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NCCOS Assessment: Benthic Habitat Map for the Insular Shelf South of St. Thomas and St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands (NCEI Accession 0170098)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: October 03, 2025 | Last Modified: 2018-01-24T00:00:00.000+00:00

The dataset describes the spatial distribution of benthic habitats on the insular shelf south of St. Thomas and St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. These benthic habitats include: (1) Coral Reef Colonized with Live Coral, (2) Pavement Colonized with Live Coral, (3) Rhodoliths with Macroalgae, (4) Rhodoliths with Macroalgae and Bare Sand, and (5) Bare Sand. These habitats were translated into the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) scheme. NCCOS developed these spatially resolved maps using environmental predictors, underwater videos/photos and mathematical modeling techniques. The overall thematic accuracy for this map is 85.8% (corrected for proportional bias).

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0170098 BATHYMETRY HABITAT - BENTHIC SUBSTRATE DESCRIPTION acoustic sensor AVHRR echo sounder MODIS GIS product model output NOAA Ship Nancy Foster National Park Service NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science United States Geological Survey NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Caribbean Sea oceanography DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOI/NPS > National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior DOI/USGS > U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior 30081 463 Developing A Benthic Habitat Map for the South Eastern Puerto Rican Shelf Mapping Essential Fish Habitat in the US Caribbean to inform MPA management Geographic Information > Habitats Numeric Data Sets > Benthic EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Benthic Habitat EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > In Situ Biological EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Mapping > Habitat Mapping EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Remote Sensing > Satellite (digital scans) > Multispectral Analysis EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Bathymetry EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Hard Seafloor Substrate EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Rugosity EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Slope EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Water Depth EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > BATHYMETRY Earth Science > Biosphere > Ecosystems > Marine Ecosystems > Reef > Coral Reef Earth Science > Solid Earth > Geomorphic Landforms/Processes > Coastal Landforms > Coral Reefs Marine Spatial Ecology > Habitat Mapping Derived Data Product Geospatial Model Benthic Habitat Type ACOUSTIC RECEIVERS AVHRR > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer ECHO SOUNDERS > ECHO SOUNDERS MODIS > Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Ships NANCY FOSTER (call sign: WTER, ICES code: 33NF, 2004-) CrewZen II R/V Tiki COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Culebra Island (18N065W0011) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Puerto Rico (18N066W0000) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Vieques > Vieques Island (18N065W0002) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. John > St. John (18N064W0011) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. Thomas > St. Thomas (18N064W0033) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > U. S. Virgin Islands > U. S. Virgin Islands (17N064W0000) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Culebra Island (18N065W0011) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Puerto Rico (18N066W0000) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Vieques Island > Vieques Island (18N065W0002) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Leeward Islands > St. Thomas (18N064W0033) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Lesser Antilles > U. S. Virgin Islands (17N064W0000) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Virgin Islands > St. John (18N064W0011) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Puerto Rico Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands Region > Caribbean Sea U.S. States and Territories > Puerto Rico U.S. States and Territories > U.S. Virgin Islands Grammanik Bank Marine Conservation District Hind Bank Marine Conservation District Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument Virgin Passage B163R8

Complete Metadata

describedByType	application/octet-steam
identifier	gov.noaa.nodc:0170098
issued	2018-01-24T00:00:00.000+00:00
landingPage	https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
language	[]
references	[ "https://doi.org/10.7289/v5/tm-nos-nccos-241", "https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085555", "https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/789", "https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/2609", "http://www.jennessent.com/arcgis/surface_area.htm", "https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00115", "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0131850", "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0131860", "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0131857", "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0131854", "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0131858", "https://doi.org/10.7289/v5cz3545", "https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi/l3", "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0156395", "https://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/t/t109pr/html/t-1-09-pr.meta.html", "https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/habitat-map-insular-shelf-south-of-st-thomas-st-john/", "https://maps.coastalscience.noaa.gov/biomapper/biomapper.html?id=insular", "https://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/biomapper_explorer/index.php?path=b1Awa3pNeUl0Y0JHMnlTZlk5dHlIMUlEaXhhUFdqeHFFeGFmMTZiQitzND0=", "https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/50381", "https://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/BenthicMapping/USVIInsularShelf2017/MapServer" ]
rights	otherRestrictions
spatial	-64.642701,18.11361,-65.269529,18.313243
temporal	2004-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/2017-09-30T00:00:00+00:00

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