Hudson River Estuary Benthic Survey Index

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• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

Publication_Date: 2005

Title: Hudson River Estuary Benthic Survey Index

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Hudson River Estuary Program

Issue_Identification: Benthic Mapping Project

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Albany, NY

Publisher: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Description:

Abstract:

For benthic mapping survey purposes the Hudson River Estuary was divided up into segments approximately ten nautical miles long. Surveys were conducted in each segment at different times and various kinds of data including subbottom reflection profiles, sidescan imagery, and sediment samples have unique identifiers that correspond to the survey segment.

Purpose:

Purpose of the Hudson River Benthic Mapping Project of the New York State DEC is to create a comprehensive map of the bottom of the Hudson River Estuary, its sediment distribution and habitat for species of interest. Several observational datasets including water depth (bathymetry), backscatter, subbottom profiles, sediment samples, and sediment profile imagery were collected to describe the physical environment of the estuary floor.

Supplemental_Information:

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
- Bell et al., 2006, Benthic habitat mapping in the Hudson River Estuary, in J. Levinton and J. Waldman(editors), The Hudson River Estuary, Cambridge Univ Press., pp 51-64.
- Carbotte et al., 2004, Environmental change and oyster colonization within the Hudson River estuary linked to Holocene climate, Geo-Marine Letters, 24, 212-224.
- McHugh et al., 2004, Spatial variations in a condensed interval between estuarine and open marine settings: Holocene Hudson River Estuary and adjacent continental shelf, Geology, 32 (2): 169-172.
- Nitsche et al., 2004, Process-related classification of acoustic data from the Hudson River Estuary, Marine Geology, 209(1-4): 131-145.
- Nitsche et al., 2005, Integrative acoustic mapping reveals Hudson River sediment processes and habitats, EOS 86(24), pp
- Nitsche et al., 2005, A seabed classification approach based on multiple acoustic sensors in the Hudson River Estuary, in D.M. FitzGerald and J. Knight (editors) High Resolution Morphodynamics and Sedimentary Evolution of Estuaries: Springer, pp 33-55.
- Nitsche, F.O., W.B.F. Ryan, S.M. Carbotte, R.E. Bell, A. Slagle, C. Bertinado, R. Flood, T. Kenna, C. McHugh, 2007, Regional patterns and local variations of sediment distribution in the Hudson River Estuary, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 71, 259-277.
- Pekar et al., 2004, Estuarine processes and their stratigraphic record: paleosalinity and sedimentation changes in the Hudson Estuary (North America), Marine Geology, 209(1-4): 113-129.
- Slagle, et al., 2006, Late-stage estuary infilling controlled by limited accommodation space in the Hudson River. Marine Geology, Volume 232, Issues 3-4, Pages 181-202.
- Strayer et al., 2006, Using geophysical information to define benthic habitats in a large river, Freshwater Biology 51, 25?38

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1998-2003

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.10

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -73.68

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.76

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.60

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: Hudson River

Theme_Keyword: benthic surveys

Theme_Keyword: contaminants

Theme_Keyword: acoustic profiles

Theme_Keyword: bathymetry

Theme_Keyword: sidescan

Theme_Keyword: sand

Theme_Keyword: silt

Theme_Keyword: clay

Theme_Keyword: gravel

Theme_Keyword: cores

Theme_Keyword: SPI

Theme_Keyword: REMOTS

Theme_Keyword: habitat

Theme_Keyword: benthic

Theme_Keyword: invertebrates

Theme_Keyword: sediment

Theme_Keyword: Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve (HRNERR)

Theme_Keyword:

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC)

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

none; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University requests to be acknowledged as the originator of the data in future products or derivative research.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: John Ladd

Contact_Organization: Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve, NYS DEC

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: Norrie Point Environmental Center

City: Staatsburg

State_or_Province: New York

Postal_Code: 12580

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 845-889-4745

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jxLadd@gw.dec.state.ny.us

Data_Set_Credit:

Robin Bell, William Ryan, Suzanne Carbotte, Frank Nitsche, Cecilia McHugh, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

Publication_Date: 2004

Title: Hudson River Estuary Shoreline

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Hudson River Estuary Program

Issue_Identification: Benthic Mapping Project

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Albany, NY

Publisher: NYS DEC

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

Publication_Date: 2005

Title:

Hudson River Estuary Sidescan and Seismic Track Line Information

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Hudson River Estuary Program

Issue_Identification: Benthic Mapping Project

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Albany, NY

Publisher: NYS DEC

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

Publication_Date: 2006

Title: Hudson River Estuary Seismic Shotpoints

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Hudson River Estuary Program

Issue_Identification: Benthic Mapping Project

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Albany, NY

Publisher: NYS Dept Environmental Conservation

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

Publication_Date: 2003

Title:

Hudson River Estuary Sidescan and Seismic Track Navigation ascii

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Hudson River Estuary Program

Issue_Identification: Benthic Mapping Project

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Albany, NY

Publisher: NYS DEC

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

Publication_Date: 2005

Title:

Hudson River Estuary 100 KHz Sidescan Mosaics 2-meter Resolution

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Hudson River Estuary Program

Issue_Identification: Benthic Mapping Project

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Albany, NY

Publisher: NYS DEC

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

Publication_Date: 2005

Title: Hudson River Estuary Sediment Cores

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Hudson River Estuary Program

Issue_Identification: Benthic Mapping Project

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Albany, NY

Publisher: NYS DEC

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

Publication_Date: 2005

Title: Hudson River Estuary Sediment Grab Samples

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Hudson River Estuary Program

Issue_Identification: Benthic Mapping Project

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Albany, NY

Publisher: NYS DEC

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Roger Flood

Originator:

Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Publication_Date: 2005

Title: Hudson River Estuary Sediment Penetrometer Data

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Hudson River Estuary Program

Issue_Identification: Benthic Mapping Project

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Albany, NY

Publisher: NYS DEC

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Steven Chilrud

Originator: Tim Kenna

Originator: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

Publication_Date: 2004

Title: Hudson River Estuary Radionuclide Data

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Hudson River Estuary Program

Issue_Identification: Benthic Mapping Project

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Albany, NY

Publisher: NYS DEC

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Iocco, L.E., P. Wilber, NOAA Coastal Services Center, R. Diaz, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Publication_Date: 2005

Title: Hudson River Estuary Sediment Profile Imagery VIMS/NOAA CSC

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Hudson River Estuary Program

Issue_Identification: Benthic Mapping Project

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Albany, NY

Publisher: NYS DEC

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and Robert Cerrato, Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Publication_Date: 2002

Title:

Hudson River Estuary Sediment Profile Imagery SAIC/SUNY Stony Brook

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Hudson River Estuary Program

Issue_Identification: Benthic Mapping Project

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Albany, NY

Publisher: NYS DEC

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

Publication_Date: 2002

Title: Hudson River Estuary Seismic Profile Data SEG-Y

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Hudson River Estuary Program

Issue_Identification: Benthic Mapping Project

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Albany, NY

Publisher: New York State Dept of Environmental Conservation

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

Publication_Date: 2005

Title: Hudson River Estuary Seismic Profile Gif Images

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Hudson River Estuary Program

Issue_Identification: Benthic Mapping Project

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Albany, NY

Publisher: NYS Dept Environmental Conservation

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator

Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

UTM_Zone_Number: 18

Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -75.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000

False_Easting: 500000.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 1

Ordinate_Resolution: 1

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: survey index

Entity_Type_Definition:

Hudson River Estuary was divided into areas for purposes of survey and sampling

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: feature geometry

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Tile_name

Attribute_Definition: identifier for a given survey tile

Attribute_Definition_Source: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: unique name

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: area

Attribute_Definition: area of a survey tile in sq meters

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 500,000

Range_Domain_Maximum: 9,950,000

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: meters

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Tile_name2

Attribute_Definition: tile name indicating nearby town or geographic area

Attribute_Definition_Source: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: unique name

Distribution_Information:

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Address:

Address: 625 Broadway

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 3rd Floor

City: Albany

State_or_Province: NY

Postal_Code: 12233-2750

Country: USA

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Contact_Person: Division of Information Services, GIS Unit

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (518) 402-9860

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (518) 402-9031

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: enterpriseGIS@gw.dec.state.ny.us

Distribution_Liability:

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation provides these geographic data "as is." New York State Department of Environmental Conservation makes no guarantee or warranty concerning the accuracy of information contained in the geographic data. New York State DEC further makes no warranty, either expressed or implied, regarding the condition of the product or its fitness for any particular purpose. The burden for determining fitness for use lies entirely with the user. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20080101

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

Contact_Person: Dr. Robin Bell

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 61 Rte 9W

City: Palisades

State_or_Province: NY

Postal_Code: 10964-8000

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 845-365-8827

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998