Description
Benthic habitat maps of the moderate-depth marine environment of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands were created using a combination of semi-automated classification and visual interpretation techniques of acoustic imagery. The objective of this effort, conducted by NOAA's Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment - Biogeography Branch in partnership with the U.S. National Park Service (NPS), was to provide spatially-explicit information describing the moderate-depth (30 - 60 m) benthic habitat types and live coral cover present in and around VICRNM's southern boundaries. The data contained in this shapefile represent the mean locations of the 299 accuracy assessment (AA) sites explored by NOAA field scientists.
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Tags
- accuracy assessment
- aquatic habitat
- atlantic ocean
- benthic habitat
- benthic habitats
- biological cover
- biosphere
- caribbean sea
- coral reef
- coris_metadata
- country/territory
- earth science
- geographic information
- geomorphological structure
- habitats
- ocean basin
- point
- reef
- st. john
- st. john (18n064w0011)
- submerged aquatic vegetation
- unconsolidated sediments
- united states
- united states of america
- usvi
- u. s. virgin islands
- virgin islands
- zone