Description
Benthic habitat maps of the nearshore marine environment of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands were created by visual interpretation of remotely sensed imagery. The objective of this effort, conducted by NOAA's Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment - Biogeography Branch in partnership with the U.S. National Park Service (NPS), was to provide spatially-explicit information on the habitat types, biological cover and live coral cover of St. John's coral reef ecosystem. The data described herein represent ground validation (GV) sites explored by NOAA field scientists to further refine habitat map classification.
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Tags
- aquatic habitat
- atlantic ocean
- benthic habitat
- benthic habitats
- biological cover
- biosphere
- caribbean sea
- coral reef
- coris_metadata
- country/territory
- earth science
- geographic information
- geomorphological structure
- ground validation
- habitats
- ocean basin
- point
- reef
- st. john
- st. john (18n064w0011)
- submerged aquatic vegetation
- unconsolidated sediments
- united states
- united states of america
- usvi
- u. s. virgin islands
- virgin islands
- zone