NBII Biocomplexity Thesaurus

http://www.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=578&mode=2&in_hi_userid=2&cached=true

Development of the Biocomplexity Thesaurus began in 2002-2003 through a partnership between the NBII and ProQuest (formerly CSA), a worldwide information company with more than 30 years experience as a leading bibliographic database provider.

FGDC Biological Data Profile Standard

http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/FGDC-standards-projects/metadata/biometadata/biodatap.pdf

A common set of terminology and definitions for the documentation of biological data through the creation of extended elements and a profile of the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata.

FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (v2)

http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/FGDC-standards-projects/metadata/base-metadata/v2_0698.pdf

A common set of terminology and definitions for the documentation of digital geospatial data. The standard establishes the names of data elements and compound elements (groups of data elements) to be used for these purposes, the definitions of these compound elements and data elements, and information about the values that are to be provided for the data elements.

USDA Plant Taxonomy Standard

http://plants.usda.gov/

The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System

http://www.itis.gov/

Authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world. We are a partnership of U.S., Canadian, and Mexican agencies (ITIS-North America); other organizations; and taxonomic specialists. ITIS is also a partner of Species 2000 and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). The ITIS and Species 2000 Catalogue of Life (CoL) partnership is proud to provide the taxonomic backbone to the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).

National Digital Elevation Program Guidelines

http://www.ndep.gov/NDEP_Elevation_Guidelines_Ver1_10May2004.pdf

The purpose of this document is to provide the member agencies of the National Digital Elevation Program (NDEP), as well as nonmember agencies, with guidelines and recommendations for acquiring digital elevation data in any of its various forms. Individual agencies may choose from flexible options to establish standards for their organizations. The following reasons are commonly cited for promoting and adhering to a common set of elevation guidelines or standards whenever possible and practical.

NOAA Guidelines for Establishing GPS-Derived Ellipsoid Heights

http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PUBS_LIB/NGS-58.html

The following guidelines were developed by the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) for performing Global Positioning System (GPS) surveys that are intended to achieve ellipsoid height network accuracies of 5 cm at the 95 percent confidence level, as well as ellipsoid height local accuracies of 2 cm and 5 cm, also at the 95 percent confidence level.

NatureServe Terrestrial Vegetation Communities of the United States

http://www.natureserve.org/library/vol1.pdf

An authoritative standardized classification of the terrestrial ecological communities of the United States, naming and describing more than 4,000 community types.

NatureServe Coastal/Marine Systems of North America: Framework for an Ecological Classification Standard: Version II

http://www.natureserve.org/publications/coastalMarineDraft3.pdf

Coastal and marine planners and managers are faced with a complex environment in which to make difficult decisions about habitat conservation and resource management. Given this complexity and recognizing the vastness of the marine environment for which the United States has jurisdiction, there is an urgent and increasing need for a national habitat classification approach that can be used to develop strategies for resource management and conservation. To meet this need the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NatureServe developed the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS), a classification standard that is relevant to all U.S. coastal and marine environments and that can be applied on local, regional and continental scales.

NatureServe Ecological Integrity Assessment and Performance Measures for Wetland Mitigation

http://www.natureserve.org/publications/eia_wetland_032707.pdf

The Environmental Protection Agency and other agencies have developed a National Wetlands Mitigation Plan that includes the need for assessing the effectiveness of biological and functional indicators that will help establish performance standards for wetland mitigation. This report outlines our approach to establish performance standards for wetlands mitigation using an
adapted version of NatureServe’s methodology for conducting ecological integrity assessments.