Puerto Rico - U.S. Virgin Islands Benthic Habitat Maps: Prepared by Visual Interpretation from Remote Sensing Imagery Collected by NOAA Year 1999

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 United States Geological Survey; the National Park Service; and the National Geophysical Data Center, to produce benthic habitat maps and georeferenced imagery for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. This project was conducted in support of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force. Twenty-one distinct benthic habitat types within eight zones were mapped directly into a GIS system using visual interpretation of orthorectified aerial photographs. Benthic features were mapped that covered an area of 1600 km^2. In all, 49 km^2 of unconsolidated sediment, 721 km^2 of submerged vegetation, 73 km^2 of mangroves, and 756 km^2 of coral reef and colonized hardbottom were mapped.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Downloadable Data http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/products/biogeography/benthic/data/
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/39429
0 Online Resource http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/products/biogeography/benthic/
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/nccos/dmp/pdf/39429.pdf
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Online Resource http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/products/biogeography/benthic/data/
0 Downloadable Data https://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/products/biogeography/benthic/data/
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/39429
0 Online Resource https://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/products/biogeography/benthic/
0 Online Resource https://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/products/biogeography/benthic/data/
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/nccos/dmp/pdf/39429.pdf

Tags

  • aerial photography
  • benthic
  • national ocean service
  • culebra
  • national centers for coastal ocean science
  • environmental monitoring
  • noaa
  • st. john
  • st. thomas
  • desecheo
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • seagrass
  • mona
  • mangrove
  • doc/noaa/nos/nccos
  • sav
  • vieques
  • la parguera
  • coral
  • puerto rico and u.s. virgin islands
  • u.s. virgin islands
  • reef
  • puerto rico
  • vi_pr_benthic
  • habitat
  • buck island
  • st. croix

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