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NCCOS | Benthic Habitat Mapping - National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
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Benthic Habitat Mapping NCCOS is producing benthic/seafloor habitat maps to help coastal managers assess, protect, and preserve the condition of ...
Benthic Habitat Mapping of Coral Reefs in Florida, Caribbean, and the ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/benthic-habitat-mapping-coral-reefs-florida-caribbean-pacific/
What We Are Doing We are producing the benthic (seafloor) habitat maps using high-resolution satellite, LiDAR (light detection and ranging), and ...
Accurate Seafloor Maps for Puerto Rico's NE Grand Reserve
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/nccos-develops-accurate-seafloor-maps-puerto-ricos-northeast-grand-reserve/
NCCOS collected marine habitat data in Puerto Rico's Northeast Grand Reserve to validate a draft seafloor map of this land and marine protected area.
NCCOS | Benthic Habitat Viewer - National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
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Benthic Habitat Viewer The online Benthic Habitat Viewer (BHV) database, developed and managed by the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science ...
Extending Seafloor Mapping Products to Include Habitats Greater Than 20 ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/seafloor-mapping-products-florida-keys/
We are providing improved seafloor mapping data products for regions of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary deeper than 20 meters. Along with ...
Prioritizing Areas for Future Seafloor Mapping, Research, and ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/prioritizing-areas-for-future-seafloor-mapping-research-and-exploration-in-the-southeast-us-atlantic/
Prioritizing Areas for Seafloor Mapping off the Southeast U.S. Presentation by Christine Buckel to the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council Habit ...
Seafloor Characterization of the U.S. Caribbean - NCCOS Coastal Science ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/seafloor-characterization-caribbean/
In order to provide seafloor information to conserve Caribbean coral reef ecosystems, we use acoustic multibeam sensors, fish acoustic sensors ...
Predictive Modeling and Mapping of Hardbottom Seafloor Habitats off the ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/predictive-modeling-mapping-hardbottom-seafloor-habitats-southeast-u-s/
Detailed maps of seafloor habitats along the southeast U.S. coast are sparse. While efforts to explore and map fish habitats have increased ...
Help our scientists understand and protect seafloor habitat
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Help our scientists better understand, protect, and restore seafloor habitats that were injured by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill by identifying ...
Industry Partners Improve Seafloor Habitat Mapping Process
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/biogeography-branch-advances-industry-partnership-for-seafloor-habitat-mapping/
The semi-automated mapping approach allows NOAA scientists to efficiently and accurately map and extract detailed information about seafloor habitats ...
Benthic Habitat Mapping of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
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The seafloor habitat maps are routinely used to develop, plan for, and catalog underwater habitat characterization surveys conducted by NOAA and the ...
Remote Sensing and Signal Processing - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
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Acquiring water column sonar data simultaneously with seafloor mapping surveys allows for assessments of fish communities, their distributions, and ...
Mapping the Long Island Sound Seafloor - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
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Long Island Sound is a region vital to our Nation’s economy, security, culture, and ecology. A new collaborative effort by state, federal and academic ...
Comprehensive Seafloor Substrate Mapping and Model Validation in the ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/comprehensive-seafloor-substrate-mapping-and-model-validation-in-the-new-york-bight/
Objective 3: Describe the seafloor habitat and other important biological and geological observations. The data collection and analysis contained ...
Seafloor Substrate Mapping and Model Validation in the New York Wind ...
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Specific project objectives included: • Collecting data on seafloor characteristics by using acoustic sonar surveys, sediment grabs, and underwater ...
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/
As you may have heard earlier, the expedition features 3 main activities that include seafloor mapping, water sampling, and habitat imaging using the ...
Characterizing Shallow-water Benthic Habitats Around the Tinian ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/characterizing-shallow-water-benthic-habitats-around-the-tinian-military-lease-area-commonwealth-of-the-northern-mariana-islands-cnmi/
Benefits of Our Work Understanding the spatial distribution of seafloor habitats in the Tinian MLA is important for both local and regional coastal ...
Assessing the Ecological Function of Shipwrecks, Artificial Reefs and ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/assessing-the-ecological-function-of-shipwrecks-artificial-reefs-and-rocky-reefs-on-the-southeastern-us-continental-shelf/
What We Are Doing We collect data on seafloor habitat structure, fish communities and the reefs that they occupy using visual and acoustic methods ...
Improving Species Distribution and Seafloor Maps to Support Washington ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/improving-species-distribution-seafloor-maps-washington-state-planning/
Our work provided the state of Washington and the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary with new information to prioritize seafloor mapping, and to ...
Scientists Characterize Seafloor for Proposed New York Offshore Wind ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/regional-study-completed-in-new-york-characterizing-the-seafloor-for-proposed-offshore-wind-energy-project/
The researchers used ship-based multibeam sonar, sediment grabs, and fishery acoustics surveys to acquire the detailed information needed to ...