Ecoregions of Texas [Map] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Ecoregions of Texas [Map]

Creator

  • Compiler: Griffith, Glenn E.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Compiler: Bryce, Sandra A.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Compiler: Omernik, James M.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Compiler: Comstock, Jeffrey A.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Compiler: Rogers, Anne C.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Compiler: Harrison, Bill
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Compiler: Hatch, Stephen L.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Compiler: Bezanson, David
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Cartographer: Geological Survey (U.S.)
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

  • Name: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
    Place of Publication: Corvallis, Oregon

Date

  • Creation: 2004

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Map color-coded to "denote areas of general similarity in ecosystems and in the type, quality and quantity of environmental resources" with a key to regions and sub-regions in the lower-left corner as well as a detailed explanation in the upper-right corner. Scale 1:250,000.
  • Physical Description: 1 map ; digital

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Biotic communities
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Ecology
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Thematic maps
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Landscape and Nature - Geography and Maps
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology - Biology
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology - Environmentalism

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas
  • Coverage Date: 2004~
  • Time Period: mod-tim
  • Place Box: northlimit=37; eastlimit=-94; southlimit=25; westlimit=-107;

Citation

  • Preferred Citation: Griffith, G.E., S.A. Bryce, J.M. Omernik, J.A. Comstock, A.C. Rogers, B. Harrison, S.L. Hatch, and D. Bezanson, 2004, Ecoregions of Texas, U.S. Environtmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, OR.

Collection

  • Name: Government Documents General Collection
    Code: UNTGOV

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Map

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1662408

Note

  • Display Note: Project is a collaboration of USGS Earth Resources Observatory Systems Data Center; EPA WED; and other federal divisions; with Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and other Texas agencies and universities. [It] is associated with interagency effort to develop a common framework for ecological regions./ Also available from U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey, on paper.
  • Display Note: Albers equal area projection; (W 107ʹ--W 94°/N 37°--N 25°ʹ).
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