Pelagic Marine Ecounits - Coastal Resource Information Management System (CRIMS)

Pelagic Marine Ecounits - Coastal Resource Information Management System (CRIMS) Pelagic Marine Ecounits are intended to describe the sea surface and water column. Two variables were selected to derive pelagic ecounits:1. Salinity and 2. Stratification. The British Columbia Marine Ecological Classification (BCMEC) is a hierarchical classification that delineates Provincial marine areas into Ecozones, Ecoprovinces, Ecoregions and Ecosections. The classification was developed from previous Federal and Provincial marine ecological classifications which were based on 1:2,000,000 scale information. The BCMEC has been developed for marine and coastal planning, resource management and a Provincial marine protected areas strategy. A new, smaller level of classification termed ecounits developed using 1:250,000 scale depth, current, exposure, subsurface relief and substrate was created to verify the larger ecosections, and to delineate their boundaries. CRIMS is a legacy dataset of BC coastal resource data that was acquired in a systematic and synoptic manner from 1979 and was intermittently updated throughout the years. Resource information was collected in nine study areas using a peer-reviewed provincial Resource Information Standards Committee consisting of DFO Fishery Officers, First Nations, and other subject matter experts. There are currently no plans to update this legacy data. 2024-05-02 Government of British Columbia GeoBCInfo@gov.bc.ca Nature and EnvironmentCanadaecological classificationecologymarinemarine ecounitoceanographypelagicGovernment information BC Geographic Warehouse Custom DownloadHTML https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/pelagic-marine-ecounits-coastal-resource-information-management-system-crims/resource/17eed709-521c-42b0-b50b-8b1ffeaf413d Original metadata (https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca)HTML https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/pelagic-marine-ecounits-coastal-resource-information-management-system-crims CRIMS_PELAGIC_MARINE_ECOUNITSKML https://openmaps.gov.bc.ca/kml/geo/layers/WHSE_WILDLIFE_MANAGEMENT.CRIMS_PELAGIC_MARINE_ECOUNITS_loader.kml CRIMS_PELAGIC_MARINE_ECOUNITSWMS https://openmaps.gov.bc.ca/geo/pub/WHSE_WILDLIFE_MANAGEMENT.CRIMS_PELAGIC_MARINE_ECOUNITS/ows?service=WMS&request=GetCapabilities&layers=pub:WHSE_WILDLIFE_MANAGEMENT.CRIMS_PELAGIC_MARINE_ECOUNITS&legend_format=image/png&feature_info_type=text/plain CRIMS_PELAGIC_MARINE_ECOUNITSWMS https://openmaps.gov.bc.ca/geo/pub/WHSE_WILDLIFE_MANAGEMENT.CRIMS_PELAGIC_MARINE_ECOUNITS/ows?service=WMS&request=GetCapabilities&layers=pub:WHSE_WILDLIFE_MANAGEMENT.CRIMS_PELAGIC_MARINE_ECOUNITS&legend_format=image/png&feature_info_type=text/plain

Pelagic Marine Ecounits are intended to describe the sea surface and water column. Two variables were selected to derive pelagic ecounits:1. Salinity and 2. Stratification. The British Columbia Marine Ecological Classification (BCMEC) is a hierarchical classification that delineates Provincial marine areas into Ecozones, Ecoprovinces, Ecoregions and Ecosections. The classification was developed from previous Federal and Provincial marine ecological classifications which were based on 1:2,000,000 scale information. The BCMEC has been developed for marine and coastal planning, resource management and a Provincial marine protected areas strategy. A new, smaller level of classification termed ecounits developed using 1:250,000 scale depth, current, exposure, subsurface relief and substrate was created to verify the larger ecosections, and to delineate their boundaries. CRIMS is a legacy dataset of BC coastal resource data that was acquired in a systematic and synoptic manner from 1979 and was intermittently updated throughout the years. Resource information was collected in nine study areas using a peer-reviewed provincial Resource Information Standards Committee consisting of DFO Fishery Officers, First Nations, and other subject matter experts. There are currently no plans to update this legacy data.

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