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A Comprehensive Inventory of Alabama Coastal Zone Wetland Habitats (Swamps, Marshes, Submersed Grassbeds) - 1980-1982

Dataset extent

Digitized maps of Mobile Bay and other coastal areas of Alabama, showing habitat types and species compositions of the vegetation in three broad categories of wetland: swamps, marshes, and submersed grassbeds. All areas in the Alabama Coastal Zone of less than 10 feet elevation above sea level, up to the fork of the Tombigbee and Alabama Rivers, were included in the inventory. Habitat boundary delineations were based on aerial photographs from 1979 and 1980, with transects by boat or foot for field verification in 1980-1982. Dataset includes habitat type classifications based on species compositions, and identifications of dominant species at each location.

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Author	Judy P. Stout
Maintainer	data@disl.org
Last Updated	July 22, 2022, 22:53 (UTC)
Created	July 22, 2022, 22:53 (UTC)
Content Create Date	2017-02-24
ISO.author	J.P. Stout and M.J. Lelong
ISO.author.1	J.P. Stout, M.J. Lelong, H.M. Dowling, and M.T. Powers
ISO.custodian	Mimi Tzeng <metadata@disl.org>
ISO.pointOfContact	Mimi Tzeng <metadata@disl.org>
ISO.principalInvestigator	Judy P. Stout
ISO.processor	Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM)
ISO.publisher	Alabama Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium
ISO.publisher.1	Alabama Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium
ISO.resourceProvider	DISL Data Management Center
Place Keywords	Dauphin Island Sea Lab, DISL, Mobile-Tensaw River Delta, Mobile Bay, Alabama, Mobile County, Baldwin County, Mobile, Bridgehead, Hollingers Island, Theodore, Belle Fontaine, Coden, Dauphin Island, Fort Morgan, Heron Bay, Grand Bay, Isle Aux Herbes, Petit Bois Pass, Kreole, Daphne, Point Clear, Weeks Bay, Foley, Perdido Bay, Lillian
Temporal Begin	1979
Temporal End	1982
Theme Keywords	submerged aquatic vegetation, SAV, emergent vegetation, submersed grassbeds, marshes, wetlands, swamps, species composition, habitat classification
Use Constraints	Acknowledgment of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), the Alabama Coastal Area Board (CAB), Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM), and NOAA Office of Coastal Zone Management is required in products developed from these data, and such acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices for data source is expected by users of these data. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection, and computer processes over time. The distributor shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of these data, based on the description of appropriate/inappropriate uses described in the metadata document. These data are not legal documents and are not to be used as such.
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