Predicted Habitat Suitability for Montipora in the Au'au Channel Region
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Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center (PIBHMC), Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Biogeography Branch
- Publication_Date: 20120601
- Title:
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Predicted Habitat Suitability for Montipora in the Au'au Channel Region
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http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/cms/data-by-location/main-hawaiian-islands/maui/optical/
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- Abstract:
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This raster denotes predicted habitat suitability for Montipora in the Auau Channel region. Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) modeling software was used to create this ensemble model, which is an average of 10 model replicates. MaxEnt works by analyzing the distribution of environmental variables where species are present, so it can find other areas that meet all of the same environmental constraints. Georeferenced records containing information about mesophotic coral occurrence and environmental predictors describing the seafloors depth, vertical structure, available light, surface temperature, currents and distance from shoreline were used to train MaxEnt. Model performance and accuracy were assessed using Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Area Under the Curve (AUC) and a randomly chosen, spatially independent data
subset. The average test AUC for this predictive ensemble model was 0.97, and the producers accuracy of this ensemble predictive model was 86.1% (when the habitat suitability threshold = 0.15). The habitat suitability threshold of 0.15 represents the sum of the maximum ROC sensitivity and specificity values. Extreme care should be taken when selecting a habitat suitability threshold because it affects the probability of correctly identifying the presence and absence of mesophotic corals. For more information describing how this predictive surface was developed and its limitations, please see the following website: https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/projects/detail?key=48
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This dataset describes the predicted distribution of Montipora in the Au'au Channel region in
the Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI). Montipora that live between 30 to 150 m in depth are considered
to be mesophotic corals. Mesophotic corals are light-dependent corals adapted to the low light
conditions at these moderate depths. Several physical factors potentially influence their spatial
distribution, including aragonite saturation, alkalinity, pH, currents, water temperature, hard
substrate availability and the availability of light at depth. Mesophotic corals and mesophotic
coral ecosystems (MCEs) have increasingly been the subject of scientific study because they are
being threatened by a growing number of anthropogenic stressors. They are the focus of this spatial
modeling effort because the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary (HIHWNMS)
is exploring the expansion of its scope beyond the protection of the North Pacific Humpback Whale
(Megaptera novaeangliae) to include the conservation and management of these ecosystem components.
The present study helps to address this need by examining the distribution of mesophotic corals in
the Au'au Channel region.
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This map presents data published in the following report: Costa, B.M., M.S. Kendall, J. Rooney, M. Chow,
J. Lecky, F.A. Parrish, A. Montgomery, R.C. Boland, and H. Spalding. 2012. Prediction of Mesophotic Coral
Distributions in the Au'au Channel, Hawaii. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 149. Prepared by the NCCOS
Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment Biogeography Branch. Silver Spring, MD. 44 pp., available
on https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/projects/detail?key=48
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- Beginning_Date: 20120208
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -157.155969
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Benthic Habitat Mapping and Characterization in the Pacific Islands Region
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EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Photic Zone Corals
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EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Habitats
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