NOAA Polyline Shapefile - ROV transects, US Caribbean - Western Puerto Rico - Project NF-08-04 - (2008), UTM 19N NAD83

Description

This shapefile denotes the location of underwater photos and/or video that were collected by NOAA scientists using a Spectrum Phantom S2 ROV (remotely operated vehicle). Photos and/or video were collected between 02/25/2008 and 03/08/2008 along 28 transects around Isla de Mona in Puerto Rico and west of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico in the U.S. Caribbean. These photos and 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
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/38863
0 Online Resource http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/projects/detail?key=263
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/nccos/dmp/pdf/38863.pdf
0 Downloadable Data http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/projects/detail?key=263
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

Tags

  • underwater video
  • united states of america
  • reef monitoring and assessment
  • coral reef
  • corals
  • national ocean service
  • national centers for coastal ocean science
  • biosphere
  • habitat mapping
  • puerto rico (18n066w0000)
  • united states
  • noaa
  • habitats
  • atlantic ocean
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • u.s. caribbean
  • biological cover
  • ground truthing
  • zone
  • doc/noaa/nos/nccos
  • benthic habitats
  • seafloormapping_uscaribbean_2004toongoing
  • geomorphological structure
  • ground validation
  • ocean basin
  • caribbean sea /north atlantic ocean
  • reef
  • puerto rico
  • zoology
  • mapping
  • underwater photography
  • geographic information
  • country/territory
  • transect

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