Description
This project is a cooperative effort between the National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Biogeography Branch, the Pacific Islands Benthic Mapping Center, the National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Islands Fishery Science Center, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, University of Hawaii, BAE Spectral Solutions, and Analytical Laboratories of Hawaii, LLC. The goal of the work was to map the coral reef habitats from shoreline to shelf edge of Tutuila, American Samoa by visual interpretation and manual delineation of sonar and IKONOS satellite imagery. A three part habitat classification system was used. Benthic features were mapped as polygons and labeled with geomorphologic structure, reef zone, and percent hard bottom attributes.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zip File | ZIP | Tutuila_shore_to_shelf_edge.zip | Open resource |
Tags
- 20720
- american samoa
- amsam
- aquatic habitat
- as240 creating comprehensive shore to shelf edge reef ecosystem maps of tutuila
- benthic habitat
- biosphere
- coastal processes
- coral reef
- coral reef ecology
- coral reefs
- corals
- coris_metadata
- country/territory
- earth science
- geographic information
- habitat
- habitat mapping
- habitats
- mapping
- ocean basin
- oceans
- pacific ocean
- reef
- reef monitoring and assessment
- remotely sensed imagery/photos
- structure
- submerged aquatic vegetation
- tutuila
- tutuila island (14s170w0016)
- unconsolidated sediments
- united states
- united states of america
- zone
- zoology