Shallow-Water Benthic Habitats of Southwest Puerto Rico: GeoEye Image po_502736_PS
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
- seafloor
- united states of america
- reef monitoring and assessment
- coral reef
- corals
- biosphere
- habitat mapping
- oceans
- puerto rico (18n066w0000)
- environmental monitoring
- united states
- 793
- habitats
- atlantic ocean
- mapping shallow benthic habitats of the north east reserves mpa
- earth science
- u.s. caribbean
- belvedere
- benthic habitats
- guanica bay
- 2012
- la parguera
- pr
- coral reef ecology
- ocean basin
- caribbean sea /north atlantic ocean
- coastal processes
- puerto rico
- zoology
- coral reefs
- aerial image
- mapping
- coris_metadata
- southwest
- geographic information
- country/territory