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GIS
for Marine Biology
| Data
Resources on the Web |
- MarineGIS
This sites provides numerous links to data about coastlines,
bathymetry, sea ice, geology, temperatures, hydrothermal vents,
and more. Worldwide in scope.
- NOAA Fisheries Geographic Information Systems
The GIS Data
is focused on directing GIS users to NOAA fisheries spatial data as well as linking users to data that may be useful from other NOAA offices and
federal agencies.
- Davey Jones' Locker, Seafloor Mapping / Marine & Coastal GIS
A web resource with many data links that is maintained by Dr. Dawn Wright and her graduate students at Oregon State University.
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Center
for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS)
Data from the Florida
State University's COAPS site includes scatterometry, ocean
surface meteorology fluxes, and ocean pseudostress products.
Focus is on interannual and interdecadal variability of
the Earth's climate affected by tropical and mid-latitude
oceans.
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Australian
Antarctic Data Centre
A site full of data
from an FTP site accessible through full metadata records.
Data includes bathymetry, aerial photography, tidal information,
flora and fauna, cosmic ray events, and weather information.
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Puget
Sound LIDAR Consortium
Free data for Puget
Sound developed by Federal, State and local agencies.
An index map shows all the regions for which there
is LIDAR data.
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Marine
Geology and Geophysics
A site developed by the National Geophysical Data Center focusing
on extensive databases for coastal and open areas. Key
areas include bathymetry and relief and marine sediment and
rocks. There is also a section on the Great Lakes. Worldwide
in scope.
- Office
of Coast Survey
This website offers several products and services for GIS users such as a GIS web portal and shoreline data.
- National Ocean Service
NOAA's data data websites listed with descriptions including links to various NOS websites that offer more information and provide downloadable data. This site also has a
direct link to the NOS Data Explorer serving as a portal for NOS spatial data.
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OceanPortal
A high-level directory of ocean data and information related
Web sites. You can search by using the directory or through
a search engine. Worldwide in scope.
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- Benthic Habitat Mapping
This web site has a goal to bring benthic habitat mapping information and spatial data to the coastal management
community. The site also has downloadable benthic habitat GIS data for much of the coastal US.
- United
Nations Atlas of the Oceans
An Internet portal providing information relevant to the sustainable
development of the oceans. There are maps and online databases on
the site. The site is still in development and so some links are
sparse or not yet completed. Worldwide in scope.
- Coastal
Risk Atlas
The purpose of this site is to provide an on-line risk/vulnerability
atlas for the coastal United States. Currently it focuses on the
Gulf of Mexico and Northeastern Florida.
- Pacific Coast Marine Habitat Program
This site provides links to documents, interactive maps, GIS data and other information relating to the West Coast marine habitat. Much
of the data at this website were developed and compiled in support of the Pacific Coast Groundfish Essential Fish
Habitat Environmental Impact Statement (EFH EIS).
- Northeast Regional Cod Tagging Program
One of the many aims for this program is to involve the public by making the recaptured tagged cod data accessible through an online GIS mapping interface.
- California
Department of Fish and Game
The DFG Information Technology Branch includes four separate GIS
units dealing with soils, the Central Valley Bay delta, the marine
region, and wildlife fisheries. The marine region includes California
coastline shapefiles and a link to their FTP data server.
- MBARI:
Monterey Bay Research Institute
- Monterey Bay
Multibeam Survey (2000)
A compilation
of data and imagery of the Monterey Bay and the adjacent seafloor,
including coastline, imagery, and bathymetry. (Held at Hopkins
and Branner)
- GIS data of the
Monterey Bay (1998)
Data and
imagery of the Monterey Bay. (Held at Hopkins and Branner)
- Seafloor Mapping Lab at CSMB
Data at this site include remotely sensed images (multibeam, side scan sonar), derived data
(bathymetric contours, grid analyses, etc.), habitat analyses, and additional data such as survey footprints and coastline.
| Books
and Other resources |
- Coastal
GIS Bibliography (Web resource)
A searchable
bibliography updated every two years by the NOAA Coastal Services
Center. The bibliography is a international compilation
of GIS applications in coastal management and includes such topics
as geology, coastal processes and disaster management.
- Arc Marine: GIS for a Blue Planet (2007) (Book held at Hopkins and Branner)
This ESRI book "presents the initial results of a successful effort to create and
define a data model for the marine community...who
support better management of complex spatial analysis in marine applications." Additonal information about the Marine Data Model can be found at the Arc Marine website
- Marine
geography: GIS for the oceans and seas, Call number GC38.5.M37 2002 (Book held at Hopkins,
Green, Branner)
The book "is a collection of case studies documenting some
of the many applications of marine GIS in the field today."
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Coastal and Marine Geo-Information Systems Applying the Technology to the Environment , Call number HT391.C4964 2003 (Book held at Hopkins and Branner)
This volume contains 40 chapters relating to the application of geospatial methods
to coastal and marine environments.
- Geographic information
systems in oceanography and fisheries, Call number GC38.5.V35 2002 (Book held at Hopkins)
This book discusses conceptual issues on marine spatial thinking,
looks at models and methods in coastal, continental shelf, and
deep ocean studies, and examines online sources of spatially referenced
data.
- Undersea
with GIS, Call number G70.212.U54 2002 (Book held at Hopkins and Branner)
This ESRI book focuses on the way in which GIS is being integrated
into the fields of oceanography, marine biology, and aquatic resource
management.
- Marine and Coastal
Geographical Information Systems Call number GC10.4.R4 M37 2000 (Book held at Hopkins and Branner)
The book includes topics ranging from seafloor spreading to microscale
coastal habitats. Techniques include submersibles, computer modelling,
3-D visualization, and spatial data structures.
- Numerous other books
and conference proceedings are available through the libraries.
Search Socrates under the terms:
- oceanography
remote sensing,
- marine geography,
- geographic information
systems databases (along with a location),
- combinations
of the above terms.
- PowerPoint presentations
for viewing:
Last modified:
September 5, 2007
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