The Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) is a collection of terms and definitions (ecological units) ordered within a spatio-temporal framework (the CMECS framework) for mapping and characterizing benthic habitat. This site provides public access to the files that contain the versions of CMECS Catalog of units.
Please see the CMECS Catalog Wiki for more information about CMECS, the vocabulary maintenance process, versions and releases, and links to files.
For questions about this repository please contact Matt Dornback (matt.dornback@noaa.gov) and Kate Rose (kate.rose@noaa.gov). For questions about using CMECS please contact the CMECS Implementation Group (ocm.cmecs-ig@noaa.gov).
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