Supporting Documentation
Reports and Protocol
One of the best ways to learn about ShoreZone data and applications is to review to the summary reports, flight logs, data dictionary and field verification studies.
- ShoreZone Mapping Protocol for the Gulf of Alaska
The ShoreZone Mapping Protocol guides users through the ShoreZone data collection methods. - Flight Logs and Summary Reports: Flight logs provide details for all ShoreZone aerial surveys, including the date, time, location, tidal height, weather, tape number, and photo id's. Summary reports are documents which summarize ShoreZone data for specific regions and include example photos of habitat types, biological resources, etc. Summary reports also provide excellent examples of how ShoreZone data can best be interpreted and applied.
- ShoreZone Data Dictionary (opens in new tab)
The ShoreZone Data Dictionary provides definitions for the ShoreZone attributes and associated indices, and gives color photos and examples of the data. - Query Manual: Coastal Habitat Mapping Query Manual: A User's Guide to Querying ShoreZone Databases in ArcGIS and MS Access
- Query Manual GIS Data
- ShoreZone Fact Sheet
- Metadata (zip file)
- Tutorials
- Field Verification and Repeatability Studies
- Alaska Spartina Prevention, Detection, and Response Plan (Morgan & Sytsma, 2010)
- Modeling habitat suitability for the invasive salt marsh cordgrass Spartina (Harney, 2008)
- Evaluation of a Habitat Suitability Model for Invasive European Green CrabCarcinus maenus (Harney, 2007)
- ShoreZone Habitat Capability Modeling: A Study of potential suitable habitat for the invasive European green crab Carcinus maenus (Harney, 2007)
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