| State Biodiversity Database Survey |
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| Contact: Sarah Holbrook (Information Manager) |
| Organization: ME Department of Marine Resources |
| State: ME |
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| NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION (Who filled out survey?) |
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| NAME | Sarah Holbrook |
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| TITLE | Information Manager |
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| AGENCY/ORGANIZATION | Maine Natural Areas Program |
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| ADDRESS | 93 State House Station |
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| CITY, STATE, ZIP | Augusta, ME 04333-0093 |
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| TELEPHONE AND FACSIMILE | Phone: (207)287-8044 |
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| | Fax: (207)287-8040 |
| EMAIL/FTP/WWW | mnap@state.me.us |
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| | http://www.state.me.us/doc/mnap/home.htm
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| ORIGINATOR (Owner/Agency) | The Nature Conservancy |
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| DATABASE NAME | Biological and Conservation Data System |
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| DATABASE ACRONYMS | BCD |
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| DATABASE ABSTRACT (A brief summary of the data set): |
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| Information on rare plants and animals and exemplary natural
communities. Includes population information, location, site
information, species information, taxonomic, references, etc. in
over 30 related databases.
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| PURPOSE OF THE DATABASE: |
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| Maintain information on rare, threatened and endangered plants,
animals and exemplary natural communities for informed
decision-making in development planning, conservation, and natural
resources management.
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| SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (Agency Mandate, etc.): |
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| DATE RANGE OF RECORDS: | 1800's - 1996, present |
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| IS DATA CONTINUOUS? (Yes or No): | Yes |
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| EXPLAIN GAPS IN THE DATA: | |
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| Rare features records in database (considered
historic) from 1800's
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| HOW OFTEN IS THE INFORMATION UPDATED? |
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| Continually Updated |
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| WHEN WAS THE LAST UPDATE?: | |
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| COMMENTS ON UPDATE STATUS: | |
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SPATIAL DOMAIN OF DATA SET
(Lat/Long coordinates, State/Region, etc.): | |
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| State of Maine | |
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| BIODIVERSITY KEYWORDS: |
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| THEME |
SPECIES |
TYPE |
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| Species Distribution |
Mammals |
Bibliography |
| Population Levels/Density |
Fish |
Surveys |
| Management |
Birds |
Museum Collections |
| Life History |
Reptiles |
Summary Data |
| Habitat Associations |
Amphibians |
Anecdotal |
| Habitat Maps |
Plants |
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| Wetland Maps |
Fungi |
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| Soils Maps |
Terrestrial Invertebrates |
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Aquatic Invertebrates |
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PLACE KEYWORDS
(Words/Phrases describing database extent & location): |
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| Maine |
biophysical regions |
watersheds |
| town names |
county names |
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| DATASET CONSTRAINTS: ACCESS TO THE DATABASE |
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| Cooperative agreements |
| Copyright agreements |
| Licensing agreements |
| Fees |
| COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET ACCESS CONSTRAINTS: |
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| Detailed information distributed to landowners only. All
other information available with some fees assessed.
Sensitive data masked in some cases.
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| DATASET CONSTRAINTS: USE OF THE DATABASE: |
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| Citation requirements |
| Distribution |
| COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET USE CONSTRAINTS: |
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| DATA ACCURACY: |
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| DATA QUALITY INFORMATION (How accurate is the information?): |
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| No GPS used for locational information, but lat/longs have
been quality controlled according to original field forms from
field scientists.
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| QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL MEASURES USED: |
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| Standard quality control procedures followed. 2 quality
control processes instituted.
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| ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY, LOGICAL CONSISTENCY, COMPLETENESS & LINEAGE: |
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| Depending on source of record, some to seconds precision,
others mapped with general locational info only (i.e., town
level)
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| DATA REFERENCING: SPATIAL DATA ORGANIZATION & REFERENCING: |
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| DATA SET GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCE INFORMATION (Is it geographically referenced?): |
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| YES, point/location information |
| YES, vector/polygon information |
| YES, by administrative boundary; see comments |
| COMMENTS REGARDING DATA REFERENCING: |
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| Administrative Boundary: county, quad, watershed, state, town,
biogeographic region.
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| ENTITY AND ATTRIBUTES (What species/system/attributes measured): |
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| rare plants, animals, exemplary natural communities.
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| DATA DISTRIBUTION - CONTACT INFORMATION: (How to obtain the data set): |
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| Sarah Holbrook, Information Manager
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| Maine Natural Areas Program |
| 93 State House Station |
| Augusta, ME 04333 |
| Phone:( 207)287-8044 Fax:( 207)287-8040 |
| Email/FTP/WWW Address: mnap@state.me.us |
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| CURRENT DATABASE FORM AVAILABLE (media, digital, non-digital, etc.): |
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| Other; see comments. |
| COMMENTS REGARDING DATABASE CURRENT FORM: |
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| Depends on request: can send digital (GIS 1 km block maps), hardcopy, etc.
Site by site review.
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| DATABASE SIZE (Megabytes, etc.): |
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| ADDITIONAL METADATA AVAILABLE FOR DATA SET:
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| Published Documents
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| Other; see comments |
| COMMENTS REGARDING METADATA: |
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| Fact sheets, town lists, etc.
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