Worm Habitat in Maine

WORM provides a generalized representation at 1:24,000 scale of commercially harvested marine worm habitat in Maine, based on Maine Department of Marine Resources data from 1970's. Original maps were created by MDMR and published by USF&WS as part of the Ecological Characteristics of Coastal Maine.

Data and Resources

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coupled-resource []
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metadata-date 2000-07-01
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progress completed
resource-type dataset
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temporal-extent-end 1980-10-01
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  • National Provider
  • North America
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  • amerigeoss
  • biosphere
  • ckan
  • fisheries
  • geo
  • geoss
  • gulf-of-maine
  • maine
  • marine
  • marine-biology
  • marine-environment-monitoring
  • me
  • national
  • north-america
  • oceans
  • united-states
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metadata_created 2025-11-21T01:11:37.022699
metadata_modified 2025-11-21T01:11:37.022703
notes WORM provides a generalized representation at 1:24,000 scale of commercially harvested marine worm habitat in Maine, based on Maine Department of Marine Resources data from 1970's. Original maps were created by MDMR and published by USF&WS as part of the Ecological Characteristics of Coastal Maine.
num_resources 1
num_tags 17
title Worm Habitat in Maine