Atlas of Maine: Risk of Habitat Degradation, Dams, and Atlantic Salmon Habitat in Maine

This map shows the relationship between human impacts on waterbodies and salmon habitat locations in Maine. I used both a general assessment - the Stream Habitat Condition Index (HCI) conducted under the 2010 National Fish Habitat Action Plan - and dam locations to reflect human influences. The prim...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yu, Yue
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Digital Commons @ Colby 2017
Subjects:
gis
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/atlas_docs/vol2017/iss1/15
https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/context/atlas_docs/article/1272/viewcontent/yueyu_AtlasofMaine.pdf
https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/context/atlas_docs/article/1272/filename/0/type/additional/viewcontent/yueyu_AtlasofMaine_final.pdf
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Summary:This map shows the relationship between human impacts on waterbodies and salmon habitat locations in Maine. I used both a general assessment - the Stream Habitat Condition Index (HCI) conducted under the 2010 National Fish Habitat Action Plan - and dam locations to reflect human influences. The primary data sources are USGS GIS Data and Maine Office of GIS Data. The map is projected in the NAD 1983 UTM Zone19N coordinate system.