Apple_CMECS Classification Tool_V2 

This survey is designed to take you through the steps of classifying a single SWMP stations using a modified version of the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS), supplemented with land-cover data from the Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP).

The survey has eight pages to collect information on the following:

1) Reserve and Station information

2) Biogeographic Setting

3) Aquatic Setting

4) Water column component

5) Geoform component

6) Substrate component

7) Biotic component

8) User comments and feedback

Once you complete and submit the survey, your results will become part of the preliminary database to characterize the NERR SWMP stations. Your entry can be revised at any time in the future.

Thanks for your participation!

The CMECS SWMP Project Team