Name: Sponge Reef Areas of the Pacific Region/Zones de récifs d’éponges de la région du Pacifique
Display Field: dfo_name
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>GIS coverage of Sponge Bioherms and Gardens in Howe Sound, British Columbia created using ArcMap 10.2.2 at the Pacific Biological Station in September, 2016 to inform ROV surveys. Polygons were created by georeferencing charts of sponge bioherm and garden coverage and/or markers provided by Glen Dennison</SPAN><SPAN>. </SPAN><SPAN>Marker polygon</SPAN><SPAN>s (</SPAN><SPAN>noted </SPAN><SPAN>with </SPAN><SPAN>marker in the Name field) denotes an area with sponge present but no delineated spatial coverage available. Marker polygons are represented by ellipses </SPAN><SPAN>in order </SPAN><SPAN>to distinguish</SPAN><SPAN> them</SPAN><SPAN> from coverage polygons and were created from georeferenced charts or using coordinates of location centres. </SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Service Item Id: 3893ac0992684820b0dc422e2f1d9e15
Copyright Text: All charts used to derive Sponge Bioherm and Garden Polygons were provided by Glen Dennison.