Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) Atlas, Gulf of Mexico, Upper Coast of Texas PDFs 1996, Louisiana 2003, Mississippi 2009, Alabama 2007, Florida 1995-2003 maps and geographic information systems data (NODC Accession 0064870)

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive 2014
• Subjects: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; 0064870; 64870; ANIMALS - GROUP - NUMBER IN GROUP; BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; BIOLOGICAL DATA; BIRDS; FISH CENSUS; FISH SPECIES; HABITAT; HABITAT - BENTHIC; MARINE MAMMALS; MARINE SPECIES INVENTORY; NESTING SITES; REPTILES; SHORELINE; SOCIOECONOMIC; TERRESTRIAL MAMMALS; VERTEBRATES; biota surveys; visual analysis; visual observation; atlas; benthic; biological; composition & location; derived products; GIS product; survey - biological; US DOC; NOAA; NOS - Seattle, WA; COASTAL; Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS); CORAL REEF STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY INDEX (ESI); Coastal Waters of Florida; Coastal Waters of Gulf of Mexico; Florida Bay - Florida; Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary; Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary; Gulf of Mexico; North American Coastline-South; North Atlantic Ocean; oceanography; Alabama; North Atlantic
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The most widely used approach to sensitive environment mapping in the U.S. is NOAA's Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI). This approach systematically complies information in standard formats for coastal shoreline sensitivity, biological resources, and human-use resources. ESI maps are useful...