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General information

The Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS, FGDC-STD-018-2012) ) is a collection of terms and and definitions (units) for classifying and describing aquatic environments. Units are organized in a framework of thematic, interrelated, semi-hierarchical components and settings designed for analyzing and mapping observational data within geographic information systems (GIS). CMECS is a U.S. National Ecological Classification Standard published by the US Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC). , The Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) is a collection of terms and and definitions for classifying and describing aquatic environments. The vocabulary is organized in a framework of thematic, semi-hierarchical Components and Settings categories., The Coastal and Marine Ecological Classifcation Standard (CMECS) is a collection of terms and and defintions for classifying and describing aquatic environments. The vocabulary is organized in a framework of thematic, semi-heirarchical components and settings. See more...

Initial created on May 2, 2024. For additional information, contact Kate Rose (kater@ngi.msstate.edu).

Keywords and classes

Ocean

Coastal

Lacustrine

Benthic Habitat

GIS

Marine Ecology

Biota

Geomorphology

Oceanography

Substrate