Description
Habitat maps were created as part of a larger ecological assessment conducted by NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS), Biogeography Program, for Salt River Bay National Historic Park and Ecological Preserve (National Park Service). Aerial photographs were obtained for 1971 and 1977 from the National Geodetic Survey, and were orthorectified by the Biogeography Program. A classification scheme was set up with 20 benthic habitat types, 19 land cover types, and 13 mangrove habitat types. For this map of seagrass and mangrove habitats during the 1970' s only the 3 seagrass, and 14 mangrove classification categories were used. These were mapped directly into a GIS system through visual interpretation of orthorectified aerial photographs.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
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| Web Resource | Unknown | Open resource |
Tags
- aerial photography
- aquatic habitat
- atlantic ocean
- base map
- benthic habitat
- biosphere
- caribbean sea
- coastal ecosystem science
- coastal processes
- corals
- coris_metadata
- country/territory
- earth science
- geographic information
- habitats
- mangroves
- mapping
- marine biology
- marine plants
- monitoring
- national park service
- ocean basin
- oceans
- reef monitoring and assessment
- remote sensing
- salt river bay
- salt river bay (17n064w0022)
- salt river bay historical park and ecological preserve
- seagrass
- st. croix
- united states of america
- usvi
- u. s. virgin islands
- u.s. virgin islands
- virgin islands
- zoology