Description
This shapefile denotes the location of underwater video that was collected by NOAA scientists using a SeaViewer drop camera system. Video were collected between 03/28/2011 and 04/16/2011 at locations within two selected areas of seafloor south of St. Thomas and St. John, USVI and east of Vieques, Puerto Rico. These videos will be manually classified into different habitat classes, and integrated with the abiotic data collected by the acoustic SoNAR (sound navigation and ranging) systems to develop a benthic habitat map for the U.S. Caribbean. Habitat maps describe the location of habitat features (in relation to the shoreline), their physical composition and the types of organisms that colonize them. Fundamentally, habitat maps provide critical information about the extent, health and composition of marine resources, which is vital for communicating information about the distribution and abundance of species to resource managers, scientists and the public. Habitat maps also support an increasing number of landscape ecology studies, as well as the process of marine spatial planning, including the design and evaluation of marine protected areas (MPAs).
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citation URL | Unknown | Online Resource | Open resource |
| http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/projects/detail?key=263 | Unknown | Downloadable Data | 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 |
Tags
- atlantic ocean
- benthic habitats
- biological cover
- biosphere
- caribbean sea
- caribbean sea /north atlantic ocean
- coral reef
- corals
- country/territory
- culebra island
- culebra island (18n066w0002)
- doc/noaa/nos/nccos
- earth science
- geographic information
- geomorphological structure
- ground validation
- habitat mapping
- habitats
- leeward islands
- lesser antilles
- mapping
- national centers for coastal ocean science
- national ocean service
- noaa
- ocean basin
- puerto rico
- reef
- reef monitoring and assessment
- seafloormapping_uscaribbean_2004toongoing
- st. john
- st. john (18n064w0011)
- st. thomas
- st. thomas (18n064w0033)
- submerged aquatic vegetation
- transect
- unconsolidated sediments
- united states of america
- u.s. department of commerce
- usvi
- u. s. virgin islands
- us virgin islands
- u. s. virgin islands (17n064w0000)
- vieques
- vieques island
- vieques island (18n065w0002)
- virgin islands
- zone
- zoology