USVI 2011, Ground Validation ROV Transect Points, NOAA Ship Nancy Foster

Description

This shapefile denotes the location of underwater photos and/or video that were collected by NOAA scientists using a Spectrum Phantom S2 ROV (remotely operated vehicle). Photos and/or video were collected between 03/28/2011 and 04/16/2011 along 50 transects (please note that dive 26 was aborted) south of St. John and St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands and east of Vieques, Puerto Rico. These photos and videos will be manually classified into different habitat classes, and integrated with the abiotic data collected by the acoustic sonar (sound navigation and ranging) systems to develop a benthic habitat map for the U.S. Caribbean. Habitat maps describe the location of habitat features (in relation to the shoreline), their physical composition and the types of organisms that colonize them. Fundamentally, habitat maps provide critical information about the extent, health and composition of marine resources, which is vital for communicating information about the distribution and abundance of species to resource managers, scientists and the public. Habitat maps also support an increasing number of landscape ecology studies, as well as the process of marine spatial planning, including the design and evaluation of marine protected areas (MPAs).

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Downloadable Data http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/projects/detail?key=263
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/38890
0 Online Resource http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/projects/detail?key=263
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/nccos/dmp/pdf/38890.pdf
0 Downloadable Data https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/projects/detail?key=263
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/38890
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/nccos/dmp/pdf/38890.pdf
0 Online Resource https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/projects/detail?key=263
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords

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  • st. john (18n064w0011)
  • underwater video
  • united states of america
  • reef monitoring and assessment
  • virgin islands
  • coral reef
  • corals
  • national ocean service
  • st. thomas (18n064w0033)
  • national centers for coastal ocean science
  • biosphere
  • habitat mapping
  • vieques island
  • leeward islands
  • united states
  • noaa
  • caribbean sea
  • lesser antilles
  • st. john
  • culebra island (18n066w0002)
  • st. thomas
  • u. s. virgin islands (17n064w0000)
  • habitats
  • atlantic ocean
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • u.s. caribbean
  • biological cover
  • ground truthing
  • zone
  • doc/noaa/nos/nccos
  • benthic habitats
  • seafloormapping_uscaribbean_2004toongoing
  • vieques
  • geomorphological structure
  • ground validation
  • ocean basin
  • caribbean sea /north atlantic ocean
  • u.s. virgin islands
  • reef
  • puerto rico
  • zoology
  • u. s. virgin islands
  • mapping
  • underwater photography
  • geographic information
  • country/territory
  • transect
  • vieques island (18n065w0002)

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