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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Tags
- 2009
- 20189
- aerial photography
- aircraft
- algae
- aquatic habitat
- atlantic ocean
- backscatter
- base map
- bathymetry
- benthic biology
- benthic habitat
- biosphere
- caribbean sea /north atlantic ocean
- coastal processes
- coralline algae
- coral mapping
- coral reef ecology
- coral reefs
- corals
- coris_metadata
- country/territory
- earth science
- geographic information
- geomorphology mapping
- gis
- habitat mapping
- habitats
- hyperspectral analysis
- ikonos
- jobos bay (bahia de jobos) (17n066w0009)
- mangroves
- map images
- mapping
- noaa-usda partnership to assess impacts of agricultural practices on coral reefs in jobos bay waters
- ocean basin
- oceans
- puerto rico
- reef monitoring and assessment
- remote sensing
- salinas
- satellite (digital scans)
- seafloor
- united states of america
- vegetation
- zoology