Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch Publication_Date: 2012 Title: Shallow-Water Benthic Habitats of Southwest Puerto Rico: GeoEye Image po_483895_PS Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: remote-sensing image Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Silver Spring, MD Publisher: NOAA's Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Other_Citation_Details: Please use citation for the written document "Shallow-Water Benthic Habitats of Southwest Puerto Rico." Online_Linkage: https://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/benthic/e92swpr/default.aspx Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch Publication_Date: 2012 Title: Shallow-Water Benthic Habitats of Southwest Puerto Rico Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: shapefile Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Silver Spring, MD Publisher: NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Other_Citation_Details: Bauer, L.J., K. Edwards, K.K.W. Roberson, M.S. Kendall, K.K.W. Roberson, S. Tormey, and T. Battista. 2012. Shallow-water benthic habitats of Southwest Puerto Rico. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOAA NOS NCCOS 155. Silver Spring, MD. Description: Abstract: Shallow-water (<30m) benthic habitat maps of the nearshore marine environment of two areas in Southwest Puerto Rico (PR), including the Guanica Bay/La Parguera region on the south coast and the Belvedere reserve on the west coast, were mapped and characterized using visual interpretation of optical remotely sensed imagery. The objective was to provide spatially-explicit information on the habitat types, biological cover and live coral cover of the region’s coral reef ecosystem. These maps will be used to support marine resource management and conservation in the Commonwealth. GeoEye-1 satellite imagery was purchased for the mapping area. Photo-interpreters accurately and reliably delineated boundaries of features from this GeoEye-1 imagery as they appeared on the computer monitor using a software interface. Purpose: This product served as source information for a fine-scale assessment of the status, abundance, and distribution of marine habitats of Southwest Puerto Rico. The NOAA effort provides resource managers and researchers with increased technical capacity for ocean exploration, management, and stewardship. Direct implications to management measures include evaluation of management efficacy, a spatial framework for improved monitoring sampling design, improved assessment of human-use impacts, and marine spatial planning to support alternative marine protected area boundary alternatives. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 20100901 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -67.44 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -67.17 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 18.11 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 18.06 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NCEI Geoportal Filter Theme_Keyword: CoRIS_Metadata Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: coral reef Theme_Keyword: benthic habitats Theme_Keyword: aerial image Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NOS Data Explorer Topic Category Theme_Keyword: Environmental Monitoring Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CRCP Project Theme_Keyword: Mapping Shallow Benthic Habitats of the North East Reserves MPA, Puerto Rico Theme_Keyword: 793 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: environment Theme_Keyword: 007 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: Geographic Information > Habitats Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Theme Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Habitats Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Mapping > Habitat Mapping Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: U.S. Caribbean Place_Keyword: Puerto Rico Place_Keyword: Southwest Place_Keyword: Guanica Bay Place_Keyword: La Parguera Place_Keyword: Belvedere Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Place Thesaurus Place_Keyword: OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Puerto Rico (18N066W0000) Place_Keyword: COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Puerto Rico (18N066W0000) Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Region Place_Keyword: PR Stratum: Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Stratum_Keyword: Seafloor Temporal: Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Temporal_Keyword: 2012 Access_Constraints: Please cite any use of this data. Use_Constraints: Note: NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 1305 East West Highway, N-SCI-1, SSMC 4, 9th Floor City: Silver Spring State_or_Province: MD Postal_Code: 20910 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (301) 713-3028 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Laurie.Bauer@noaa.gov Data_Set_Credit: Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.0.1770 Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: These data are believed to be logically consistent, although not tested. Completeness_Report: The image was pansharpened, georeferenced and co-registered Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: GeoEye Publication_Date: 2010 Title: GeoEye-1 imagery Publication_Information: Publication_Place: 2325 Dulles Corner Boulevard, Herndon, VA 20171 Publisher: Geoeye Type_of_Source_Media: Raster image Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 2010 Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition Source_Citation_Abbreviation: po_483895_PS Source_Contribution: Used to identify and digitize benthic habitats of Southwest Puerto Rico Process_Step: Process_Description: ENVI 4.6.1 software was used to derive a high-resolution, pansharpened and georeferenced dataset. For each scene, ENVI’s “Pan Sharpening” tool created a full-color image at the panchromatic band’s resolution (0.41 m). This image fusion tool merges the spectral signatures of the input color bands while using the panchromatic band to enhance the spatial features, two useful outcomes for the photointerpreter. Subsequently, geo-referencing was performed using ENVI’s “Orthorectify GeoEye-1 with Ground Control” module. The ground control points (GCP’s) were fixed ground features visible in the imagery that are used along with the satellite’s ephemeris data to link the image pixels to a coordinate system. NOAA scientists occupied and logged these points using a L1 Trimble GeoXT mapping grade GPS unit, and accuracy was enhanced by adjusting to the continuously-operating base station (PRMI CORS) located on Magueyes Island, PR. Due to the difficulty of obtaining precise positions for submerged features, only ground control points for terrestrial features were collected. Also as part of this module, terrain displacement was corrected for using the U.S. Geological Survey’s Digital Elevation Model (DEM). Once individually orthorectified, the scenes from each acquisition were geographically matched tightly to one another using ENVI’s “Warp From GCPs: Image to Image” tool. Process_Date: 2010 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 1305 East West Highway, N-SCI-1, SSMC 4, 9th Floor City: Silver Spring State_or_Province: MD Postal_Code: 20910 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (301) 713-3028 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Laurie.Bauer@noaa.gov Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster Raster_Object_Information: Raster_Object_Type: Pixel Row_Count: 10312 Column_Count: 67648 Vertical_Count: 1 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Planar: Grid_Coordinate_System: Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator Universal_Transverse_Mercator: UTM_Zone_Number: 19 Transverse_Mercator: Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -63.000000 Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000 False_Easting: 500000.000000 False_Northing: 0.000000 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: row and column Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000001 Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000001 Planar_Distance_Units: meters Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984 Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: Spectral Bands Entity_Type_Definition: These images contain 4 spectral bands Entity_Type_Definition_Source: NOAA Attribute: Attribute_Label: Band 1 Attribute_Definition: Blue (positioned & pan-sharpened) Attribute_Definition_Source: NOAA Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Image processing results Attribute: Attribute_Label: Band 2 Attribute_Definition: Green (positioned & pan-sharpened) Attribute_Definition_Source: NOAA Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Image processing results Attribute: Attribute_Label: Band 3 Attribute_Definition: Red (positioned & pan-sharpened) Attribute_Definition_Source: NOAA Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Image processing results Attribute: Attribute_Label: Band 4 Attribute_Definition: Near Infrared (positioned & pan-sharpened) Attribute_Definition_Source: NOAA Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Image processing results Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 1305 East West Highway, N-SCI-1, SSMC 4, 9th Floor City: Silver Spring State_or_Province: MD Postal_Code: 20910 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (301) 713-3028 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (301) 713-4384 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Laurie.Bauer@noaa.gov Resource_Description: Downloadable Data Distribution_Liability: These data were prepared by an agency of the United States Government (NOAA). 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