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The Marine Sanctuary Group (MSG) Project demonstrated
the efficacy of a Geographic Information System (GIS) in
creating a useable ecological site characterization of
the Santa Barbara Channel and, specifically, the Channel
Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS). An ecological
site characterization would be helpful in managing the
CINMS; however, to date, site characterization studies
made of the region lack a spatial component. To address
this, we used a GIS model that integrated four physical
environmental parameters including bathymetry, substrate
type, sea surface temperature, and wave exposure to
determine potential species habitat distributions in the
Sanctuary. In order to disseminate the resulting
information in a manner that would facilitate
participation of all users and stakeholders in the
resource management of the CINMS, we served the model,
the data, and the results on the World Wide Web.
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