The Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Database
provides the Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership (ACFHP) with the
capability to review and summarize existing information on Indicators, Threats,
and Actions, to inform strategic conservation planning for coastal waters and
watersheds.
The links to the left launch these three query
modules:
Bibliographic Query – using a set of
sequential parameters in pull-down menus, this query generates a list of
documents and data sources pertaining to a particular water body. Output includes standard
bibliographic information such as Title, Year, Authors, Organization, and
Publication Info – as well as Habitat Type, Information Type, and Web Location
(if an item is available, a “Click Here” link is provided).
Assessment Query – generates a list of
indicators (measures of habitat condition), threats (or stressors), and/or
actions (conservation recommendations), for a specified waterbody or watershed,
with sources cited.
Geospatial Query – provides a
GoogleMaps interface to launch a query of either the bibliographic or assessment
information.
The tables (Bibliographic, Assessment, and
Geospatial) in the Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Database were developed in
Microsoft Excel and exported to SQL Server, and the spatial framework polygon
layer was developed in ArcGIS and exported to Google Maps.
The database is being used by ACFHP to
develop a strategy to conserve, protect, restore, and enhance habitat for native
Atlantic coastal, estuarine-dependent, and diadromous fish from Maine to
Florida. ACFHP is recognized as a ‘candidate’ Fish Habitat Partnership under the
National Fish Habitat Action Plan (NFHAP), with participation from federal and
state agencies, tribes, non-governmental organizations, and local entities.
More information on development of the Atlantic
Coastal Fish Habitat Database is available at:
https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/atlantic-coastal-fish-habitat-database/
More information on the National Fish Habitat
Action Plan (NFHAP) is available at:
https://www.fishhabitat.org/
More information on the Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership (ACFHP) is
available at:
https://www.atlanticfishhabitat.org/
Metadata for ACFHP assessment of existing information is available at:
ACFHPMetaData.mht