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A Fantastic Journey: From the Seafloor to the Museum Collection
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Scientists are collecting corals to better understand deep seafloor ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico and to help protect these sensitive habitats. The ...
Seafloor Characterization of the U.S. Caribbean - NCCOS
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Our seafloor mapping of high priority sites using the NOAA Ship Nancy Foster and NOAA aircraft has been supported by NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation ...
NOAA and Partners Map More Virgin Islands Seafloor
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In October, NOAA scientists and partners collected seafloor photos and videos from over 355 locations around the St. Thomas East End Reserve, and in ...
NCCOS | Benthic Habitat Mapping - National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
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NCCOS is producing benthic/seafloor habitat maps to help coastal managers assess, protect, and preserve the condition of coastal ocean ecosystems. We ...
Prioritizing Areas for Future Seafloor Mapping, Research, and ...
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We developed a geospatial framework and online application to identify priorities for seafloor mapping along the U.S. Southeast Atlantic Coast (NC ...
Buck Island Reef National Monument, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
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Bathymetry, Backscatter & Morphometrics (SoNAR): Images describing the depth (bathymetry), physical properties (backscatter) and vertical complexity ...
Twenty Years of U.S. Caribbean Seafloor Mapping Aboard NOAA Ship Nancy ...
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Since 2004, NCCOS has conducted seafloor mapping of the U.S. Caribbean to fill critical information gaps that are needed to support conservation and ...
Prioritizing Areas for Future Seafloor Mapping, Research, and ...
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Seafloor mapping was defined to include the use of sonars, LiDAR, satellite imagery, and optical imagery from a variety of sources to make maps of the ...
Rolling in the Deep: NOAA Expeditions to Assess and Restore Gulf of ...
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In this case, we have a synthetic aperture sonar, which is a side-scan system that maps the seafloor in high-resolution and covers large areas. We’re ...
Prioritizing Areas for Future Seafloor Mapping, Research, and ...
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We developed a spatial framework and online application to identify priorities for seafloor mapping and visual surveys along the U.S. west CONUS coast ...
Mapping the Long Island Sound Seafloor - NCCOS - NCCOS Coastal Science ...
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Acoustic Intensity and Seafloor Topography – To provide meaningful information about the distribution and composition of seafloor habitats ...
Mapping Seafloor Relative Reflectance and Assessing Coral Reef ...
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In this study, new algorithms and procedures were developed for generating seafloor relative reflectance, along with a suite of shape-based waveform ...
First Calculation of Artificial Reef Area in U.S. Ocean Published ...
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With this information the team was able to calculate the first nationally coordinated artificial reef footprint in the U.S. ocean. This cohesive ...
Benthic Habitat Mapping of Coral Reefs in Florida, Caribbean, and the ...
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We are producing the benthic (seafloor) habitat maps using high-resolution satellite, LiDAR (light detection and ranging), and acoustic SONAR (sound ...
Improving Species Distribution and Seafloor Maps to Support Washington ...
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Our work provided the state of Washington and the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary with new information to prioritize seafloor mapping, and to ...
Seafloor Substrate Mapping and Model Validation in the New York Wind ...
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• Mapping the seafloor habitat and other important biological and geological observations. • Characterizing the abundance and distribution of fish in ...
A comparison of seafloor habitats and associated benthic fauna in areas ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/a-comparison-of-seafloor-habitats-and-associated-benthic-fauna-in-areas-open-and-closed-to-bottom-trawling-along-the-central-california-continental-shelf/
A number of studies have shown that mobile, bottom-contact fishing gear (such as otter trawls) can alter seafloor habitats and associated biota ...
Potential Offshore Wind Energy Area in North Carolina Mapped
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Earlier this month, NCCOS researchers and their partners mapped the seafloor and characterized the hardbottom habitat of the potential wind energy ...
Scientists Characterize Seafloor for Proposed New York Offshore Wind ...
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Figure 1: Map of NYWEA (black line) and the New York Bight Regional Study Area (dotted red line). Credit: NOAA. NCCOS has completed a seafloor ...
Bathymetry and acoustic backscatter collected in Long Island Sound for ...
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NCCOS Mapping: Comprehensive Seafloor Substrate Mapping and Model Validation in the New York Bight from 2017-10-20 to 2019-03-27 (NCEI Accession ...