Description
Shallow-water (<30m) benthic habitat maps of the nearshore marine environment of two areas in Southwest Puerto Rico (PR), including the Guanica Bay/La Parguera region on the south coast and the Belvedere reserve on the west coast, were mapped and characterized using visual interpretation of optical remotely sensed imagery. The objective was to provide spatially-explicit information on the habitat types, biological cover and live coral cover of the regionÂs coral reef ecosystem. These maps will be used to support marine resource management and conservation in the Commonwealth. GeoEye-1 satellite imagery was purchased for the mapping area. Photo-interpreters accurately and reliably delineated boundaries of features from this GeoEye-1 imagery as they appeared on the computer monitor using a software interface.
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Tags
- 2012
- 793
- aerial image
- atlantic ocean
- belvedere
- benthic habitats
- biosphere
- caribbean sea /north atlantic ocean
- coastal processes
- coral reef
- coral reef ecology
- coral reefs
- corals
- coris_metadata
- country/territory
- earth science
- environmental monitoring
- geographic information
- guanica bay
- habitat mapping
- habitats
- la parguera
- mapping
- mapping shallow benthic habitats of the north east reserves mpa
- ocean basin
- oceans
- pr
- puerto rico
- puerto rico (18n066w0000)
- reef monitoring and assessment
- seafloor
- southwest
- united states
- united states of america
- u.s. caribbean
- zoology