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<resTitle>CMECS_Substrate</resTitle>
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<idAbs>This layer is a polygon file containing CMECS Substrate Component classes for Oregon Estuaries. Substrate is defined in CMECS as “the non-living materials that form an aquatic bottom or seafloor, or that provide a surface (e.g., floating objects, buoys) for growth of attached biota. Substrate may be composed of any substance, natural or manmade”.There are three primary CMECS substrate types: Biogenic, Geologic, and Anthropogenic.</idAbs>
<idCredit>This work was funded by NOAA via a CZMA section 309 "Project of Special Merit" grant.</idCredit>
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