West Coast Estuary Assessment Metadata			The Nature Conservancy of California 2010
Variable	Alias	Description	Source(s)	Maps
		Geographic characteristics
Unique ID	eid	Unique id for estuary	Auto calculate in GIS
Name	fname	Name of estuary	USFWS National Wetlands Inventory
Acres of estuary	estuary_ac	Acres of estuary	USFWS National Wetlands Inventory		rest	kml
Acres of catchment	catchment_ac	Acres of estuary catchment	USGS National Hydrography Dataset	png	rest	kml
Size class	size_desc	Size category (Very small, Small, Large, Mega)	TNC
Type	level2_desc	Level 2 category (Classic estuary, Lagoon, River mouth, Tidal bay)	TNC
Terrestrial ecoregion	t_ecoregion	Associated terrestrial ecoregion	TNC
Marine ecoregion	level1_desc	Associated marine ecoregion	TNC
State	State	The state that the estuary is in (California, Oregon, Washington)	Esri
		Management and land use
Terrestrial management	pct_gap123	Percent of the estuary catchment in managed lands (Gap code 1-3)	USGS Protected Areas Database v1.1	png	rest	kml
Marine management	pct_mgmt_m	Percent of open water and marsh in a marine managed area	NOAA MPA Inventory Database	png	rest	kml
Private land	pct_prvt	Percent of catchment in private lands	USGS Protected Areas Database v1.1	png
Natural land cover	pct_nat	Percent of catchment in natural land cover	NOAA Coastal Change and Analysis Program	png	rest	kml
Forest land cover	pct_for	Percent of catchment in forested land cover	NOAA Coastal Change and Analysis Program	png	rest	kml
Agriculture	pct_agr	Percent of catchment in agricultural land use	NOAA Coastal Change and Analysis Program	png	rest	kml
Development	pct_dev	Percent of catchment in developed land use	NOAA Coastal Change and Analysis Program	png	rest	kml
Restoration	neri	Number of Nat't Estuary Restoration projects present	National Estuaries Restoration Inventory	png	rest	kml
		Habitats and species
Wetlands	sum_wet_ac	Total acres of estuarine wetland types (emergent, forested, and scrub shrub wetland, aquatic beds) in catchment	NOAA Coastal Change and Analysis Program	png	rest	kml
Floodplain habitat	sum_floodhab_ac	Total acres of natuaral land cover within FEMA 100 and 500 year floodplains in catchment		png
Species richness	spp_rich	Number of unique species occurences in catchment	Natural Heritage Programs (CA,OR,WA)	png	rest	kml
Birds	count_iba	Number of Audubon Important Bird Areas in catchment	Audubon Important Bird Areas	png
Marine mammals	sum_pinn	Total number of marine mammal rookeries and haulouts in estuary	TNC, various		rest	kml
Coho	coho	Maximum value of Coho Salmon Stronghold Index (SSI) in catchment	Wild Salmon Center, TNC	png
Fall chinook	f_chinook	Maximum value of fall Chinook SSI in catchment	Wild Salmon Center, TNC	png
Spring / summer steelhead	sp_su_steelhead	Maximum value of the spring and summer Steelhead SSI in catchment	Wild Salmon Center, TNC	png
Summer steelhead	su_steelhead	Maximum value of summer Steelhead SSI in catchment	Wild Salmon Center, TNC	png
Winter steelhead	w_steelhead	Maximum value of winter steelhead SSI in catchment	Wild Salmon Center, TNC	png
		Human uses and sea level rise
Shoreline armoring	pct_armor	Percent of estuary shoreline that is armored	NOAA Environmental Sensitivity Index	png	rest	kml
Marinas and Ports	marina_portfac	Number of marinas and port facilities in catchment	US ACOE Port facilities	png	rest	kml
Incompatible forestry	ccut	Total acres of clear-cutting in the catchment	NOAA Coastal Change and Analysis Program	png	rest	kml
Toxics	tri	Number of sites from Toxics Release Inventory in catchment	US EPA Toxics Release Inventory	png	rest	kml
Dams	dam	Number of dams in the catchment	StreamNet, Dept of Water Res., ACOE	png	rest	kml
Nutrients	nutr	Total length of nutrient listed (303d) waterways in catchment	US EPA 303d listings	png
Coliform	coli	Total length of coliform listed (303d) waterways in catchment	US EPA 303d listings	png
Sediment	sedi	Total length of sediment listed (303d) waterways in catchment	US EPA 303d listings	png
Temperature	temp	Total length of temperature listed (303d) waterways in catchment	US EPA 303d listings	png
Wetland migration area (m)	m_acres	Total acres of wetland migration area (2000-2100) - Calif. only	Pacific Institute
Protected natural lands in m	pct_npro_in_m	Percent of m in protected natural areas - Calif. only	Pacific Institute
Private lands in m	pct_nprv_in_m	Percent of m in private natural areas - Calif. only	Pacific Institute