Guam and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Benthic Habitat Maps Prepared by Visual Interpretation from IKONOS satellite imagery procured by NOAA

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 149.2 square kilometers of which 37 were unconsolidated sediment and 112 were coral reef and hard bottom.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Downloadable Data http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/us_pac_terr/data/habitats.aspx
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/39285
0 Online Resource http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/us_pac_terr/data/
0 Online Resource http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/us_pac_terr/data/habitats.aspx
0 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. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/nccos/dmp/pdf/39285.pdf

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  • sarigan
  • aguijan
  • maug
  • coral reef
  • national ocean service
  • farallon de medinilla
  • national centers for coastal ocean science
  • cover
  • structure
  • environmental monitoring
  • united states
  • cnmi
  • noaa
  • guam
  • farallon de pajaros
  • agrihan
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • submerged aquatic vegetation
  • pac_terr
  • coralline algae
  • zone
  • commonwealth of the northern mariana islands and guam
  • mariana archipelago
  • doc/noaa/nos/nccos
  • guguan
  • rota
  • saipan
  • alamagan
  • pagan
  • anathan
  • commonwealth of the northern mariana islands
  • asuncion
  • reef
  • habitat
  • tinian
  • unconsolidated sediments

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