1956 Nwrc Wetlands Habitat Data For Gulf Of Mexico Coast Alabama

Download or read book 1956 NWRC Wetlands Habitat Data for Gulf of Mexico Coast, Alabama written by and published by . This book was released on 1999* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This data set consists of digital data describing wetland and upland habitats in the coastal Mobile Bay and nearby Gulf Coast areas of Alabama, in 1956. The data set includes 30 7.5' quadrangles which were digitized at the National Wetlands Research Center using WAMS (Wetland Analytical Mapping System), from 1:24,000 scale hard copy maps developed by the National Wetlands Inventory (NWI). Wetlands were classified according on the NWI maps using the Cowardin, et al., wetland classification scheme to the level of salinity modifiers. Uplands were classified using a customized classification scheme which can be cross-referenced to Anderson, et al., and were added by NWRC.