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Description:
Title:
Moderate-depth benthic habitats of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
Author(s):
Costa, Bryan M.
Bauer, Laurie J.
Battista, Timothy Adams
Mueller, Peter W.
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 describes the creation and assessment of a moderate-depth benthic habitat map for the Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument (VICRNM) south of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. The objective of this effort, conducted by NOAA's Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment's Biogeography Branch in partnership with the U.S. National Park Service (NPS), was to provide spatially-explicit information describing the moderate-depth (30 - 60 m) benthic habitat types and live coral cover present in and around VICRNM's southern boundaries. The resulting fine-scale habitat map, generated using a combination of semi-automated classification and visual interpretation techniques, represents the first acoustically-generated digital map of these moderate-depth areas. This report consists of three primary components: 1) a description of the classification scheme used to categorize the different seafloor habitats, 2) a discussion of the techniques used to create the habitat map, and 3) an assessment of the habitat map's thematic accuracies. This habitat map will be used by the U.S. National Park Service and other local partners for planning research and monitoring activities, and will support the management and conservation of St. John's VICRNM"--Page i.
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 ; 105
Note:
This report describes the creation and assessment of a moderate-depth benthic habitat map for the Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument (VICRNM) south of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. The objective of this effort, conducted by NOAA's Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment's Biogeography Branch in partnership with the U.S. National Park Service (NPS), was to provide spatially-explicit information describing the moderate-depth (30 - 60 m) benthic habitat types and live coral cover present in and around VICRNM's southern boundaries. The resulting fine-scale habitat map, generated using a combination of semi-automated classification and visual interpretation techniques, represents the first acoustically-generated digital map of these moderate-depth areas. This report consists of three primary components: 1) a description of the classification scheme used to categorize the different seafloor habitats, 2) a discussion of the techniques used to create the habitat map, and 3) an assessment of the habitat map's thematic accuracies. This habitat map will be used by the U.S. National Park Service and other local partners for planning research and monitoring activities, and will support the management and conservation of St. John's VICRNM"--Page i.
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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