<descriptor thcode="62"><thesaurus thcode="62" name="Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard" scope="Categories of ecosystems for coastal, estuarine, and marine environments." creator="FGDC" rights="public domain" date="2017-05-10" codetype="alpha" prefix="cmecs" uri="https://www2.usgs.gov/science/CMECS" tblname="cmecs" root_code="root" contact="pschweitzer"><category><term thcode="25" code="16" name="hierarchical" parent="11" scope="Substantive broader-narrower relationships exist among the terms."/><term thcode="25" code="16" name="hierarchical" parent="11" scope="Substantive broader-narrower relationships exist among the terms."/></category><altlabel><altlabel>CMECS</altlabel><altlabel>CMECS</altlabel><altlabel>Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS)</altlabel><altlabel>Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS)</altlabel></altlabel></thesaurus><term thcode="62" code="SC-381" name="Metal Hash" parent="SC-366" scope="Substrate Subclass: Substrate that is dominated by Metal with a median particle size of 2 millimeters to &lt; 64 millimeters."/><bt><term thcode="62" code="SC-366" name="Metal" parent="SC-362" scope="Substrate Class: Anthropogenic Substrate that is dominantly composed of metal that was manufactured by humans. Shape for this substrate class is covered in the GC (e.g., Cable Area, Wreck [if metal])."/><term thcode="62" code="SC-362" name="Anthropogenic Substrate" parent="SC-C003" scope="Substrate Origin: Substrates where percent cover of Anthropogenic Substrate exceeds percent cover of both Geologic Substrate and Biogenic Substrates, considered separately. ..."/><term thcode="62" code="SC-C003" name="Substrate" parent="root"/><term thcode="62" code="root" name="CMECS" scope="Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard: Category terms encompassing waters from the head of tide or inland incursion of ocean salinity to the splash zone of the coasts to the deepest portions of the oceans and the deep waters of the Great Lakes."/></bt></descriptor>