Description
The Coastal Program of Delaware's Division of Soil and Water conservation (DNREC), the University of Delaware, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection have partnered and are carrying out a bottom and sub-bottom imaging project to identify and map the benthic habitat and sub-bottom sediments of Delaware Bay and River. This project was initiated to better understand the distribution of bottom sediment types, habitat biodiversity, and most importantly, human's impact on the bay bottom and its living resources. The project integrates the use of three types of acoustical systems: Roxann Seabed classification system, chirp sub-bottom profiling, and multi-beam bathymetric mapping. Verification of the acoustic data with bottom and sub-bottom sediments is performed through the collection of bra banc core samples and underwater video images.
Original contact information:
Contact Org: NOAA Office for Coastal Management
Phone: 843-740-1202
Email: coastal.info@noaa.gov
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulk Download | ZIP | FTP download of data files. | |
| NOAA Office for Coastal Management Website | Unknown | NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page | Open resource |
| NOAA Office for Coastal Management Website | Unknown | NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page | Open resource |
| NOAA's Office for Coastal Management (OCM) website | Unknown | Information on the NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) | Open resource |
| NOAA's Office for Coastal Management (OCM) Digital Coast Data section | Unknown | The website provides not only coastal data, but also the tools, training, and information needed to make these data truly useful. Content comes from many sources, all of which are vetted by NOAA. | Open resource |
| CMECS Home Page | Unknown | Information and resources on the CMECS standard and how to apply it | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| Full Metadata Record | Unknown | View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. | Open resource |
| NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) | NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. | Open resource | |
| CMECS Catalog | Unknown | Searchable online catalog of CMECS units, descriptions, and source references | Open resource |
Tags
- benthic
- benthic habitat
- biosphere
- bottom sediments
- cmecs
- coastal
- coastal and marine ecological classification standard
- continent
- delaware
- delaware bay
- delaware river
- doc/noaa/nos/ocm
- earth science
- ecosystems
- environmental monitoring
- estuary
- marine ecosystems
- national ocean service
- noaa
- north america
- office of coastal management
- sav
- sediment water interface
- shellfish beds
- state of delaware
- state of new jersey
- substrate component
- surface sediment mapping
- united states of america
- usa
- u.s. department of commerce