Data Layers & Links

GIS Data Layers

Bathymetry
Bathymetry of the Gulf of Maine
Source: MassGIS
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USGS Digital bathymetry of the Gulf of Maine, constructed by Ed Roworth and Rich Signell, gom15dd
Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
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U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Geophysical Data Center, 2001. 2-minute Gridded Global Relief Data (ETOPO2)
Source: National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
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Boundaries
USEEZ: Boundaries of the Exclusive Economic Zones of the United States and territories
Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
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Paskevich, Valerie, Unpublished Material, STATE_BOUNDS: internal US state boundaries.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
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Land
National Oceanic and Atmospheri, National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of , 1994, ALLUS80K: Medium Resolution Digital Vector U.S. Shoreline shapefile: NOAA/NOS/ORCA/SEA, Silver Spring, MD.
Source: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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Paskevich, Valerie, Unpublished Material, CANADA_WVS_GEO_WGS84 - World Vector Shoreline of Canada.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
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Substrate
L.J.Poppe, Paskevich, V.F., Williams, S.J., Hastings, M.E., Kelly, J.T., Belknap, D.F., Ward, L.G., FitzGerald, D.M., and Larsen, P.F., 2003, Surficial Sediment Data from the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and vicinity: a GIS Compilation: Open-File Report 03-001, U. S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Field Center, Woods Hole, MA.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
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U.S. Geological Survey, 200506, CONMAPSG: Continental Margin Mapping (CONMAP) sediments grainsize distribution for the United States East Coast Continental Margin: Open-File Report 2005-1001, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Science Center, Woods Hole, MA.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
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World Wild Life Fund – Canada and Conservation Law Foundation, Classifying and Mapping Physical Habitat Types (Seascapes) in the Gulf of Maine and the Scotian Shelf: Seascapes Version to May 2003.
Fader, G.B.J., Lynds, T., Miller, R.O., Parrott, D.R., Hynes, S., Sherin, A. 2004. Scotian Shelf regional surficial geology compilation. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 4671, 1 CD-ROM.
Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) Atlantic/Pacific - Expedition Database (ED)
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Data Links

Gulf of Maine
Atlantic Reference Center (Huntsman Marine Laboratory)
GoMOOS (Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System)
Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program
U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank (GLOBal ocean Ecosystems dynamics)
Global
OBIS (Ocean Biogeographic Information System)
OBIS-SEAMAP (Ocean Biogeographic Information System – Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations)

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