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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:41:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NOAA Point Shapefile - 100m2 Fish Density of Grand Northeast Ecological Corridor, Puerto Rico, Project NF-13-02-PR, 2013, WGS84</title>
<description><![CDATA[This data contains densities of fishes detected using mobile fisheries sonar on board the NOAA Ship Nancy Foster.  The data were acquired in concert with a multibeam bathymetry survey of Grand Northeast Ecological Corridor.  Fish densities are presented by size classes, corresponding to individual lengths inferred from the intensity of acoustic ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 12:10:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>CRED Optical Validation Data collected on Hawai'i (Big Island), Main Hawaiian Islands, USA, in 2012 to support Benthic Habitat Mapping</title>
<description><![CDATA[Optical validation data were collected using a Tethered Optical Assessment Device (TOAD), an underwater sled
equipped with an underwater digital video camera, digital still camera and lights, in the Kohala coast area of northwest Hawaii island.  Data were collected using
the camera sled deployed from the R/V AHI during 6 days of survey.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 12:08:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NOAA TIFF Image - NF12_PR_7125_bathy_4m.tif - Benthic Habitat Characterization - NOAA Ship Nancy Foster - M-I907-NF-12 (2012), UTM 20N NAD83</title>
<description><![CDATA[This image represents a 4 meter resolution bathymetry of a reef shelf/bank and the steep canyons and slopes of the NE Reserve, offshore of Fajardo, Puerto Rico. The M-I907-NF-12 survey was split into two sites: W00221 in the west and W00222 in the east. NOAA's NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Team, in collaboration with NOAA vessel Nancy Foster and ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 20:06:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NOAA TIFF Image - NF12_PR_1002_Slope_8m.tif - Benthic Habitat Characterization - NOAA Ship Nancy Foster - M-I907-NF-12 (2012), UTM 20N NAD8383</title>
<description><![CDATA[This image represents a 8 meter resolution bathymetry of a reef shelf/bank and the steep canyons and slopes of the NE Reserve, offshore of Fajardo, Puerto Rico. The M-I907-NF-12 survey was split into two sites: W00221 in the west and W00222 in the east. NOAA's NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Team, in collaboration with NOAA vessel Nancy Foster and ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 20:06:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NOAA TIFF Image - NF12_PR_Unifiedbathy_8m.tif - Benthic Habitat Characterization - NOAA Ship Nancy Foster - M-I907-NF-12 (2012), UTM 20N NAD83</title>
<description><![CDATA[NOAA's NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Team, in collaboration with NOAA vessel Nancy Foster and territory, federal, and private sector partners, acquired multibeam bathymetry data in the Northeast Grand Reserve from 4/08/2012 to 4/20/2012. This image represents a 8 meter resolution unified bathymetry surface of the reef shelf/bank and the steep ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 20:06:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NOAA TIFF Image - 8m Backscatter Mosaic, W00221-222 USVI 2012, Seafloor Characterization of the US Caribbean -  Nancy Foster - M-I907-NF-12 (2012), UTM 20N NAD83</title>
<description><![CDATA[This image represents a 8 meter resolution backscatter mosaic of of a sharply sloping swath of the St. John Shelf, south of NE Reserve, offshore of Fajardo, Puerto Rico. NOAA's NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Team, in collaboration with NOAA vessel Nancy Foster and territory, federal, and private sector partners, acquired multibeam bathymetry data in ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 20:06:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NOAA TIFF Image - 1m Backscatter Mosaic, W00221-222 USVI 2012, Seafloor Characterization of the US Caribbean -  Nancy Foster - M-I907-NF-12 (2012), UTM 20N NAD83</title>
<description><![CDATA[This image represents a 1 meter resolution backscatter mosaic of the bathymetry of a reef shelf/bank and the steep slopes and canyons of the NE Reserve, offshore of Fajardo, Puerto Rico. NOAA's NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Team, in collaboration with NOAA vessel Nancy Foster and territory, federal, and private sector partners, acquired multibeam ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 20:06:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NOAA TIFF Image - NOAA TIFF Image - NF12_PR_1002_rugosity_8m.tif - Benthic Habitat Characterization - NOAA Ship Nancy Foster - M-I907-NF-12 (2012), UTM 20N NAD83</title>
<description><![CDATA[This dataset contains a GeoTIFF with 4x4 meter cell size representing the rugosity of the steep slopes and canyons of the Northeast Grand Reserve off the coast of Fajardo, Puerto Rico. The M-I907-NF-12 survey was split into two sites: W00221 in the west and W00222 in the east. NOAA's NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Team, in collaboration with NOAA ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 19:55:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NOAA TIFF Image - NF12_PR_1002_bathy_8m.tif - Benthic Habitat Characterization - NOAA Ship Nancy Foster - M-I907-NF-12 (2012), UTM 20N NAD83</title>
<description><![CDATA[This image represents a 4 meter resolution bathymetry of a reef shelf/bank and the steep canyons and slopes of the NE Reserve, offshore of Fajardo, Puerto Rico. The M-I907-NF-12 survey was split into two sites: W00221 in the west and W00222 in the east. NOAA's NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Team, in collaboration with NOAA vessel Nancy Foster and ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 19:55:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NOAA TIFF Image - NF12_PR_1002_Slope_8m.tif - Benthic Habitat Characterization - NOAA Ship Nancy Foster - M-I907-NF-12 (2012), UTM 20N NAD8383</title>
<description><![CDATA[This image represents a 4 meter resolution slope surface of the bathymetry of a reef shelf/bank and the steep canyons and slopes of the NE Reserve, offshore of Fajardo, Puerto Rico. The M-I907-NF-12 survey was split into two sites: W00221 in the west and W00222 in the east. NOAA's NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Team, in collaboration with NOAA vessel ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 19:55:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NOAA TIFF Image - NOAA TIFF Image - NF12_PR_1002_rugosity_8m.tif - Benthic Habitat Characterization - NOAA Ship Nancy Foster - M-I907-NF-12 (2012), UTM 20N NAD83</title>
<description><![CDATA[This dataset contains a GeoTIFF with 4x4 meter cell size representing the rugosity of the steep slopes and canyons of the Northeast Grand Reserve off the coast of Fajardo, Puerto Rico. The M-I907-NF-12 survey was split into two sites: W00221 in the west and W00222 in the east. NOAA's NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Team, in collaboration with NOAA ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 19:55:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Temperature, salinity, and extracted chlorophyll_a surface data collected at discrete stations during shipboard surveys conducted between January 1998 and August 2012 in South Florida coastal waters.</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Sea-Bird Electronics Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) instrument and a Sea-Bird Electronics Thermosalinograph (TSG) flow-through system were utilized during cruises conducted between January 1998 and August 2012 in South Florida coastal waters.  These data are presented here in an Excel format (.xls).]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:40:11 GMT</pubDate>
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<category>Water Quality</category>
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<title>Predicted Habitat Suitability for Leptoseris Corals in the Au'au Channel Region</title>
<description><![CDATA[This raster denotes predicted habitat suitability for Leptoseris in the Au'au Channel region. Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) modeling software was used to create this ensemble model, which is an average of 10 model replicates. MaxEnt works by analyzing the distribution of environmental variables where species are present, so it can find other areas that ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 18:56:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<category>Reef Locations</category>
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<title>Predicted Habitat Suitability for Montipora Corals in the Au'au Channel Region</title>
<description><![CDATA[This raster denotes predicted habitat suitability for Montipora in the Au'au Channel region. Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) modeling software was used to create this ensemble model, which is an average of 10 model replicates. MaxEnt works by analyzing the distribution of environmental variables where species are present, so it can find other areas that ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 18:56:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<category>Reef Locations</category>
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<title>Predicted Habitat Suitability for Porites Corals in the Au'au Channel Region</title>
<description><![CDATA[This raster denotes predicted habitat suitability for Porites in the Au'au Channel region. Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) modeling software was used to create this ensemble model, which is an average of 10 model replicates. MaxEnt works by analyzing the distribution of environmental variables where species are present, so it can find other areas that ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 18:56:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<category>Reef Locations</category>
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<title>Predicted Habitat Suitability for All Mesophotic Corals in the Au'au Channel Region</title>
<description><![CDATA[This raster denotes predicted habitat suitability for all mesophotic corals in the Au'au Channel region. Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) modeling software was used to create this ensemble model, which is an average of 10 model replicates. MaxEnt works by analyzing the distribution of environmental variables where species are present, so it can find other ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 18:56:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<category>Reef Locations</category>
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<title>Underwater Video Sites in Jobos Bay</title>
<description><![CDATA[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 Assessment Biogeography Branch in partnership with ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:26:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bathymetry in Jobos Bay</title>
<description><![CDATA[This image represents a 4x4 meter resolution bathymetric surface for Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico (in NAD83 UTM 19 North). The depth values are in meters referenced to the NAD83 ellipsoidal heights.

NOAA's NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Branch, in collaboration with NOAA's Chesapeake Bay Office and other territory and federal partners, acquired ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:12:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<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</title>
<description><![CDATA[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 are available for Ni'ihau Island and therefore
we ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:23:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Aerial Photographs in Jobos Bay</title>
<description><![CDATA[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 17066-H2_01, 17066-H2_02, 17066-H2_03 ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:15:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<category>Habitats</category>
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<title>Underwater Video Transects in Jobos Bay</title>
<description><![CDATA[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 Assessment Biogeography Branch in partnership with ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:14:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Shallow-water Benthic Habitats in Jobos Bay</title>
<description><![CDATA[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 Assessment Biogeography Branch in partnership with ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:14:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Backscatter imagery in Jobos Bay</title>
<description><![CDATA[This image represents a 1x1 meter resolution backscatter mosaic of Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico (in NAD83 UTM 19 North). The backscatter values are in relative 8-bit (0 – 255) numbers, since the SoNAR (Sound Navigation and Ranging) sensor was not calibrated. Different benthic habitat types were delineated and classified from this backscatter image ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:13:21 GMT</pubDate>
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