Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map Derived from an Unsupervised Classification of Gridded Bathymetry Derivatives for the NOAA Habitat Blueprint West Hawaii Focus Area

Description

Hard and soft bottom seafloor substrate data and maps for the NOAA Habitat Blueprint West Hawaii Focus Area (WHFA) in the Main Hawaiian Islands. Cell values in the raster datasets reflect whether the seafloor is hard bottom or soft bottom based on an unsupervised classification run using ArcGIS software with the Spatial Analyst extension. The classifications are based on bathymetry, acoustic derivatives and verified using seafloor optical data. The seafloor substrate map and associated data are accessible online via the Pacific Islands Benthic Habiat Mapping Center (PIBHMC) website at www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center (PIBHMC) website. All data are accessible through this website. http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/index.htm
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/12618.pdf
0 NOAA Habitat Blueprint West Hawaii Focus Area website https://www.habitatblueprint.noaa.gov/habitat-focus-areas/west-hawaii/
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
57 Zip file containing hard- and soft-bottom substrates data (shapefile feature class layer) and maps (JPG and PDF) for the Habitat Blueprint West Hawaii Focus Area. ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/website/data/mhi/benthichabitatlayers/WestHawaii_hardsoft.zip
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/12618
0 Link to the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program website https://coralreef.noaa.gov
0 Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov

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  • crep
  • doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc
  • united states of america
  • reef monitoring and assessment
  • aquatic habitat
  • corals
  • north pacific ocean
  • geomorphology mapping
  • benthic habitat
  • coral reef ecosystem division
  • benthic
  • pifsc
  • 467
  • biosphere
  • geomorphology
  • puako (19n155w0001)
  • substrate description
  • habitat mapping
  • oceans
  • coral reef conservation program
  • mapping and ecospatial information products to support coral reef ecosystem management in the pacifi
  • noaa
  • hawaii
  • nmfs
  • us doc
  • habitats
  • hawaii island (19n155w0003)
  • pacific islands fisheries science center
  • hawaii (21n160w0000)
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • national marine fisheries service
  • bathymetry/seafloor topography
  • hawaiian islands
  • kohala coast (21n155w0001)
  • cred
  • gis product
  • sea floor
  • central pacific ocean
  • gis
  • reef habitat
  • coral reef ecology
  • ocean basin
  • main hawaiian islands
  • ecosystem sciences division
  • coastal processes
  • hard seafloor substrate
  • zoology
  • coral reefs
  • mapping
  • pacific ocean
  • geographic information
  • substrate
  • soft seafloor substrate
  • country/territory
  • hawaii island
  • coral reef ecosystem program

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