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Ecosystems of Central and North Coast and South Central Coast BC

PROJECT OVERVIEW (summarized)

The Ecosystems of Central and North Coast and South Central Coast (CNCSCC) BC Sub-Regional Guide project was initiated to improve ecosystem mapping and classification in coastal BC. Revisions to the current mapping and classification will facilitate ecosystem-based management by allowing managers to utilize the best and most up-to-date information pertaining to coastal ecosystems. Describing ecosystems at a sub-regional scale (rather than using the traditional regional approach) allows for more local detail to be explored and emphasized in BGC unit descriptions.

Project Deliverables:

  • New draft biogeoclimatic unit maps for Central Coast: paper maps and ARC GIS files

  • Revised, final biogeoclimatic unit maps for Central Coast: paper maps and ARC GIS files

  • Updated Access database containing all CNCSCC ecoplots in clean state (BEC Master files)

  • Compilation of data (spatial and aspatial) for use in development of research design and associated metadata

  • Draft report outlining progress on analyzing vegetation and environment data – initiation of site series characterization

  • Stand tables for site series

  • Outline for report on “Ecosystems of the Central and North Coast and South Central Coast BC”

  • Final Report incorporating above deliverables and revisions thereof based on (1) review comments from and discussion with Project coordinators; (2) external peer review to be arranged by project coordinators.

Report Outline: This report has been subdivided into three parts. In the first part, the status of the working database is described and criteria for plot inclusion/exclusion are summarized. In the second part, a synopsis of the ecosystem classification procedure is outlined, and examples from the CNCSCC working database are given. In the third part, an outline to the Sub-Regional Guide is provided along with notes on expected content and deviations from the standard formatting and content of the Regional Guides.

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Author(s) K. Stark, A. MacKinnon, S. Saunders, H. West
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Affiliated Institution(s) Bulkey Valley Research Centre
Publication Year 2009