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Resource Abstract:
- description: This shapefile denotes the location of underwater photos and/or video that were collected by NOAA scientists
using a Spectrum Phantom S2 ROV (remotely operated vehicle). Photos and/or video were collected between 03/18/2010 and 04/05/2010
along 33 transects south of St. John and St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. These photos and videos will be manually classified
into different habitat classes, and integrated with the abiotic data collected by the acoustic sonar (sound navigation and
ranging) systems to develop a benthic habitat map for the U.S. Caribbean. Habitat maps describe the location of habitat features
(in relation to the shoreline), their physical composition and the types of organisms that colonize them. Fundamentally, habitat
maps provide critical information about the extent, health and composition of marine resources, which is vital for communicating
information about the distribution and abundance of species to resource managers, scientists and the p ublic. Habitat maps
also support an increasing number of landscape ecology studies, as well as the process of marine spatial planning, including
the design and evaluation of marine protected areas (MPAs).; abstract: This shapefile denotes the location of underwater photos
and/or video that were collected by NOAA scientists using a Spectrum Phantom S2 ROV (remotely operated vehicle). Photos and/or
video were collected between 03/18/2010 and 04/05/2010 along 33 transects south of St. John and St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin
Islands. These photos and videos will be manually classified into different habitat classes, and integrated with the abiotic
data collected by the acoustic sonar (sound navigation and ranging) systems to develop a benthic habitat map for the U.S.
Caribbean. Habitat maps describe the location of habitat features (in relation to the shoreline), their physical composition
and the types of organisms that colonize them. Fundamentally, habitat maps provide critical information about the extent,
health and composition of marine resources, which is vital for communicating information about the distribution and abundance
of species to resource managers, scientists and the p ublic. Habitat maps also support an increasing number of landscape ecology
studies, as well as the process of marine spatial planning, including the design and evaluation of marine protected areas
(MPAs).
Citation
- Title NOAA Point Shapefile - ROV transects, US Caribbean - St. Thomas and St. John - Project NF-03-10-USVI - (2010), UTM 20N NAD83
(NCEI Accession 0131854).
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- creation Date
2018-02-07T20:08:33.204591
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2018-08-06T20:12:34Z
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- notes: This metadata record was generated by an xslt transformation from a dc metadata record; Transform by Stephen M. Richard, based
on a transform by Damian Ulbricht. Run on 2018-08-06T20:12:34Z
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CINERGI Metadata catalog
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eng
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ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
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2007
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urn:dciso:metadataabout:0d799190-d12f-4df7-b3a0-a75ee4925896
Metadata record format is ISO19139 XML (MD_Metadata)