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Service Description: Kelp features were taken from digitized survey source fieldsheets produced by the Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS). The area covered by this dataset encompasses various surveyed areas along the western coast of North America in British Columbia coastal waters. CHS has an extensive collection of hydrographic survey data in the form of field sheets based on over 100 years of surveying in Canada. Data has been collected using a wide range of methods and systems, from lead-line to modern day multi-transducer and multibeam systems. Positions have been established using the different types of terrestrial systems and methods available over many years - up to the latest advanced satellite positioning systems.
Fieldsheets that had not been previously digitized were imported into ESRI ArcMap and georeferenced directly to WGS84 using CHS georeferencing standards and principles (charts.gc.ca). In order to minimize error, a hierarchy of control points was used, ranging from high survey order control points to comparing conspicuous stable rock features apparent in satellite imagery. The georeferencing result was further validated against satellite imagery, CHS charts and fieldsheets, the CHS-Pacific High Water Line (charts.gc.ca), and adjacent and overlapping Fieldsheets. Finally, the kelp features were digitized, and corresponding chart information (category of kelp, scale, source, title, year, and comments) was added as attributes to each feature. When digitizing kelp features the points were located at the optical center of the feature being digitized.
Symbolized kelp is not always an exact location but indicates that kelp is present in the area. The symbol is a proxy.
The kelp attribute field does not distinguish between different types of kelp. The field has three variables that are kelp, seaweed and Aquatic Plants. Seaweed is the general name for marine plants of the Algae class which grow in long narrow ribbons. (International Maritime Dictionary, 2nd Ed.)
Kelp is one of an order (Laminariales) of usually large, blade-shaped or vine-like brown algae. (IHO Dictionary, S-32, 5th Edition, 2611)
Aquatic Plants – Aquatic plants are used as to represent vegetation in fresh water rivers and lakes.
Geographically encompasses the kelp in the Western Coastal waters of North America (mainly Canada) and Temporally overlaps/continues from data extracted from the British Admiralties.
Map Name: Distribution of Kelp on the Coast of BC Extracted From CHS Source Data 1904_2004
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Description: Kelp features were taken from digitized survey source fieldsheets produced by the Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS). The area covered by this dataset encompasses various surveyed areas along the western coast of North America in British Columbia coastal waters. CHS has an extensive collection of hydrographic survey data in the form of field sheets based on over 100 years of surveying in Canada. Data has been collected using a wide range of methods and systems, from lead-line to modern day multi-transducer and multibeam systems. Positions have been established using the different types of terrestrial systems and methods available over many years - up to the latest advanced satellite positioning systems.Fieldsheets that had not been previously digitized were imported into ESRI ArcMap and georeferenced directly to WGS84 using CHS georeferencing standards and principles (charts.gc.ca). In order to minimize error, a hierarchy of control points was used, ranging from high survey order control points to comparing conspicuous stable rock features apparent in satellite imagery. The georeferencing result was further validated against satellite imagery, CHS charts and fieldsheets, the CHS-Pacific High Water Line (charts.gc.ca), and adjacent and overlapping Fieldsheets. Finally, the kelp features were digitized, and corresponding chart information (category of kelp, scale, source, title, year, and comments) was added as attributes to each feature. When digitizing kelp features the points were located at the optical center of the feature being digitized.Symbolized kelp is not always an exact location but indicates that kelp is present in the area. The symbol is a proxy.The kelp attribute field does not distinguish between different types of kelp. The field has three variables that are kelp, seaweed and Aquatic Plants. Seaweed is the general name for marine plants of the Algae class which grow in long narrow ribbons. (International Maritime Dictionary, 2nd Ed.)Kelp is one of an order (Laminariales) of usually large, blade-shaped or vine-like brown algae. (IHO Dictionary, S-32, 5th Edition, 2611)Aquatic Plants – Aquatic plants are used as to represent vegetation in fresh water rivers and lakes.Geographically encompasses the kelp in the Western Coastal waters of North America (mainly Canada) and Temporally overlaps/continues from data extracted from the British Admiralties.
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Copyright Text: Tenhunen, Kim (GIS Technician, GIS analyst)Shultis, Tammy (Multidisciplinary Hydrogapher)
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Title: Distribution of Kelp on the Coast of BC Extracted from CHS Source Data: 1904 -2004/Répartition du varech sur la côte de la Colombie-Britannique d’après les données sources du SHC (1904 à 2004)
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Comments: Kelp features were taken from digitized survey source fieldsheets produced by the Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS). The area covered by this dataset encompasses various surveyed areas along the western coast of North America in British Columbia coastal waters. CHS has an extensive collection of hydrographic survey data in the form of field sheets based on over 100 years of surveying in Canada. Data has been collected using a wide range of methods and systems, from lead-line to modern day multi-transducer and multibeam systems. Positions have been established using the different types of terrestrial systems and methods available over many years - up to the latest advanced satellite positioning systems.Fieldsheets that had not been previously digitized were imported into ESRI ArcMap and georeferenced directly to WGS84 using CHS georeferencing standards and principles (charts.gc.ca). In order to minimize error, a hierarchy of control points was used, ranging from high survey order control points to comparing conspicuous stable rock features apparent in satellite imagery. The georeferencing result was further validated against satellite imagery, CHS charts and fieldsheets, the CHS-Pacific High Water Line (charts.gc.ca), and adjacent and overlapping Fieldsheets. Finally, the kelp features were digitized, and corresponding chart information (category of kelp, scale, source, title, year, and comments) was added as attributes to each feature. When digitizing kelp features the points were located at the optical center of the feature being digitized.Symbolized kelp is not always an exact location but indicates that kelp is present in the area. The symbol is a proxy.The kelp attribute field does not distinguish between different types of kelp. The field has three variables that are kelp, seaweed and Aquatic Plants. Seaweed is the general name for marine plants of the Algae class which grow in long narrow ribbons. (International Maritime Dictionary, 2nd Ed.)Kelp is one of an order (Laminariales) of usually large, blade-shaped or vine-like brown algae. (IHO Dictionary, S-32, 5th Edition, 2611)Aquatic Plants – Aquatic plants are used as to represent vegetation in fresh water rivers and lakes.Geographically encompasses the kelp in the Western Coastal waters of North America (mainly Canada) and Temporally overlaps/continues from data extracted from the British Admiralties.
Subject: This dataset is a contribution to the development of a kelp distribution vector dataset. Bull kelp (Nereocystis leutkeana) and giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) are important canopy-forming kelp species found in marine nearshore habitats on the West coast of Canada. Often referred to as a foundation species, beds of kelp form structural underwater forests that offer habitat for fishes and invertebrates. Despite its far-ranging importance, kelp has experienced a decline in the west coast of North America. The losses have been in response to direct harvest, increase in herbivores through the removal of predators by fisheries or diseases, increase in water turbidity from shoreline development as well as sea temperature change, ocean acidification, and increased storm activates. Understanding these impacts and the level of resilience of different kelp populations requires spatiotemporal baselines of kelp distribution.
Les caractéristiques du varech ont été tirées de feuilles de levé sur le terrain numérisées produites par le Service hydrographique du Canada (SHC). La zone couverte par cet ensemble de données englobe divers secteurs qui ont fait l’objet de levés le long de la côte ouest de l’Amérique du Nord, dans les eaux côtières de la Colombie-Britannique. Le SHC détient une vaste collection de données liées aux levés hydrographiques effectués sur une période de 100 plus ans au Canada. Ces données sont présentées sous forme de minutes hydrographique. Elles ont été recueillies à l’aide d’un large éventail de méthodes et de systèmes, que ce soit au moyen de ralingues ou de systèmes multitransducteurs et multifaisceaux modernes. Les positions ont été établies au fil des ans à l’aide de différents types de systèmes et de méthodes terrestres, et plus récemment à l’aide de systèmes de positionnement par satellite dernier cri.
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Keywords: Aquatic ecosystems,Aquatic plants,Kelp
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