Lake Michigan Invertebrate Sensitivity Data for Oil Spill Planning

Sensitive biological resource data for freshwater and terrestrial invertebrate species in Lake Michigan. Vector polygons and lines represent invertebrate distribution and concentration areas, designed to characterize sensitivity to spilled oil. These data comprise a portion of the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) for Lake Michigan, produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Use Cases

• Modeling oil spill impacts on invertebrate populations based on species distribution data.
• Planning coastal zone management and response strategies based on biological resource sensitivity.
• Analyzing species-specific abundance and seasonality for ecological research based on relational data tables.

Strengths

• Data is part of a formal Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) framework for oil spill planning.
• Includes relational tables with species-specific attributes like abundance, seasonality, and life history.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Likely collected for environmental sensitivity mapping as part of the ESI program.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 22:23:42.034673; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Lake Michigan