NCCOS Mapping: Characterizing Benthic Habitats West of Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), 2018-11-05 to 2022-04-29 (NCEI Accession 0291792)

Description

This data package contains information and maps showing the geology and biology of select submerged lands (0 to 40 meters deep) offshore of western Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). This information and maps were developed using benthic information from underwater photographs, environmental predictor variables derived from satellite imagery and bathymetry, and machine learning modeling approaches. From this process, two types of map products were created. The first type describes the spatial distribution of 5 substrate and 14 biological cover types, where each grid cell denotes the probability (0 to 100%) that a given habitat is present. The second product was a classified map depicting the 7 most common combinations of substrate and cover types (plus artificial structures). The performance and accuracy of these products were evaluated using an independent of underwater photographs. The overall accuracy of the classified map was 91.5% with user’s accuracy of individual habitat classes between 84% and 100% correct. The substrate and cover predictions had little bias (𝑥̅ error = 0.01 ±0.01 SE), good to excellent ability to discriminate between presences and absences (𝑥̅ area under the curve = 0.82 ±0.02 SE) and they explained almost a quarter of the variation in the data (𝑥̅ percent deviance explained = 23.8% ±2.9 SE). Over 95 square kilometers (km2) of seafloor was characterized west of Saipan, CNMI. Overall, ‘Live and Upright Dead Coral Reef, Mixed Algae’ was the most abundant habitat type mapped inside and outside the Lagoon, comprising 32% (31 km2) of the area. The largest, continuous patches were located outside the Lagoon north Susupe Point, as well as inside the lagoon on the reef crest and back reef north of the harbor channel. Most live coral (all species) observations were documented outside the Lagoon from the harbor channel to Agingan Point, as well as inside the Lagoon north of Garapan. Enhalus acoroides and Halodule uninervis seagrass were both located exclusively inside the Lagoon, from Tanapag Beach south to Oleai as well as north of Tanapag to Pau Beach and south of Garapan to Agingan Point, respectively. Endangered Species Act (ESA) protected corals (i.e., Acropora globiceps) were documented at 4 sites outside the Lagoon, located seaward of the reef crest between Susupe and Agingan Points. No nuisance species (i.e., C. vieillardi) or crown of thorns sea star (COTS) were photographed outside the Lagoon. The prevalence of coral bleaching and marine debris were also very low outside the Lagoon (<0.7% and <0.9%, respectively). Theses maps mark the first time that the seafloor area outside the Lagoon has been mapped since 2005, providing an updated inventory of marine resources and new baseline for future monitoring and management decisions in the region.

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21 On-line manual https://www.jennessent.com/arcgis/surface_area.htm
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0 Topobathy Lidar DEM https://chs.coast.noaa.gov/htdata/raster5/elevation/CNMI_Topobathy_DEM_2019_9474/
21 Webstory about RICHARD cruise https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/aa-updates/richard-cruise-100322.html
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0 National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Project Web Page https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/characterizing-benthic-habitats-around-saipan-cnmi-to-support-marianas-campaign/
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0 Journal article https://doi.org/10.1109/lgrs.2013.2280182
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21 Webstory about RICHARD cruise https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/aa-updates/richard-cruise-100322.html
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0 NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 328 https://doi.org/10.25923/psjm-h924
0 Journal article https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021265
0 Journal article https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-014-0118-8
0 Journal article https://doi.org/10.1109/proc.1981.11918
21 On-line manual https://www.jennessent.com/arcgis/surface_area.htm
0 NOAA NOS NCCOS Technical Memoradum https://doi.org/10.7289/v5/tm-nos-nccos-229
0 Journal article https://doi.org/10.3390/s22093121
0 Book chapter https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000119752.locale=en
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0 NOAA NOS NCCOS Technical Memoradum and Atlas https://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/benthic/e99us_pac/
0 Topobathy Lidar DEM https://chs.coast.noaa.gov/htdata/raster5/elevation/CNMI_Topobathy_DEM_2019_9474/
0 National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Project Web Page https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/characterizing-benthic-habitats-around-saipan-cnmi-to-support-marianas-campaign/
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0 NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 328 https://doi.org/10.25923/psjm-h924
0 Journal article https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021265
0 Journal article https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-014-0118-8
0 Journal article https://doi.org/10.1109/proc.1981.11918
21 On-line manual https://www.jennessent.com/arcgis/surface_area.htm
0 NOAA NOS NCCOS Technical Memoradum https://doi.org/10.7289/v5/tm-nos-nccos-229
0 Journal article https://doi.org/10.3390/s22093121
0 Topobathy Lidar DEM https://chs.coast.noaa.gov/htdata/raster5/elevation/CNMI_Topobathy_DEM_2019_9474/
21 Webstory about RICHARD cruise https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/aa-updates/richard-cruise-100322.html
0 Journal article https://doi.org/10.1109/lgrs.2013.2280182
0 Journal article https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3290120107
0 Associated NCEI data accession https://doi.org/10.25921/wg96-cq17
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0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://doi.org/10.25921/m0f6-3b26
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0 Book chapter https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000119752.locale=en
0 NOAA NOS NCCOS Technical Memoradum and Atlas https://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/benthic/e99us_pac/
0 National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Project Web Page https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/characterizing-benthic-habitats-around-saipan-cnmi-to-support-marianas-campaign/
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://doi.org/10.25921/m0f6-3b26
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/291792
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0 NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 328 https://doi.org/10.25923/psjm-h924
0 Journal article https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021265
0 Journal article https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-014-0118-8
0 Journal article https://doi.org/10.1109/proc.1981.11918
21 On-line manual https://www.jennessent.com/arcgis/surface_area.htm
0 NOAA NOS NCCOS Technical Memoradum https://doi.org/10.7289/v5/tm-nos-nccos-229
0 Journal article https://doi.org/10.3390/s22093121
0 Book chapter https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000119752.locale=en
0 Institution web page https://www.unesco.org/en
0 NOAA NOS NCCOS Technical Memoradum and Atlas https://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/benthic/e99us_pac/
0 Topobathy Lidar DEM https://chs.coast.noaa.gov/htdata/raster5/elevation/CNMI_Topobathy_DEM_2019_9474/
21 Webstory about RICHARD cruise https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/aa-updates/richard-cruise-100322.html
0 Journal article https://doi.org/10.1109/lgrs.2013.2280182
0 Journal article https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3290120107
0 National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Project Web Page https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/characterizing-benthic-habitats-around-saipan-cnmi-to-support-marianas-campaign/
0 Associated NCEI data accession https://doi.org/10.25921/wg96-cq17
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  • multispectral sensor
  • oceanography
  • 2016-01-11 to 2022-05-13
  • biology
  • geology
  • us doc
  • slope
  • marine management areas
  • habitats
  • underwater multispectral camera (nikon d7500 and sony alpha 7 dslr)
  • earth science
  • benthic biology
  • 9ew7x7
  • national marine fisheries service
  • bathymetry/seafloor topography
  • coralline algae
  • seagrass
  • vegetation
  • light detection and ranging
  • crustose coralline algae
  • marine biology
  • encrusting macroalgae
  • global positioning system (trimble geoxh 6000 and geo 7x h-star)
  • saipan island
  • saipan
  • visual images
  • rainier integrates charting
  • lidar
  • u.s. states and territories
  • mariana islands
  • gis
  • coral reef ecology
  • ocean basin
  • johnston applied marine sciences
  • coral
  • water depth
  • marine spatial ecology
  • coral mapping
  • coastal processes
  • saipan island (15n145e0002)
  • nccos mapping: characterizing submerged lands around naval base guam
  • hard seafloor substrate
  • zoology
  • coral reefs
  • mapping
  • field observation
  • pacific ocean
  • geographic information
  • soft seafloor substrate
  • country/territory
  • backscatter
  • rugosity
  • turf algae
  • nos

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