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Title: Integrated hard and soft bottom seafloor substrate map of Ofu-Olosega, American Samoa, combining NOAA Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center Coral Reef Ecosystem Division hard-soft substrate map with NOAA Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment Biogeography Program shallow-water benthic habitat map of American Samoa.
Abstract: Hard and soft seafloor substrate map, derived from integrating two existing map products: hard and soft seafloor substrate map derived from an unsupervised classification of multibeam backscatter and bathymetry derivatives, produced by NOAA Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center Coral Reef...
Spatial: N: -14.133505, S: -14.203385, E: -169.583687, W: -169.705274 (Lat. & Long., in decimal degrees)
Dates: 2002 - 2010
Metadata: ofu_5m_hs_int.html FAQ HTML Text XML
Preview: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/amsamoa_images/ ofu_5m_hs_int_445.jpg
Data (Network Resource): ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/website/data/ amsamoa/benthichabitatlayers/ofu_5m_hs_int.zip
Data (Online Linkage): http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/ pibhmc_amsamoa_ofu_geomorph.htm

Title: Integrated hard and soft bottom seafloor substrate map of Ta'u, American Samoa, combining NOAA Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center Coral Reef Ecosystem Division hard-soft substrate map with NOAA Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment Biogeography Program shallow-water benthic habitat map of American Samoa.
Abstract: Hard and soft seafloor substrate map, derived from integrating two existing map products: hard and soft seafloor substrate map derived from an unsupervised classification of multibeam backscatter and bathymetry derivatives, produced by NOAA Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center Coral Reef...
Spatial: N: -14.186811, S: -14.286236, E: -169.410175, W: -169.597758 (Lat. & Long., in decimal degrees)
Dates: 2002 - 2010
Metadata: tau_5m_hs_int.html FAQ HTML Text XML
Preview: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/amsamoa_images/ tau_5m_hs_int_445.jpg
Data (Network Resource): ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/website/data/ amsamoa/benthichabitatlayers/tau_5m_hs_int.zip
Data (Online Linkage): http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/ pibhmc_amsamoa_tau_geomorph.htm

Title: Preliminary hard and soft bottom seafloor substrate map derived from an supervised classification of bathymetry derived from multispectral World View-2 satellite imagery of Ni'ihau Island, Territory of Main Hawaiian Islands, USA
Abstract: Preliminary hard and soft seafloor substrate map derived from a supervised classification from multispectral World View-2 satellite imagery of Ni'ihau Island, Territory of Main Hawaiian Islands, USA. The dataset was derived using multipectral World View-2 satellite data. Limited groundtruthing data...
Spatial: N: 22.0298068, S: 17.0298068, E: -155.254655, W: -160.254655 (Lat. & Long., in decimal degrees)
Dates: 2005 - 2013
Metadata: NII_wv2_hs.html FAQ HTML Text XML
Preview: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/MHI_images/ Niihau_WV2_hs_445.jpg
Data (Network Resource): ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/website/data/mhi/ benthichabitatlayers/NII_wv2_hs.zip
Data (Online Linkage): http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/

Title: Preliminary hard and soft bottom seafloor substrate map derived from an unsupervised classification of gridded backscatter and bathymetry derivatives of Ni'ihau Island, Hawaii, USA.
Abstract: Preliminary hard and soft seafloor substrate map derived from an unsupervised classification of multibeam backscatter and bathymety derivatives of Ni'ihau Island, Hawaii, USA . The dataset was derived using Reson 8101 backscatter data, bathymetric variance and bathymetric...
Spatial: N: 22.056916, S: 21.729768, E: -160.017010, W: -160.292237 (Lat. & Long., in decimal degrees)
Dates: 2005 - 2005
Metadata: NII_hs.html FAQ HTML Text XML
Preview: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/MHI_images/ Niihau_mb_hs_445.jpg
Data (Network Resource): ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/website/data/mhi/ benthichabitatlayers/Niihau_mb_hs.zip
Data (Online Linkage): http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/

Title: Underwater Video Sites in Jobos Bay
Abstract: Shallow-water (<30m) benthic habitat maps of the nearshore marine environment of Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico were mapped and characterized using visual interpretation of optical and acoustic remotely sensed imagery. The objective of this effort, conducted by NOAA's Center for Coastal Monitoring and...
Spatial: N: 18.018906, S: 17.853137, E: -66.149637, W: -66.339028 (Lat. & Long., in decimal degrees)
Dates: 2009 - 2009
Publisher: NOAA's Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
Metadata: Metadata_GVData_SitesMean.html FAQ HTML Text XML
Data (Network Resource): http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/CEAP/
Data (Online Linkage): http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/CEAP/

Title: Aerial Photographs in Jobos Bay
Abstract: This ESRI grid raster is an orthophoto mosaic generated from a collection of natural color and false color infrared orthophotos covering the island of Puerto Rico collected for the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The mosaic was created from 16 individual image tiles (i.e., tile numbers...
Spatial: N: 18.002, S: 17.902, E: -66.154, W: -66.347 (Lat. & Long., in decimal degrees)
Dates: 1020
Publisher: Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch
Metadata: Metadata_OpticalImagery_Mosaic.html FAQ HTML Text XML
Data (Online Linkage): http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/CEAP/

Title: Shallow-Water Benthic Habitats of Southwest Puerto Rico: Accuracy Assessment Site Locations
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...
Spatial: N: 18.1, S: 17.9, E: -66.8, W: -67.4 (Lat. & Long., in decimal degrees)
Dates: 2011 - 2011
Publisher: NOAA's Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
Metadata: metadata_swpr_aa_site_locations.html FAQ HTML Text XML
Data (Network Resource): http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/ benthic_swpr.aspx
Data (Online Linkage): http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/ benthic_swpr.aspx

Title: Shallow-Water Benthic Habitats of Southwest Puerto Rico: GeoEye Image po_0072610_PS
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...
Spatial: N: 18.0, S: 17.9, E: -66.81, W: -66.95 (Lat. & Long., in decimal degrees)
Dates: 2010
Publisher: NOAA's Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
Metadata: metadata_po_0072610_ps.html FAQ HTML Text XML
Data (Network Resource): http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/ benthic_swpr.aspx
Data (Online Linkage): http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/ benthic_swpr.aspx

Title: Shallow-Water Benthic Habitats of Southwest Puerto Rico: GeoEye Image po_0100092_PS
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...
Spatial: N: 18.0, S: 17.9, E: -66.81, W: -66.95 (Lat. & Long., in decimal degrees)
Dates: 2010
Publisher: NOAA's Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
Metadata: metadata_po_0100092_ps.html FAQ HTML Text XML
Data (Network Resource): http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/ benthic_swpr.aspx
Data (Online Linkage): http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/ benthic_swpr.aspx

Title: Shallow-Water Benthic Habitats of Southwest Puerto Rico: GeoEye Image po_0900172_PS
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...
Spatial: N: 18.0, S: 17.87, E: -66.92, W: -67.09 (Lat. & Long., in decimal degrees)
Dates: 2010
Publisher: NOAA's Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
Metadata: metadata_po_0900172_ps.html FAQ HTML Text XML
Data (Network Resource): http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/ benthic_swpr.aspx
Data (Online Linkage): http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/ benthic_swpr.aspx

Title: Shallow-Water Benthic Habitats of Southwest Puerto Rico: GeoEye Image po_1700252_PS
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...
Spatial: N: 17.99, S: 17.85, E: -67.06, W: -67.2 (Lat. & Long., in decimal degrees)
Dates: 2010
Publisher: NOAA's Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
Metadata: metadata_po_1700252_ps.html FAQ HTML Text XML
Data (Network Resource): http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/ benthic_swpr.aspx
Data (Online Linkage): http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/ benthic_swpr.aspx

Title: Shallow-Water Benthic Habitats of Southwest Puerto Rico: GeoEye Image po_483895_PS
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...
Spatial: N: 18.11, S: 18.06, E: -67.17, W: -67.44 (Lat. & Long., in decimal degrees)
Dates: 2010
Publisher: NOAA's Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
Metadata: metadata_po_483895_ps.html FAQ HTML Text XML
Data (Network Resource): http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/ benthic_swpr.aspx
Data (Online Linkage): http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/ benthic_swpr.aspx

Title: Shallow-Water Benthic Habitats of Southwest Puerto Rico: GeoEye Image po_502736_PS
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...
Spatial: N: 18.1, S: 18.06, E: -67.17, W: -67.44 (Lat. & Long., in decimal degrees)
Dates: 2010
Publisher: NOAA's Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
Metadata: metadata_po_502736_ps.html FAQ HTML Text XML
Data (Network Resource): http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/ benthic_swpr.aspx
Data (Online Linkage): http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/ benthic_swpr.aspx

Title: Shallow-Water Benthic Habitats of Southwest Puerto Rico: Ground Validation Site Locations
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...
Spatial: N: 18.1, S: 17.9, E: -66.8, W: -67.4 (Lat. & Long., in decimal degrees)
Dates: 2011 - 2011
Publisher: NOAA's Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
Metadata: metadata_swpr_gv_site_locations.html FAQ HTML Text XML
Data (Network Resource): http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/ benthic_swpr.aspx
Data (Online Linkage): http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/ benthic_swpr.aspx

Title: Shallow-Water Benthic Habitats of Southwest Puerto Rico
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...
Spatial: N: 18.1, S: 17.9, E: -66.8, W: -67.4 (Lat. & Long., in decimal degrees)
Dates: 2010 - 2012
Publisher: NOAA's Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
Metadata: metadata_swpr_benthic_habitat_map.html FAQ HTML Text XML
Data (Network Resource): http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/ benthic_swpr.aspx
Data (Online Linkage): http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/ benthic_swpr.aspx

Title: Underwater Video Transects in Jobos Bay
Abstract: Shallow-water (<30m) benthic habitat maps of the nearshore marine environment of Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico were mapped and characterized using visual interpretation of optical and acoustic remotely sensed imagery. The objective of this effort, conducted by NOAA's Center for Coastal Monitoring and...
Spatial: N: 18.018906, S: 17.853137, E: -66.149637, W: -66.339028 (Lat. & Long., in decimal degrees)
Dates: 2009 - 2009
Publisher: NOAA's Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
Metadata: Metadata_GV_Site_Locations.html FAQ HTML Text XML
Data (Network Resource): http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/CEAP/
Data (Online Linkage): http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/CEAP/