American Samoa Benthic Habitat Maps - Prepared by Visual Interpretation from Remote Sensing Imagery

Description

This project is a cooperative effort among the National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment; the University of Hawaii; BAE Systems Spectral Solutions; and Analytical Laboratories of Hawaii, LLC. The goal of the work was to map the coral reef habitats of American Samoa, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands by visual interpretation and manual delineation of IKONOS satellite imagery. A two tiered habitat classification system was tested and implemented in this work. It integrates geomorphologic reef structure and biological cover into a single scheme and subsets each into detail. It also includes thirteen zones. Benthic features were mapped that covered an area of 71.5 square kilometers of which 10.56 were unconsolidated sediment and 60.94 were coral reef and hard bottom. Of the coral reef and hard bottom class, 62.8% is colonized by greater than 10% coral cover.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/39246
0 Online Resource http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/us_pac_terr/data/habitats.aspx
0 Online Resource http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/us_pac_terr/
0 Online Resource http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/us_pac_terr/data/
57 Downloadable Data http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/datasets/ccma/biogeo/us_pac_terr/habitats/swains_habitat.zip
57 Downloadable Data http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/datasets/ccma/biogeo/us_pac_terr/habitats/tutuila_habitat.zip
57 Downloadable Data http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/datasets/ccma/biogeo/us_pac_terr/habitats/manua_habitat.zip
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/nccos/dmp/pdf/39246.pdf
57 Downloadable Data http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/datasets/ccma/biogeo/us_pac_terr/habitats/rose_habitat.zip
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
57 Downloadable Data https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/datasets/ccma/biogeo/us_pac_terr/habitats/swains_habitat.zip
57 Downloadable Data https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/datasets/ccma/biogeo/us_pac_terr/habitats/manua_habitat.zip
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/39246
0 Online Resource https://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/us_pac_terr/data/habitats.aspx
0 Online Resource https://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/us_pac_terr/
0 Online Resource https://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/us_pac_terr/data/
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/nccos/dmp/pdf/39246.pdf
57 Downloadable Data https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/datasets/ccma/biogeo/us_pac_terr/habitats/tutuila_habitat.zip
57 Downloadable Data https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/datasets/ccma/biogeo/us_pac_terr/habitats/rose_habitat.zip
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords

Tags

  • manua
  • coral reef
  • national ocean service
  • national centers for coastal ocean science
  • cover
  • structure
  • american samoa
  • environmental monitoring
  • tutuila
  • united states
  • noaa
  • rose atoll
  • olosega
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • submerged aquatic vegetation
  • pac_terr
  • coralline algae
  • ofu
  • zone
  • doc/noaa/nos/nccos
  • ta'u
  • swains island
  • reef
  • habitat
  • unconsolidated sediments

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