Gulf of Maine Area Program

Development Team

Lead Software Programmers:

Biological Data Explorer - Joe Hodsdon, student, Department of Computer Science, USM
Biological and Physical Data Integration - Richard Franks, Jr., MS student, Department of Computer Science, USM

System Design:

Nicholas Wolff, Research Associate, Aquatic Systems Group, USM
Bruce MacLeod, Professor, Department of CS, USM
David Briggs, Professor, Department of CS, USM

Contact:

Nicholas Wolff, Database Manager,

Feature Definitions

Map Biological Data

Map the following biological datasets: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Bottom Trawl Survey, Clam and Quahog Survey, Herring Bottom Trawl Survey, Sea Scallop Survey, Shrimp Survey and the Maine - New Hampshire Inshore Groundfish Trawl Survey.

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Map the Survey Effort

Map all sample locations, including those where selected species were not found.

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Add Multiple Species

Use a comma “,” in the Biogeographical Data Explorer and a plus sign “+” in the Biogeographical and Oceanic Data Integrator to search and map multiple species.

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Filter Data by Taxa, Time & Region

Search by taxa and filter (limit) the results within a time period and/or a physiographic region of the Gulf of Maine. Get more information on the physiographic regions

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Download Data in CSV

Download selected dataset as a comma-separated value (CSV) file.

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Download Data in OBIS Schema

The OBIS Schema is the content standard used by OBIS, the Ocean Biogeographic Information System; it is designed for marine biodiversity data.

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Metadata Available

Metadata records are available through the Global Change Master Directory (GCMD).

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Map Physical Data

Physical data are available from the Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System (GoMOOS) Ocean Circulation Model which is maintained by Huijie Xue and Fei Chai of the Ocean Modelling Group at the University of Maine Orono (UMO). It is based on the Princeton Ocean Model. Monthly averages of sea surface temperature, sea surface salinity, bottom temperature and bottom salinity can be mapped and downloaded.

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Add External Data (WFS)

Add WFS (Web Feature Services) layers to bring in data from Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) compliant sources.

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Integrate Biological & Physical Data

Integrate (append) physical oceanographic data to the selected biological data and download as one file.

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Edit Symbols by Species

Change the color of the selected species and turn multiple species on or off in the map.

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Download Data in Multiple Formats

Download data in a variety of formats including JPEG, PNG, SVG, KML/KMZ, GML, PDF, shapefiles and more.

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Open Source

Documentation and source code are open source and available to the community.

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