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Description:
Title:
Shallow-water benthic habitats of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
Author(s):
Zitello, Adam G.
Bauer, Laurie J.
Battista, Timothy Adams
Mueller, Peter W.
Kendall, Matthew S.
Monaco, Mark E.
United States, National Ocean Service
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (U.S.)
Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (U.S.), Biogeography Branch
United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
United States, National Park Service
Corporate Name:
United States, National Ocean Service
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (U.S.)
Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (U.S.), Biogeography Branch
United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
United States, National Park Service
Dates of Publication:
2009
Abstract:
This report documents the entire process of benthic habitat mapping in St. John. Chapter 1 provides a description of the benthic habitat classification scheme used to categorize the different habitats existing in the nearshore environment. Chapter 2 describes the steps required to create a benthic habitat map from visual interpretation of remotely sensed imagery. Chapter 3 details the process of accuracy assessment and reports on the thematic accuracy of the final maps. Finally, Chapter 4 is a summary of the basic map content and compares the new maps to a previous NOAA effort"--Executive summary.
Keywords:
Benthos
Classification
Coral reef ecology
Coral reefs and islands
Habitat
Habitat (Ecology)
Research
Place Keywords:
United States Virgin Islands
Saint John
Local Corporate Name:
NOS (National Ocean Service)
NCCOS (National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science)
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Type of Resource:
Technical Memorandum
Genre:
NOAA technical memorandum NOS NCCOS ; 96
Note:
This report documents the entire process of benthic habitat mapping in St. John. Chapter 1 provides a description of the benthic habitat classification scheme used to categorize the different habitats existing in the nearshore environment. Chapter 2 describes the steps required to create a benthic habitat map from visual interpretation of remotely sensed imagery. Chapter 3 details the process of accuracy assessment and reports on the thematic accuracy of the final maps. Finally, Chapter 4 is a summary of the basic map content and compares the new maps to a previous NOAA effort"--Executive summary.
2009
NOS (National Ocean Service)
NCCOS (National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science)
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Library
Public Domain
1936
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