Description
This project is a cooperative effort between 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 Common Wealth 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 45.2 square kilometers of which 4.4 were unconsolidated sediment and 40.9 were coral reef and hard bottom. Of the coral reef and hard bottom class, 59.9% is colonized by greater than 10% coral cover.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| PDF File | 36_Sarigan_cover.pdf | Open resource | |
| PDF File | 36_Sarigan_structure.pdf | Open resource | |
| PDF File | 36_Sarigan_zone.pdf | Open resource |
Tags
- 1209
- algae
- and the northern marianas
- aquatic habitat
- biosphere
- cnmi
- coastal habitat
- coastal processes
- coralline algae
- coral reef
- coral reef ecology
- coral reefs
- corals
- coris_metadata
- country/territory
- cover
- earth science
- guam
- habitat
- habitat mapping
- habitats
- map images
- mapping
- mapping the shallow-water coral reef ecosystems of american samoa
- mariana islands
- northern mariana islands
- ocean basin
- oceans
- pacific ocean
- reef
- reef habitat
- reef monitoring and assessment
- sarigan island
- sarigan island (16n145e0003)
- structure
- submerged aquatic vegetation
- unconsolidated sediments
- united states
- vegetation
- western pacific ocean
- zone
- zoology