<descriptor thcode="23"><thesaurus thcode="23" name="Data Categories for Marine Planning" scope="Categories spanning the breadth of information types required for ocean planning from a national, multidisciplinary perspective. Includes description, assessment, and prediction regarding governance, resources, uses, and infrastructure." creator="Frances Lightsom, Giancarlo Cicchetti, and Charles Wahle" rights="public domain" edition="1.0" date="2015-03-20" codetype="number" prefix="dcmp" uri="http://www.usgs.gov/science/MarinePlanningData" tblname="dcmp" root_code="1" contact="pschweitzer"><category><term thcode="25" code="29" name="distinct labels" parent="26" scope="Preferred labels (descriptor texts) are distinct within the thesaurus. A concept can be specified either by its unique identifier (code) or by the text of its descriptor."/><term thcode="25" code="13" name="transitive" parent="12" scope="Narrower terms have an &quot;is a&quot; relationship with their broader terms, and generally can be described as part-of, type-of, or instance-of the broader term."/><term thcode="25" code="16" name="hierarchical" parent="11" scope="Substantive broader-narrower relationships exist among the terms."/><term thcode="25" code="5" name="theme" parent="2" scope="Terms indicate domains of human concern, such as scientific discipline, societal problems, or characteristics of earth, space, oceans, and living things."/><term thcode="25" code="29" name="distinct labels" parent="26" scope="Preferred labels (descriptor texts) are distinct within the thesaurus. A concept can be specified either by its unique identifier (code) or by the text of its descriptor."/><term thcode="25" code="13" name="transitive" parent="12" scope="Narrower terms have an &quot;is a&quot; relationship with their broader terms, and generally can be described as part-of, type-of, or instance-of the broader term."/><term thcode="25" code="16" name="hierarchical" parent="11" scope="Substantive broader-narrower relationships exist among the terms."/><term thcode="25" code="5" name="theme" parent="2" scope="Terms indicate domains of human concern, such as scientific discipline, societal problems, or characteristics of earth, space, oceans, and living things."/></category><altlabel><altlabel>DCMP</altlabel><altlabel>DCMP</altlabel><altlabel>Marine Planning Data</altlabel><altlabel>Marine Planning Data</altlabel><altlabel>MarinePlanningData</altlabel><altlabel>MarinePlanningData</altlabel></altlabel></thesaurus><term thcode="23" code="31" name="Biological Occurrence" parent="26" scope="Biological Occurrence data identify different taxa together with the times and locations in which these particular organisms live. Distributions for these data subject types record observations of identifiable taxa at known times and places on the basis of captured samples, imagery, genetic testing, or other methods. Distributions also include single-taxon modeling approaches such as habitat suitability index models or essential fish habitat models; interpretations based on empirical correlations; population change models; connectivity estimates; or evaluations of migratory pathways and spawning grounds. Assessment types include spatially applicable indices for identifying and valuing regional taxa; classifications of species (for example, as harvested, protected, or invasive) as a function of location and time; evaluations of organism condition; assessments of stressor or disturbance effects on taxa, assemblages and communities; evaluations of ecological value of species (for example, keystone species, nonredundant species); taxon-based ecological services models; and place-based indices of susceptibility and vulnerability to disturbance. Predictions include evaluations of future impacts, distributions, and ecological or economic effects due to single or multiple stressors and other projected changes, as well as scenario-testing models of taxon losses/gains under different management options, usually combined with projections of related ecological or economic effects."/><bt><term thcode="23" code="26" name="Living Resources" parent="6" scope="Includes aspects of coastal and marine biota that are of particular importance to ecology or to human uses. These can include particular species, groups of biota, associations of biota with physical features, biological function, and biological connectivity."/><term thcode="23" code="6" name="Data Content Subjects" parent="1" scope="Environmental characteristics and processes as well as human activities that use, rely on, or impact those features."/><term thcode="23" code="1" name="Data Categories for Marine Planning" scope="Categories indicating the breadth of information types required for ocean planning from a national, multidisciplinary perspective. Published in USGS Open-File Report 2015-1046, doi:10.3133/ofr20151046"/></bt><nt><term thcode="23" code="36" name="Birds" parent="31" scope="Avian fauna, including flying and nonflying forms."/><term thcode="23" code="32" name="Fishes" parent="31" scope="Bony and cartilaginous fishes, including primitive fish-like chordates."/><term thcode="23" code="34" name="Flora" parent="31" scope="Vascular plants, macroalgae, phytoplankton, or microbial communities."/><term thcode="23" code="38" name="Invasive Species" parent="31" scope="Nonnative or introduced biota that may spread throughout their new habitats and cause harm to native species and their interactions, human health, or economies. This subtype may be used in addition to another Biological Occurrence subtype, if appropriate."/><term thcode="23" code="33" name="Invertebrates" parent="31" scope="Invertebrate fauna, including primitive non-fishlike chordates and taxa regionally identified as shellfish."/><term thcode="23" code="35" name="Mammals" parent="31" scope="Warm-blooded lactating vertebrates."/><term thcode="23" code="37" name="Reptiles" parent="31" scope="Cold-blooded vertebrate fauna, typically with four limbs and scales."/></nt></descriptor>