human effects. The project is focused on the inshore waters (5-30 meters deep) of Massachusetts. Data collected for the mapping cooperative have been released in a series of USGS Open-File Reports (http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/coastal_mass/html/current_map.html). This spatial dataset is from the study area located in Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound Massachusetts, and consists of ground-validation data which include the spatial extent of sea-floor sediment sample analyses, the location of sea-floor bottom photographs, and the tracklines along which sea-floor video was collected. These ground-validation (or ground-truth) data accompany a suite of high-resolution geophysical data, including swath bathymetry, sidescan-sonar backscatter intensity, and seismic-reflection data that were released in USGS Open File Reports 2012-1002 and 2012-1006. The sea-floor sampling data were collected during USGS survey 2010-005-FA in 2010 and cover more than 750 square kilometers of the inner continental shelf where the geophysical data were collected in 2009 and 2010. Purpose: This data set includes the locations and biological interpretation of 2,426 bottom photographs acquired with the large SEABed Observation and Sampling System (SEABOSS, SEABOSS Mark II configuration) during USGS survey 2010-005-FA, conducted September 9-14, 2010 aboard the R/V Connecticut offshore Massachusetts in Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound. This data set was collected to ground-truth (verify) the acoustic data sets that were acquired during NOAA hydrographic survey H11319 (2004) and USGS geophysical surveys 09002 (2009) and 10004 (2010). Bottom video, which may provide a better representation of the general seabed environment over a larger area, were also taken at each station occupied by the SEABOSS (see shapefile BBVS_SeabossTrackline.shp). Physical sediment samples, which also may provide more information about the seabed, were also collected at many stations and analyzed in the sediment laboratory at the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Center (see shapefile BBVS_SedimentSamples.shp). Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20100909 Ending_Date: 20100914 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.096428 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.457338 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.649575 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.267625 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program Theme_Keyword: CMGP Theme_Keyword: R/V Connecticut Theme_Keyword: Esri point shapefile Theme_Keyword: ground-truth Theme_Keyword: bottom photographs Theme_Keyword: seabed photographs Theme_Keyword: photos Theme_Keyword: stations Theme_Keyword: seafloor Theme_Keyword: sea floor Theme_Keyword: marine geology Theme_Keyword: sediments Theme_Keyword: biology Theme_Keyword: biological classification Theme_Keyword: biota classification Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard Theme_Keyword: CMECS Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC field activity serial number 2010-005-FA Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC field activity serial number 10005 Theme_Keyword: Van Veen grab sampler Theme_Keyword: SEABOSS sampler Theme_Keyword: Open-File Report 2014-1221 Theme_Keyword: OFR 2014-1221 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: oceans and estuaries Theme_Keyword: oceans and coastal Theme_Keyword: environment Theme_Keyword: location Theme_Keyword: oceans Theme_Keyword: biota Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Place_Keyword: North America Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Place_Keyword: Buzzards Bay Place_Keyword: Vineyard Sound Place_Keyword: Martha's Vineyard Place_Keyword: New Bedford Place_Keyword: Woods Hole Place_Keyword: Cape Cod Place_Keyword: Falmouth Place_Keyword: West Falmouth Place_Keyword: Cleveland Ledge Place_Keyword: Elizabeth Islands Stratum: Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Stratum_Keyword: Seafloor Stratum_Keyword: Sea floor Stratum_Keyword: Seabed Temporal: Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: General Temporal_Keyword: 2010 Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: Public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey as the source of this information. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2315 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1221/GIS/browse_jpg/big/BBVS_BottomPhotos_wBio.jpg Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Thumbnail image of bottom photo locations Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPEG Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: D. Blackwood Originator: K. Parolski Publication_Date: 2001 Title: Seabed observation and sampling system Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Sea Technology Issue_Identification: v. 42, no. 2, p. 39-43 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: L.J. Poppe Originator: S.J. Williams Originator: V.F. Paskevich Publication_Date: 2005 Title: USGS East-Coast Sediment Analysis: Procedures, Database, and GIS Data Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2005-1001 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1001/ Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: F.P. Shepard Publication_Date: 1954 Title: Nomenclature based on sand-silt-clay ratios Series_Information: Series_Name: Journal Sedimentary Petrology Issue_Identification: 24 (3) Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Tulsa, OK Publisher: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Online_Linkage: http://jsedres.sepmonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/24/3/151 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Seth D. Ackerman Originator: Brian D. Andrews Originator: David S. Foster Originator: Wayne E. Baldwin Originator: William C. Schwab Publication_Date: 2013 Title: High-resolution geophysical data from the inner continental shelf - Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2012-1002 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1002/ Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Brian D. Andrews Originator: Seth D. Ackerman Originator: Wayne E. Baldwin Originator: David S. Foster Originator: William C. Schwab Publication_Date: 2013 Title: High-Resolution geophysical data from the inner continental shelf at Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2012-1006 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1006/ Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Federal Geographic Data Committee Publication_Date: 2012 Title: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 Online_Linkage: http://www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/_/pdf/CMECS_Version%20_4_Final_for_FGDC.pdf Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: Larry J. Poppe Originator: Seth D. Ackerman Originator: David S. Foster Originator: Dann S. Blackwood Originator: Bradford Butman Originator: Marc S. Moser Originator: Helen F. Stewart Publication_Date: 2007 Title: Sea-floor character and sedimentary processes of Quicks Hole, Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts Series_Information: Series_Name: Open-File Report Issue_Identification: 2006-1357 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1357/ Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Publication_Date: 2001-2003 Title: U.S. Coastal Relief Model, Volume 1 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Boulder, CO Publisher: NOAA National Geophysical Data Center Online_Linkage: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/coastal/crm.html Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Attribute Accuracy Report for Biological Classification of Photographs: Ten percent of the classified photographs were selected through a random number generator and re-classified based on the modified CMECS scheme. A comparison of the original classification and new classification obtained an accuracy of an exact match 70% of the time, partial or exact matches 90% of the time, and mismatches 9% of the time. Reasons for a partial match in classification included matching classification but in a different order of biotic groups, and/or missing an additional biotic group or associated taxa. Mismatches included differences in classification, primarily due to visibility (inferred fauna). Logical_Consistency_Report: Gaps in sequential photo numbers may exist. If camera was triggered accidentally on deck or picture did not come out, it was deleted. Completeness_Report: Completeness report for photograph locations: This dataset includes the bottom photograph locations and biotic classifications for SEABOSS stations occupied during USGS survey 2010-005-FA aboard the R/V Connecticut within the Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound survey areas. Three-hundred and one stations were occupied within the study area during survey 2010-005-FA (sediment samples were obtained at 246 of these sites). Bottom photographs taken in water column or were otherwise not usable were deleted. Completeness report for biological classification: Photographs were only classified where there was enough visibility for accuracy. Two co-occurring biotic groups and two associated taxa were included as modifiers to the CMECS classification system. The Associated Taxa Modifier is used in addition to, but does not overlap, the Biotic Group and Co-occurring Element classifications. The biotic groups Small Surface-Burrowing Fauna and Larger Deep-Burrowing Fauna were combined into Burrowing Fauna as the resolution of the photographs does not allow a higher level of distinction between the two. Similarly the biotic groups Small Tube-Building Fauna and Larger Tube-Building Fauna were combined. Inferred Fauna was added as a Biotic Group to modify the CMECS classification where no faunal activity is apparent visually, but the absence of fauna cannot be assumed due to a lack of a physical sample. Biotic Community was added to characterize species in the primary Biotic Group as applicable. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Navigation for survey 2010-005-FA used Differential Global Positioning System (GPS). The recorded position of each bottom photograph is actually the position of the GPS antenna on the survey vessel, not the SEABOSS sampler. The SEABOSS was deployed approximately 5 meters astern of the GPS antenna off the ship's A-frame on the stern of the ship. No layback or offset was applied to the recorded position. In addition to the +/-5 meter offset the SEABOSS may additionally drift away from the survey vessel when deployed to the seafloor. Based on the various sources for horizontal offsets, a conservative estimate of the horizontal accuracy of the bottom photograph locations is 20-30 meters. Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: The depths recorded for each photograph were derived from the final bathymetry grids from the Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound survey areas (depths for photos at stations 174, 175, 216, 217, 218, and 219, which were located outside the bathymetry coverage from Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound, were determined from other sources including the Quicks Hole bathymetry dataset and the NOAA Coastal Relief Model). See the original datasets of those bathymetry data (links in the cross-references section) to determine the vertical accuracy of these depth values. Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: Three hundred and one target stations were occupied aboard the R/V Connecticut (USGS survey 2010-005-FA) with the large SEABOSS (Blackwood and Parolski, 2001) that was equipped with a Van Veen grab sampler, a digital still camera, and a video camera. The digital photographs were downloaded from the camera and backed-up to a laptop and hard-drive four times during the sampling survey (d1 at 04:28 on 10 Sept; d2 at 18:45 on 10 Sept; d3 at 18:19 on 12 Sept; d4 at 00:15 on 14 Sept). Process_Date: 201009 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: JPEG photographs Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologists Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Road City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2315 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: DGPS navigation was logged through a Microsoft HyperTerminal (version 5.1) session on a HP laptop computer running Windows XP, SP2. Log files were saved for each sampling watch then reformatted into log files by Julian Day (e.g. JD252.txt) during post-processing. The AWK script awkseth.gpgga10005.sda was run on the group of Julian Day files creating a comma separated value (CSV) ASCII text file that parsed for the GPGGA navigation string (> awk -f awkseth.gpgga10005.sda JD*.txt > all_nav_10005.csv). The output file was then reformatted for the Python ground-truth toolset using the AWK script nav_time_reformat.awk (> awk -f nav_time_reformat.awk all_nav_10005.csv > 10005_UConn_ALLnav_final.csv), creating a final processed navigation file for the entire sampling survey (10005_UConn_ALLnav_final.csv). Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: HyperTerminal generated navigation files (JD25[2-7].txt) Process_Date: 201301 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: GPGGA parsed navigation file (10005_UConn_ALLnav_final.csv) Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2315 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Extracted time from the "Date Picture Taken" in the Exchangeable Image File (EXIF) format header of the quality JPEG bottom photographs using ArcGIS 9.3 ArcToolbox tool "GeoTools JPG Header Tool - SDA Feb05" (which uses the Python (v2.5) script "sda_vexiftool_mod12.py (v.Jan18.2007)). Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: JPEG photographs Process_Date: 201301 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: NEW_Photo_headers_out.csv Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2315 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Manual adjustment was done to account for time offsets between the time recorded in the JPEG EXIF time "Date Picture Taken" and the GPS time as verified by comparing approximately fifty photos against the SEABOSS video, including several calibration photos that were taken on the deck of the ship between sampling stations. Camera time was 4 seconds behind GPS time at the start of the survey and 41 seconds behind GPS time at the end of the survey. The time drift was fairly linear throughout the survey, with the exception of a 7 second time jump that occurred when the camera was rebooted after downloading the third set of photos at 18:19 on 12 Sept 2010. To account for the time difference, an additional field was added to the photo header file (NEW_Photo_headers_out_FINAL.csv). The new field of time difference was populated using Microsoft Excel (version 2010) by filling a linear series between the control photos that were compared with the SEABOSS video. This time difference will be accounted for when geolocating the photos in a subsequent process step. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NEW_Photo_headers_out.csv Process_Date: 201301 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: NEW_Photo_headers_out_FINAL.csv Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2315 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Create Esri shapefile joining the bottom photo name with the navigation based on matching date and time fields using ArcGIS 9.3 ArcToolbox tool "GeoTools Hotlink Tool - SDA Feb05" (which uses the Python (v2.5) script "sda_hotlink_5.py (v.Oct10.2007)). VACExtras (vesrion 2.1) was used to extract depth values in meters from the bathymetry grids (see attribute defination for bathymetry data source information). Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: 10005_UConn_ALLnav_final.csv Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NEW_Photo_headers_out_FINAL.csv Process_Date: 20130418 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: NEW_10005_PhotoLocs_FINAL.shp Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2315 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: Biological Classification of Photographs: The biological information in the imagery was classified according to a modified version of the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS), FGDC-STD-018-2012, Benthic Biotic Component (Federal Geographic Data Committee, 2012). CMECS, a Federal Geographic Data Committee standard, is a hierarchal system that provides a means for classifying ecological units using a standard format. In the CMECS Benthic Biotic Component, biotic classifications are defined by the dominance of stable, sessile, or slow moving species visible in the photo. Each photo was reviewed and classified with a primary and two co-occurring biotic groups as applicable in accordance with CMECS guidance. Two associated taxa were included where applicable; if more than two occurred, the two most dominant taxa were selected. Note that the imaged area of a photo is the mapping unit and that area is most often within 0.5 to 1.25 meters from left to right, depending on the height of the camera off the seafloor when the photograph was taken. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Seafloor photographs Process_Date: 201305 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: 10005 Biota Analysis of Seafloor Photos Spreadsheet Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Adrienne Pappal Contact_Organization: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Contact_Position: Aquatic Invasive Species Program Coordinator Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 251 Causeway Street, Suite 800 City: Boston State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02114-2138 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 617-626-1241 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 617-626-1240 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: adrienne.pappal@state.ma.us Process_Step: Process_Description: Several of the attributes were calculated in Esri ArcGIS (version 10.1) using the Spatial Join tool. This tool was first run to calculate the closest SEABOSS video survey trackline to each bottom photo (field LINENAME) using a one-to-one join operation and the closest match option. The Spatial Join tool was run a second time with the sediment samples as the join features to calculate the field name of the closest sediment sample (field NEAR_SMP) and the sediment classification of the nearest sample (field NEAR_CLASS) for each bottom photo. A one-to-one join operation with the closest match option was used and the distance between the target feature and closest join feature was calculated (field DST_TO_SMP). The field calculator was then used to round the distance in meters from each bottom photo to the nearest sample (field DST_TO_SMP) to the nearest tenth. Finally, a spreadsheet of the biological classification of the photos was joined to the bottom photographs shapefile based on the photo name (field PICNAME). Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: 10005 Biota Analysis of Seafloor Photos Spreadsheet Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NEW_10005_PhotoLocs_FINAL.shp Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: BBVS_SedimentSamples.shp Process_Date: 20130515 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: NEW_10005_PhotoLocs_FINAL_wBio.shp Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: BBVS_BottomPhotos_wBio.csv Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Emily Chambliss Huntley Contact_Organization: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Contact_Position: Marine GIS/Mapping Specialist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 251 Causeway Street, Suite 800 City: Boston State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02114-2138 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 617-626-1241 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 617-626-1240 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: emily.huntley@state.ma.us Process_Step: Process_Description: XTools Pro (version 9.2) for ArcGIS desktop (version 10.1) was used to reorganize, delete unnecessary fields and add new fields to the point shapefile's attribute table (Table Operations - Table Restructure). Table attributes for the survey ID ("SURVEYID'), device used to collect the data ('DEVICEID'), survey vessel name ('VEHICLEID'), date the photo was taken ('PHOTODATE'), and year ('YEAR') were added and/or populated using the table editor in ArcMap. Other attributes were already populated. Uncorrected photo time field ('TIME') was changed to ('TIME_UNCOR'). Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: NEW_10005_PhotoLocs_FINAL_wBio.shp Process_Date: 201309 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: BBVS_BottomPhotos_wBio.shp Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Seth Ackerman Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2315 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sackerman@usgs.gov Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 2426 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001 Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001 Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984 Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224 Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition: Depth_System_Definition: Depth_Datum_Name: mean lower low water Depth_Resolution: 0.1 meters Depth_Distance_Units: meters Depth_Encoding_Method: Implicit coordinate Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: BBVS_BottomPhotos_wBio Entity_Type_Definition: point location of seafloor photographs with biological classification Entity_Type_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey 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: TIME_UNCOR Attribute_Definition: Time of photograph in UTC (hh:mm:ss). This is the UNCORRECTED camera time. Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 8 Attribute: Attribute_Label: GPSTIME Attribute_Definition: Corrected time of photograph in UTC (hh:mm:ss). This is the CORRECTED time after verification with the SEABOSS video. This is the time that was ultimately used to geolocate the seafloor photographs. This time was updated in the EXIF header of the JPEG images, in the 'GPS Time Stamp' EXIF tag Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 16 Attribute: Attribute_Label: DIFFTIME Attribute_Definition: This is the variable time offset field that was used to perform the time adjustment during the process by which the photographs were geolocated. Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 4 Range_Domain_Maximum: 41 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: seconds Attribute: Attribute_Label: JD Attribute_Definition: Julian day photograph was acquired based on UTC time. Julian day is the integer number representing the interval of time in days since January 1 of the year of collection. Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 252 Range_Domain_Maximum: 257 Attribute: Attribute_Label: PHOTO_DATE Attribute_Definition: The date the photograph was acquired in the format MM/DD/YYYY. Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 10 Attribute: Attribute_Label: LAT Attribute_Definition: Latitude coordinate of photograph (in decimal degrees, WGS84) Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 41.267625 Range_Domain_Maximum: 41.649575 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal degrees Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.000001 Attribute: Attribute_Label: LONG Attribute_Definition: Longitude coordinate of photograph (in decimal degrees, WGS84) Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: -71.096428 Range_Domain_Maximum: -70.457338 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal degrees Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.000001 Attribute: Attribute_Label: PICNAME Attribute_Definition: Name of the JPEG photograph (format is downloadnumber_seqphotonumber.jpg) where the download number portion of the name reflects during which download session (d1-d4) the images were copied from the camera's CompactFlash card. Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 254 Attribute: Attribute_Label: HOTLINK Attribute_Definition: This indicates the location of the actual JPEG photograph relative to this shapefile (NEW_10005_PhotoLocs_FINAL_wBio.shp) so that the "hotlink" feature can be easily used within an Esri ArcMap project (see Appendix 1 of this report USGS OFR 2014-1221 for information about setting the "hotlink" feature to work in ArcMap). Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 254 Attribute: Attribute_Label: DEPTH_M Attribute_Definition: Depth in meters extracted from the recent USGS bathymetry data released on USGS Open File Reports 2012-1002 (Ackerman and others, 2013) and 2012-1006 (Andrews and others, 2013); hydrographic data from NOAA NOS survey H11076 (for photos at sample sites 216, 217, 218 and 219); and the NOAA NGDC's 3 arc-second U.S. Coastal Relief Model data (for sample sites 174 and 175). Depths have a vertical datum of mean lower low water. Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 7.5 Range_Domain_Maximum: 41.6 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: LINENAME Attribute_Definition: This indicates the SEABOSS sampling site (station) number or SEABOSS trackline along which digital still photos and continuous bottom video were acquired. Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 10 Attribute: Attribute_Label: NEAR_SMP Attribute_Definition: Field Number or Field ID of the nearest sediment sample or SEABOSS sampling site from USGS sampling survey 2010-005-FA. This field was calculated using the Spatial Join tool in ArcMap version 10.1, joining this dataset with the surficial sediment sample from the dataset BBVS_SedimentSamples.shp. Note: for sample sites where a physical sample was not collected, the "sample site" was typically the location where the last photograph was taken during that SEABOSS deployment. Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 10 Attribute: Attribute_Label: NEAR_CLASS Attribute_Definition: Sediment classification (Shepard, 1954) of the nearest sediment sample from USGS sampling survey 2010-005-FA. This field was calculated using the Spatial Join tool in ArcMap version 10.1, joining this dataset with the surficial sediment sample from the dataset BBVS_SedimentSamples.shp. (see the metadata from BBVS_SedimentSample.shp for more detailed attribute information). Note: for sample sites where a physical sample was not collected, the "sample site" was typically the location where the last photograph was taken during that SEABOSS deployment. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS East Coast Sediment Texture Database data dictionary Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 254 Attribute: Attribute_Label: DST_TO_SMP Attribute_Definition: Distance to the nearest sediment sample from USGS sampling survey 2010-005-FA. This field was calculated using the Spatial Join tool in ArcMap version 10.1, joining this dataset with the surficial sediment sample from the dataset BBVS_SedimentSamples.shp.Note: for sample sites where a physical sample was not collected, the "sample site" was typically the location where the last photograph was taken during that SEABOSS deployment. Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 578.2 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.1 Attribute: Attribute_Label: NR_SMP_CMT Attribute_Definition: Comment field for any additional information that may be important relating to the photograph and/or the nearest sample (e.g. for a deployment that crosses a transition zone as illustrated by the backscatter data. Photographs from this transect may begin in gravelly sediment, cobble and boulders, then moves to finer sediment where the sediment sample was collected. Therefore photographs with boulders may have a nearest classification of sand, so users need to be mindful of the nearest sample distance and that the photograph may not illustrate the same character of the nearest sample classification. Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string of width 254 Attribute: Attribute_Label: BIO_SET Attribute_Definition: CMECS Biotic Setting classification of bottom photo. The biotic setting separates organisms that live in or are closely associated with the bottom (Benthic Biota) from those organisms that are suspended in the water column or floating on the surface (Planktonic Biota). Benthic Biota units are defined by species that are fixed to the benthos and those that are slow moving (such that they cannot move beyond the unit boundary within one day). Attribute_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Benthic/Attached Biota Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: This biotic setting describes areas where biota lives on, in, or in close association with the seafloor or other substrates (e.g., pilings, buoys), extending down into the sediment to include the sub-surface layers of substrate that contain multi-cellular life. As a rule, Benthic/Attached Biota units are characterized by the various life histories and taxonomic characteristics of the dominant life forms. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: -9999 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: No data. Photo not analyzed. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute: Attribute_Label: BIO_CLASS Attribute_Definition: CMECS Biotic Class classification of bottom photo. Biotic classes are determined by the dominant percent cover based on the taxonomy and life forms of the living components of the sampled area. Biotic class definitions are based on the biologically defined classes of the Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats in the United States, FGDC-STD-004. Attribute_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Aquatic Vegetation Bed Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: This class includes subtidal or intertidal bottoms and any other areas characterized by a dominant cover of rooted vascular plants, attached macroalgae, or mosses, which are usually submersed in the water column or floating on the surface. They may be exposed during low tides. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Faunal Bed Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Seabeds dominated or characterized by a cover of animals that are closely associated with the bottom, including attached, clinging, sessile, infaunal, burrowing, laying, interstitial, and slow-moving animals, but not animals that have created substrate (Reef Biota). Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Reef Biota Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas dominated by reef-building fauna, including living corals, mollusks, polychaetes or glass sponges. In order to be classified as Reef Biota, colonizing organisms must be judged to be sufficiently abundant to construct identifiable biogenic substrates. The Reef Biota Class refers to only the living component of reef structures. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: -9999 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: No data. Photo not analyzed. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute: Attribute_Label: BIO_SUBCL Attribute_Definition: CMECS Biotic Subclass classification of bottom photo. Biotic subclasses are based on finer distinctions of dominant life forms, taxa, and growth forms. Attribute_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Attached Fauna Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas characterized by rock substrates, gravel substrates, other hard substrates, or mixed substrates that are dominated by fauna which maintain contact with the substrate surface, including firmly attached, crawling, resting, interstitial, or clinging fauna. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Benthic Macroalgae Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Aquatic beds dominated by macroalgae attached to the substrate, such as kelp, intertidal fucoids, and calcareous algae. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Inferred Fauna Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas dominated by evidence (real or inferred) of faunal activity, but where the fauna themselves are not currently present or evident, given the sampling methodology. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mollusk Reef Biota Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas dominated by consolidated aggregations of living and dead mollusks, usually bivalves (e.g., oysters or mussels or giant clams) or gastropods (e.g., vermetids) attached to their conspecifics and sufficiently abundant to create substrate. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Soft Sediment Fauna Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas that are characterized by fine unconsolidated substrates (sand, mud) and that are dominated in percent cover or in estimated biomass by infauna, sessile epifauna, mobile epifauna, mobile fauna that create semi-permanent burrows as homes, or by structures or evidence associated with these fauna. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: -9999 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: No data. Photo not analyzed. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute: Attribute_Label: BIO_GROUP Attribute_Definition: CMECS Biotic Group classification of bottom photo. Biotic groups are observational, descriptive, or functional groupings of the characteristic biological types that occur as generalized patterns across their range. Biotic groups are designed as simple observational units, to be based upon regularly recurring biological features that are evident in the environment under observation. The classification area is the field of view of the photograph (see process steps for more information about the image area). Attribute_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Attached Anemones Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Hard substrate areas dominated by attached anemones (coelenterates which secure themselves to a hard substrate with a pedal disc). Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Attached Bryozoans Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas dominated by abundant or structurally complex, attached bryozoan communities that are may be habitat-forming. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Attached Hydroids Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas dominated by mounds or mats of hydroids that are attached to a hard substrate. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Attached Sponges Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Hard or mixed substrate areas that are dominated by sponges and their associated communities, e.g., where non-reef building sponge species grow attached to hard substrate or are nestled among hard substrate, or where reef-building sponges grow on hard substrates in densities that are not judged sufficient to constitute a reef. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Attached Tunicates Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas dominated by attached members of the subphylum Tunicata, known as tunicates, ascidians, or sea squirts. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Barnacles Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas dominated by barnacles and associated fauna. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Burrowing Fauna Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Assemblages dominated by the presenceor evidenceof larger, deep-burrowing, soft-bodied, generally worm-like infauna and/or areas dominated by small, burrowing, often worm-like fauna with a body width usually < 2 millimeters; animals are typically found within 5 centimeters of the sediment-water interface. For the purposes of this classification the biotic groups Small Surface-Burrowing Fauna and Larger Deep-Burrowing Fauna were combined as the resolution of the photographs does not allow a higher level of distinction between the two. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012), Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Clam Bed Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas where either: (a) living clams, siphons, or siphon holes are the dominant surface feature, or; (b) clams dominate the faunal biomass. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Coralline/Crustose Algal Bed Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas dominated by coralline or crustose algae that incorporate calcium carbonate into their tissues and form crusts on the substrate in many marine environments. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Filamentous Algal Bed Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas dominated by filamentous algae that have a growth form consisting of fine filaments or strands with no blades or stipes. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Gastropod Reef Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas dominated by consolidated aggregations of living and dead gastropod mollusks, typically those of the Family Vermetidae or the Genus Crepidula. Shells in a "reef" must have consolidated or conglomerated into a reef structure with some relief and permanence; a reef is more that an accumulation of loose shells. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Inferred Fauna Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas dominated by evidence (real or inferred) of faunal activity, but where the fauna themselves are not currently present or evident, given the sampling methodology. This Biotic Group was added as a modification in the CMECS classification where no faunal activity is apparent visually, but the absence of faunal cannot be assumed due to a lack of a physical sample. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012), Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Leathery/Leafy Algal Bed Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas dominated by leathery/leafy algae have a variety of specialized tissues (including thalli) that resemble stems and leaf-like blades. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mobile Crustaceans on Hard or Mixed Substrates Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas where the epifaunal community is dominated by slow-moving crustaceans on hard or mixed substrates, often living on, between, or under rocks. This group is limited to the epifaunal crustacean taxa that are relatively non-motile (e.g., hermit crabs, xanthid crabs, grapsid crabs, mysids, palaemonids and other small shrimps, amphipods, isopods) and cannot move outside the boundaries of the classification unit within one day. The classifcation unit is the field of view of the photograph. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mobile Crustaceans on Soft Sediments Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas where the epifaunal or surface community is dominated by slow-moving crustaceans. This group is limited to the relatively non-motile, epifaunal, crustacean taxa (e.g., hermit crabs, mole crabs, amphipods, mysids, isopods) and does not include the more mobile arthropod forms (e.g., swimming crabs, horseshoe crabs, penaied shrimps) which can leave the classified area in less than one day and are defined as Associated Taxa. The classifcation area is the field of view of the photograph. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mobile Mollusks on Hard or Mixed Substrates Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas dominated by slow-moving mollusks, most commonly gastropods. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mobile Mollusks on Soft Sediments Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas dominated by epifaunal, slow-moving, generally detritivorous, herbivorous, or omnivorous gastropods, scaphopods, or other mollusks foraging at the surface of unconsolidated sediments. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sand Dollar Bed Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Assemblages dominated by surface-dwelling, "irregular" echinoids of the Phylum Echinodermata and Order Clypeasteroida (e.g., sand dollars, sea biscuits). Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sessile Gastropods Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Hard substrate areas dominated by sessile (or mostly sessile) gastropods, often suspension feeders. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Soft Sediment Bryozoans Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas dominated by bryozoans. Bryozoans may be either embedded in fine substrates or resting, unattached, on the sediment surface. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sponge Bed Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sandy or muddy areas of the seafloor that are dominated by sponges and their associated communities, but do not create substrate such that they would be considered Reef Biota. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tracks and Trails Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas where sediment surface patterns are dominated by tracks and trails left by locomotion of mobile epifauna and other fauna that are no longer present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tube-Building Fauna Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Soft sediment areas dominated by larger tube builders (tube width > 2 millimeters, or tube length > 30 millimeters), most commonly polychaetes, but including many other worm-like phyla (phoronids, sipunculids), crustaceans, and others and/or soft sediment areas dominated by tube-building annelids (e.g., spionids, sabellids), amphipods, small phoronids, or other small, surface-dwelling, tube-building fauna. For the purposes of this classification the biotic groups Small Tube-Building Fauna and Larger Tube-Building Fauna were combined as the resolution of the photographs does not allow a higher level of distinction between the two. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012), Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tunneling Megafauna Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Intertidal or Subtidal areas dominated by burrowing or construction activities of larger (megafaunal) organisms that create a water-filled tunnel with a diameter of > 1 centimeter. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: -9999 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: No data. Photo not analyzed. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute: Attribute_Label: BIO_COMM Attribute_Definition: CMECS Biotic Community classification of bottom photo. A biotic community is a repeatable grouping of species that is relatively uniform in structure, species composition, and habitat conditions. Biotic community is added to characterize elements in the Biotic Group. Attribute_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Codium sp. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with the green algae Codium sp. present. Community added to characterize the Leathery/Leafy Algal Bed Biotic Group. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Crepidula sp. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with the slipper shell gastropod Crepidula sp. present. Community added to characterize the Gastropod Reef and Sessile Gastropods Biotic Groups. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Crepidula sp., Codium sp. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with the slipper shell gastropod Crepidula sp. and the green algae Codium sp. present. Community added to characterize the Leathery/Leafy Algal Bed, Gastropod Reef, and Sessile Gastropods Biotic Groups. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Didemnum sp. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with the colonial tunicate Didemnum sp. present. Community added to characterize the Attached Tunicates and Tunicate Bed Biotic Groups. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: -9999 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: No data. Photo not analyzed. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: [blank] Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photo was only analyzed to the biotic group level. No Biotic Community could be determined or resolved in the photograph. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute: Attribute_Label: CO_OCCUR_1 Attribute_Definition: CMECS Co-occurring Element Modifier of bottom photo. This is a co-occurring Biotic Group used as a modifier to the CMECS classification system. Attribute_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Attached Anemones Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Hard substrate areas dominated by attached anemones (coelenterates which secure themselves to a hard substrate with a pedal disc). Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Attached Bryozoans Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas dominated by abundant or structurally complex, attached bryozoan communities that are may be habitat-forming. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Attached Sponges Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Hard or mixed substrate areas that are dominated by sponges and their associated communities, e.g., where non-reef building sponge species grow attached to hard substrate or are nestled among hard substrate, or where reef-building sponges grow on hard substrates in densities that are not judged sufficient to constitute a reef. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Attached Tube-Building Fauna Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Hard substrate areas with a percent cover dominated by tube builders, including annelids, phoronids, sipunculids, crustaceans, gastropods, pogonophorans, echiurans, priapulids, and other phyla. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Attached Tunicates Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas dominated by attached members of the subphylum Tunicata, known as tunicates, ascidians, or sea squirts. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Barnacles Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas dominated by barnacles and associated fauna. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Burrowing Anemones Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas dominated by anemones (solitary coelenterates) that use their pedal disc to burrow in soft substrates. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Burrowing Fauna Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Assemblages dominated by the presenceor evidenceof larger, deep-burrowing, soft-bodied, generally worm-like infauna and/or areas dominated by small, burrowing, often worm-like fauna with a body width usually < 2 millimeters; animals are typically found within 5 centimeters of the sediment-water interface. For the purposes of this classification the biotic groups Small Surface-Burrowing Fauna and Larger Deep-Burrowing Fauna were combined as the resolution of the photographs does not allow a higher level of distinction between the two. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012), Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Clam Bed Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas where either: (a) living clams, siphons, or siphon holes are the dominant surface feature, or; (b) clams dominate the faunal biomass. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Coralline/Crustose Algal Bed Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas dominated by coralline or crustose algae that incorporate calcium carbonate into their tissues and form crusts on the substrate in many marine environments. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Filamentous Algal Bed Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas dominated by filamentous algae that have a growth form consisting of fine filaments or strands with no blades or stipes. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Holothurian Bed Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Soft sediment assemblages dominated by holothurians or "sea cucumbers." Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Leathery/Leafy Algal Bed Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas dominated by leathery/leafy algae have a variety of specialized tissues (including thalli) that resemble stems and leaf-like blades. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mobile Crustaceans on Soft Sediments Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas where the epifaunal or surface community is dominated by slow-moving crustaceans. This group is limited to the relatively non-motile, epifaunal, crustacean taxa (e.g., hermit crabs, mole crabs, amphipods, mysids, isopods) and does not include the more mobile arthropod forms (e.g., swimming crabs, horseshoe crabs, penaied shrimps) which can leave the classified area in less than one day and are defined as Associated Taxa. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mobile Mollusks on Hard or Mixed Substrates Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas dominated by slow-moving mollusks, most commonly gastropods. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mobile Mollusks on Soft Sediments Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas dominated by epifaunal, slow-moving, generally detritivorous, herbivorous, or omnivorous gastropods, scaphopods, or other mollusks foraging at the surface of unconsolidated sediments. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sessile Gastropods Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Hard substrate areas dominated by sessile (or mostly sessile) gastropods, often suspension feeders. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sponge Bed Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sandy or muddy areas of the seafloor that are dominated by sponges and their associated communities, but do not create substrate such that they would be considered Reef Biota. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tracks and Trails Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas where sediment surface patterns are dominated by tracks and trails left by locomotion of mobile epifauna and other fauna that are no longer present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tube-Building Fauna Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Soft sediment areas dominated by larger tube builders (tube width > 2 millimeters, or tube length > 30 millimeters), most commonly polychaetes, but including many other worm-like phyla (phoronids, sipunculids), crustaceans, and others and/or soft sediment areas dominated by tube-building annelids (e.g., spionids, sabellids), amphipods, small phoronids, or other small, surface-dwelling, tube-building fauna. For the purposes of this classification the biotic groups Small Tube-Building Fauna and Larger Tube-Building Fauna were combined as the resolution of the photographs does not allow a higher level of distinction between the two. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012), Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tunicate Bed Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sandy or muddy areas dominated by members of the subphylum Urochordata, including ascidians, sea squirts, and other tunicates. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tunneling Megafauna Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Intertidal or Subtidal areas dominated by burrowing or construction activities of larger (megafaunal) organisms that create a water-filled tunnel with a diameter of > 1 centimeter. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: -9999 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: No data. Photo not analyzed. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: [blank] Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: No other Co-occurring Element Modifier could be classified or resolved in the photograph. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute: Attribute_Label: CO_OCCUR_2 Attribute_Definition: CMECS Co-occurring Element Modifier of bottom photo. This is a co-occurring Biotic Group used as a modifier to the CMECS classification system. Attribute_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Attached Bryozoans Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas dominated by abundant or structurally complex, attached bryozoan communities that are may be habitat-forming. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Attached Sponges Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Hard or mixed substrate areas that are dominated by sponges and their associated communities, e.g., where non-reef building sponge species grow attached to hard substrate or are nestled among hard substrate, or where reef-building sponges grow on hard substrates in densities that are not judged sufficient to constitute a reef. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Attached Tube-Building Fauna Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Hard substrate areas with a percent cover dominated by tube builders, including annelids, phoronids, sipunculids, crustaceans, gastropods, pogonophorans, echiurans, priapulids, and other phyla. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Attached Tunicates Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas dominated by attached members of the subphylum Tunicata, known as tunicates, ascidians, or sea squirts. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Barnacles Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas dominated by barnacles and associated fauna. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Burrowing Anemones Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas dominated by anemones (solitary coelenterates) that use their pedal disc to burrow in soft substrates. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Burrowing Fauna Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Assemblages dominated by the presenceor evidenceof larger, deep-burrowing, soft-bodied, generally worm-like infauna and/or areas dominated by small, burrowing, often worm-like fauna with a body width usually < 2 millimeters; animals are typically found within 5 centimeters of the sediment-water interface. For the purposes of this classification the biotic groups Small Surface-Burrowing Fauna and Larger Deep-Burrowing Fauna were combined as the resolution of the photographs does not allow a higher level of distinction between the two. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012), Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Clam Bed Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas where either: (a) living clams, siphons, or siphon holes are the dominant surface feature, or; (b) clams dominate the faunal biomass. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Coralline/Crustose Algal Bed Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas dominated by coralline or crustose algae that incorporate calcium carbonate into their tissues and form crusts on the substrate in many marine environments. 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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Leathery/Leafy Algal Bed Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas dominated by leathery/leafy algae have a variety of specialized tissues (including thalli) that resemble stems and leaf-like blades. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mobile Crustaceans on Soft Sediments Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas where the epifaunal or surface community is dominated by slow-moving crustaceans. This group is limited to the relatively non-motile, epifaunal, crustacean taxa (e.g., hermit crabs, mole crabs, amphipods, mysids, isopods) and does not include the more mobile arthropod forms (e.g., swimming crabs, horseshoe crabs, penaied shrimps) which can leave the classified area in less than one day and are defined as Associated Taxa. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mobile Mollusks on Hard or Mixed Substrates Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas dominated by slow-moving mollusks, most commonly gastropods. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mobile Mollusks on Soft Sediments Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas dominated by epifaunal, slow-moving, generally detritivorous, herbivorous, or omnivorous gastropods, scaphopods, or other mollusks foraging at the surface of unconsolidated sediments. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sessile Gastropods Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Hard substrate areas dominated by sessile (or mostly sessile) gastropods, often suspension feeders. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sponge Bed Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sandy or muddy areas of the seafloor that are dominated by sponges and their associated communities, but do not create substrate such that they would be considered Reef Biota. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tracks and Trails Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Areas where sediment surface patterns are dominated by tracks and trails left by locomotion of mobile epifauna and other fauna that are no longer present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tube-Building Fauna Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Soft sediment areas dominated by larger tube builders (tube width > 2 millimeters, or tube length > 30 millimeters), most commonly polychaetes, but including many other worm-like phyla (phoronids, sipunculids), crustaceans, and others and/or soft sediment areas dominated by tube-building annelids (e.g., spionids, sabellids), amphipods, small phoronids, or other small, surface-dwelling, tube-building fauna. For the purposes of this classification the biotic groups Small Tube-Building Fauna and Larger Tube-Building Fauna were combined as the resolution of the photographs does not allow a higher level of distinction between the two. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012), Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management. Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tunneling Megafauna Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Intertidal or Subtidal areas dominated by burrowing or construction activities of larger (megafaunal) organisms that create a water-filled tunnel with a diameter of > 1 centimeter. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012) Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: -9999 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: No data. Photo not analyzed. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: [blank] Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: No other Co-occurring Element Modifier could be classified or resolved in the photograph. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute: Attribute_Label: ASSOC_1 Attribute_Definition: CMECS Associated Taxa Modifier of bottom photo. This is used in addition to, but does not overlap, the Biotic Group and Co-occurring Element classifications. Attribute_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012), Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Anomia sp. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with the jingle shell Anomia sp. present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Arbacia punctulata Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with the sea urchin Arbacia punctulata present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Asterias sp. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with the sea star Asterias sp. present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Astrangia sp. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with the hard coral Astrangia sp. present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Bivalvia Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with bivalve mollusks Bivalvia present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Bugula sp. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with the bryozoan Bugula sp. present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Carcinus maenas Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with the green crab Carcinus maenas present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Centropristis striata Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with the black sea bass Centropristis striata present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Cerianthidae Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with the burrowing anemone Cerianthidae present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Crepidula sp. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with the slipper shell Crepidula sp. present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Decapoda Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with Decopoda crustaceans present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Henricia sanguinolenta Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with the blood star Henricia sanguinolenta present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Homarus americanus Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with the American lobster Homarus americanus present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Menidia sp. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with the silverside Menidia sp. present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Ovalipes ocellatus Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with the lady crab Ovalipes ocellatus present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Pagurus sp. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with the hermit crab Pagurus sp. present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Pisces Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with fish Pisces present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Pisidae Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with spider crab Pisidae present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Pleuronectiformes Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with flatfish Pleuronectiformes present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Porifera Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with sponge Porifera present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Raja sp. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with skate Raja sp. present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: -9999 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: No data. Photo not analyzed. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: [blank] Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: No other Associated Taxa Modifier could be classified or resolved in the photograph. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute: Attribute_Label: ASSOC_2 Attribute_Definition: CMECS Associated Taxa Modifier of bottom photo. This is used in addition to, but does not overlap, the Biotic Group and Co-occurring Element classifications. Attribute_Definition_Source: Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, FGDC-STD-018-2012 (June 2012), Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Anomia sp. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with the jingle shell Anomia sp. present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Arbacia punctulata Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with the sea urchin Arbacia punctulata present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Asterias sp. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with the sea star Asterias sp. present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Astrangia sp. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with the hard coral Astrangia sp. present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Bivalvia Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with bivalve mollusks Bivalvia present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Bugula sp. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with the bryozoan Bugula sp. present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Henricia sanguinolenta Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with the blood star Henricia sanguinolenta present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Holothuroidea Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with sea cucumber Holothuroidea present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Pagurus sp. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with the hermit crab Pagurus sp. present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Pisces Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with fish Pisces present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Porifera Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Photographs with sponge Porifera present. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: -9999 Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: No data. Photo not analyzed. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: [blank] Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: No other Associated Taxa Modifier could be classified or resolved in the photograph. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Attribute: Attribute_Label: SURVEYID Attribute_Definition: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center field activity number in the format YYYY-XXXX-FA where YYYY is the year of the survey and XXXX is the survey number assigned to field activities with participation by scientists and staff from the USGS Wood Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center. 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