Plum Island Ecosystems LTER Database

http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE

Acceptance and utilization of PIE-LTER data requires that:

· The Principal Investigator be sent a notice stating reasons for acquiring any data and a description of the publication intentions.

· The Principal Investigator of the data set be sent a copy of the report or manuscript prior to submission and be adequately cited in any resultant publications.

· A copy of any resultant publications should be sent to:

(Principal Investigator)
Ecosystems Center;
Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole, MA 02543

PLUM ISLAND ECOSYSTEMS LTER DATABASE

DATA FILE: GIS-IP-ip30_info_open_protection.RDC

GIS-IP-ip30_info_open_protection.rst

DOCUMENTATION FILE: GIS-IP-ip30_info_open_protection.doc

YEAR: 2002

PI: Gil Pontius

OTHERS: Diana Huffaker

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DATA FILE:

This datalayer is part of a group of layers used for research in the Ipswich River Watershed. This datalayer shows the level of protection for areas that are defined as Protected and Recreational Open Space by MassGIS (www.state.ma.us/mgis). This layer is derived from the Protected and Recreational Open Space layer provided by for each town. The values are from the Level of Protection (lev_prot) field in the data table.

KEYWORDS: PIE LTER, GIS, Ipswich River watershed, Parker River watershed, land, historical

SITE TYPE:

RESEARCH LOCATION: Parker and Ipswich River watershed

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND METHODS:

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FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Gil Pontius

OTHER DATA FILES TO REFERENCE:

REFERENCE CITATIONS:

DATA AVAILABILITY STATUS: Type I

ARCHIVE INFORMATION:

Date of entry: October 4, 2007

Data entered by: John Connors

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