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Title: Sediment Contamination Sample Sites: Southern California, 2008

Dates

• Issued: 2009
• Coverage: 2008

Publishers

• California. Department of Fish and Game. Marine Resources Region

Summary

This point shapefile depicts locations of sediment contamination sample sites in Southern California. The MULTICONDI attribute indicates the estimated level of sediment contamination. This coverage displays the estimated level of sediment contamination at sample sites along the Southern California Bight, the curved coastline of Southern California between Point Conception and San Diego. California. Department of Fish and Game. Marine Resources Region. (2009). Sediment Contamination Sample Sites: Southern California, 2008. California. Department of Fish and Game. Marine Resources Region This reference was used to create this shapefile: Ranasinghe, J.A., A.M. Barnett, K.C. Schiff, D.E. Montagne, C. Brantley, C. Beegan, D.B. Cadien, C. Cash, G.B. Deets, D.R. Diener, T.K. Mikel, R.W. Smith, R.G. Velarde, S.D. Watts and S.B. Weisberg. 2007. Southern California Bight 2003 Regional Monitoring Program: III Benthic Macrofauna. Southern California Coastal Water Research Project Authority. Costa Mesa, CA. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

Subjects

• Environment
• Location
• Oceans
• California
• Pacific Ocean
• Coasts
• Contaminated sediments
• Marine pollution
• Utilities and Communication
• Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

• Bounding Box: BBOX (-119.693, -117.101, 34.4072, 32.6168)
• Geometry: BBOX (-119.693, -117.101, 34.4072, 32.6168)

Provider

Stanford

Rights

• Access rights: Public

Citation

California. Department of Fish and Game. Marine Resources Region. Sediment Contamination Sample Sites: Southern California, 2008. California. Department of Fish and Game. Marine Resources Region. Point data. https://purl.stanford.edu/ns473zz8972

Format

Shapefile

Languages

• English