ResourceTopographic and Mixed Layer Submesoscale Currents in the Near-Surface Southwestern Tropical Pacific
The distribution and strength of submesoscale (SM) surface layer fronts and filaments generated through mixed layer baroclinic energy conversion and submesoscale coherent vortices (SCVs) generated by topographic drag are analyzed in numerical simulations ...
Downloadable DataResilience Indicator Summaries and Resilience Scores CNMI Layer Package
ArcGIS layer package of relative classifications (low to high) for six resilience indicators and two anthropogenic stressors and a map of final relative resilience scores for 78 sites in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The six resilience...
Downloadable DataTurbulent Transfer Velocity within Benthic Boundary Layer of Cheeca AOAT. 2012
The AOAT project is engaged in monitoring/modeling efforts designed to: a) establish methodologies for monitoring, assessing, and modeling the impacts of Ocean Acidification (OA) on coral reef ecosystems, b) identify critical thresholds, impacts, and tren...
Downloadable DataDepth (Mean) Layer used to identify, delineate and classify moderate-depth benthic habitats around St. John, USVI
Mean depth was calculated from the bathymetry surface for each cell using the ArcGIS Spatial Analyst Focal Statistics "Mean" parameter. Mean depth represents the average depth value (in meters) within a square 3x3 cell window. The 2x2 meter resolution mea...
Downloadable DataDepth (Standard Deviation) Layer used to identify, delineate and classify moderate-depth benthic habitats around St. John, USVI
Standard deviation of depth was calculated from the bathymetry surface for each cell using the ArcGIS Spatial Analyst Focal Statistics "STD" parameter. Standard deviation of depth represents the dispersion of depth values (in meters) around the mean depth...
Downloadable DataBathymetry Surface Layer used to identify, delineate and classify moderate-depth benthic habitats around St. John, USVI
This image represents a 2x2 meter resolution bathymetry surface of the moderate-depth portion of the NPS's Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument, south of St. John, US Virgin Islands. The depth values contained in this surface are in meters. Acoust...
ResourceCommunity structure of hermatypic corals at Laysan Island and Lisianski Island/Neva Shoal in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: a new layer of scientific exploration
"The distribution and abundance of scleractinian corals at Laysan Island and Lisianski Island/Neva Shoal in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands were determined by georeferenced towed-diver surveys that covered more than 56,000 m2 of benthic habitat and site...
ResourceAn initial ecological characterization of mesopelagic fauna at Johnston Atoll and Musicians Seamounts
The mesopelagic region (200–1000 m) hosts a wide variety of organisms in a concentrated layer known as the deep scattering layer (DSL). Much of the mesopelagic region in the central North Pacific remains unexplored, limiting ecosystem considerations in fi...
Downloadable DataShoreline Units with Results from the 2014 Study Entitled "Characterizing Participation in Non-Commercial Fishing and other Shore-based Recreational Activities on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands"
The project "Characterizing participation in non-commercial fishing and other shore-based recreational activities on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands" was conducted in order to assess fishing patterns over space and time for the shore-based, non-commercial ...
Offline DataAtlantic Ocean Acidification Test-Bed -- Net Ecosystem Calcification and Net Ecosystem Productivity, Cheeca Rocks, Florida Reef Tract FY2012
The AOAT project is engaged in monitoring/modeling efforts designed to: a) establish methodologies for monitoring, assessing, and modeling the impacts of Ocean Acidification (OA) on coral reef ecosystems, b) identify critical thresholds, impacts, and tren...