Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) Atlas: West Peninsular Florida Volume 1 (NODC Accession 0006377)

This data set comprises the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) maps in Portable Document Format (.PDF) for the shoreline of West Peninsular Florida (to encompass the coastal areas from the Apalachee Bay to Sarasota Bay, Florida). ESI data characterize coastal environments and wildlife by their sensitivity to spilled oil. The ESI data include information for three main components: shoreline habitats; sensitive biological resources; and human-use resources. This Atlas was compiled from geographical and biological data with multiple dates, mostly from the 1990s; the intertidal habitats were mapped during aerial and ground surveys conducted in June, 1993, and biological and human-use resources data were compiled by regional biologists in 1995. The dates for the original data and methodology are completely documented in within the included FGDC metadata file "METADATA.PDF" and document "INTRO.PDF".本数据集涵盖佛罗里达西半岛海岸带（覆盖从阿巴拉契湾至萨拉索塔湾的佛罗里达沿海区域）的环境敏感指数（Environmental Sensitivity Index, ESI）地图，格式为便携式文档格式（.PDF）。环境敏感指数数据依据沿海环境与野生生物对溢油的敏感性，对其进行表征刻画。该数据包含三大核心组成部分：海岸生境、敏感生物资源以及人类利用资源。本图集整合了多时期的地理与生物数据，数据采集时期以20世纪90年代为主：其中潮间带生境通过1993年6月开展的航空与地面调查完成制图，生物资源与人类利用资源数据则由区域生物学家于1995年整理汇编。原始数据的相关日期与方法学信息，已完整记录于附带的联邦地理数据委员会（FGDC）元数据文件"METADATA.PDF"与说明文档"INTRO.PDF"中。