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Mapping Coastal Elevations and Water Depths Using Unmanned Vehicles ...
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Elevations and depths can be derived from these photographs using Structure from Motion (SfM) software. SfM uses overlapping photographs (collected by ...
Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal ...
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Mesophotic coral ecosystems consist of light-dependent corals and associated communities found at depths ranging from 30 to 150 meters beneath the ...
Great Star Corals Genetically Similar at Different Depths Across ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/great-star-corals-genetically-similar-at-different-depths-across-northwestern-gulf-of-mexico-upper-florida-keys/
Dr. Alexis Sturm carries coral samples during a deep dive in Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Credit: Dr. Joshua Voss. NCCOS-funded ...
Seafloor Characterization of the U.S. Caribbean
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The lack of continuous spatial information beyond divable depths (30m) NOAA’s Coral Health and Monitoring Program (NCRMP) has limited the ability of ...
Rolling in the Deep: NOAA Expeditions to Assess and Restore Gulf of ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/multimedia/rolling-in-the-deep-noaa-expeditions-to-assess-and-restore-gulf-of-mexico-seafloor-habitats/
We’re primarily working in depths of 150m to 300m so it’s really really cool to be able to see those dynamic changes in these depths. Kevin: The deep ...
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science - NCCOS
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Mapping Coastal Elevations and Water Depths Using Unmanned Vehicles (Drones) Coral Monitoring and Assessment. Monitoring coral reef ecosystems ...
NOAA Bathymetric Data Viewer - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
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This interactive viewer allows for the identification of NOAA bathymetric data for both visualization and download. The viewer contains single-beam ...
Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems of American Samoa
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Light-dependent reefs extend beyond shallow depths to over 150 meters in some areas, with the lower depth limit dependent on water clarity and ...
Ecology, Integrity and Status of Caribbean Mesophotic Coral Reefs
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These ecosystems are found most commonly at depths from 30–40 m (98–131 ft) to deeper than 100 m (328 ft) in the Caribbean. The dominant structural ...
Geographic differences in vertical connectivity in the Caribbean coral ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/geographic-differences-vertical-connectivity-caribbean-coral-montastraea-cavernosa-despite-high-levels-horizontal-connectivity-shallow-depths/
The deep reef refugia hypothesis proposes that deep reefs can act as local recruitment sources for shallow reefs following disturbance. To test this ...
Extending Seafloor Mapping Products to Include Habitats Greater Than 20 ...
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We are providing improved seafloor mapping data products for regions of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary deeper than 20 meters. Along with ...
A Fantastic Journey: From the Seafloor to the Museum Collection
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In addition to exploring the depths with the Mohawk, there were around-the-clock scientific operations that kept the crew busy: the seafloor was ...
Lakebed Mapping in Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Lake Huron
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In the image, warmer colors (yellow) highlight shallower water depths, while cooler colors (blue) indicate deeper depths. A multibeam bathymetry image ...
NOAA Evaluates Using Drones to Map Coastline and Nearshore Waters
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Map showing drone photo mosaic overlaid on LiDAR depths collected in 2014 for a reef off Buck Island, USVI. The yellow transect corresponds to the ...
NCCOS Tests Drones to Map Coastline and Nearshore Waters
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The depth soundings collected by the water surface drones will be used to validate the depths derived from the digital aerial photos taken by the ...
Habitat availability and depth-driven population demographics regulate ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/habitat-availability-depth-driven-population-demographics-regulate-reproductive-output-coral-reef-fish/
For coral reef fishes, potentially marginal mesophotic coral ecosystems (~30–150 m) may be buffered from anthropogenic stressors; however, variation ...
Depth Affects Algal Symbiont Composition in Caribbean Coral
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NCCOS-funded researchers investigating the diversity of symbiotic algae (Symbiodinium spp.) associated with the coral Agaricia lamarcki in Puerto Rico ...
2014 Nancy Foster Mission: ROVing the Depths of the Caribbean Sea
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ROVing the Depths of the Caribbean Sea by Leslie Marie Henderson, Guest Blogger from the University of the Virgin Islands. When I say, “I am a ...
Guidelines for Bathymetric Mapping and Orthoimage Generation using sUAS ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/guidelines-for-bathymetric-mapping-and-orthoimage-generation-using-suas-and-sfm-an-approach-for-conducting-nearshore-coastal-mapping/
The absence of accurate, contemporary, or detailed bathymetric data in nearshore coastal waters impedes coastal research, conservation, disaster ...
Development of Satellite-derived Bathymetry and Benthic Habitat Maps to ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/bathymetry-benthic-habitat-maps-south-pacific/
We developed satellite-derived bathymetry and benthic habitat and hydrodynamic roughness maps for Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall ...