Shallow-water Benthic Habitats in Jobos Bay
Description
Shallow-water (<30m) benthic habitat maps of the nearshore marine environment of Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico were mapped and characterized using visual interpretation of optical and acoustic remotely sensed imagery. The objective of this effort, conducted by NOAA's Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment Biogeography Branch in partnership with NOAA's National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS), was to provide spatially-explicit information on the habitat types, biological cover and live coral cover of Jobos Bay's coral reef ecosystem.
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https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/projects/detail?key=99 |
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https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/baseline-assessment-contaminants-ecological-resources-jobos-bay-puerto-rico/ |
Tags
- seafloor
- aerial photography
- map images
- united states of america
- reef monitoring and assessment
- aquatic habitat
- corals
- geomorphology mapping
- benthic habitat
- jobos bay (bahia de jobos) (17n066w0009)
- biosphere
- aircraft
- bathymetry
- habitat mapping
- oceans
- algae
- base map
- 20189
- hyperspectral analysis
- mangroves
- 2009
- habitats
- atlantic ocean
- earth science
- salinas
- benthic biology
- coralline algae
- vegetation
- noaa-usda partnership to assess impacts of agricultural practices on coral reefs in jobos bay waters
- gis
- ikonos
- coral reef ecology
- ocean basin
- caribbean sea /north atlantic ocean
- coral mapping
- coastal processes
- puerto rico
- zoology
- coral reefs
- mapping
- coris_metadata
- geographic information
- satellite (digital scans)
- country/territory
- backscatter
- remote sensing