Benthic Habitat Data for St. John, USVI
Costa B, Zitello A, Bauer L, Others. 2009. Benthic Habitat Data for St. John, USVI. Silver Spring, MD
Benthic habitat mapping efforts were undertaken at St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch with support from the National Park Service (NPS). The project has two major components: shallow-water (< 30 meters) benthic habitat mapping and moderate-depth (30 - 60 meters) benthic habitat mapping. Different technologies and techniques were used to collect data and derive habitat maps for the two different depth ranges.This metadata file pertains to the ~750 MB zip file (StJohn_Benthic_Habitats.zip) that contains the following core project data: Readme File (Data Index), *Moderate Depth Habitat Information (data/habitat maps, shapefiles and symbology for Biological Cover, Geographic Zones, Geomorphological Structure, Live Coral cover, metadata, final report, detailed project description). *Shallow Water Habitat Information (data/habitat maps, an atlas of 24 tiled geo-PDF maps, shapefiles and symbology for Biological Cover, Geographic Zones, Geomorphological Structure, Live Coral cover, metadata, final report, detailed project description). **The following project data are NOT included in this zip file but available via physical media (see CONTACT information) and the internet (http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/gv_stjohn/stjohn_biomapper.html): Moderate depth - Acoustic imagery - multibeam echosounder (MBES) sound navigation and ranging (SoNAR) data and derivatives - Underwater video and still photography - Semi-automated habitat classification information - Quick, Unbiased, Efficient Statistical Tree (QUEST)- Shallow Water - Remotely sensed imagery - ADS40 digitatl photography - IKONOS multispectral satellite imagery - Underwater video and still photography