SFCN Seagrass Monitoring Standard Operating Procedure SEA03: Creating a Seagrass Layer, Merging with Bathymetry Layer, and Assigning Strata—Version 1.1
South Florida/Caribbean Network. 2022. SFCN Seagrass Monitoring Standard Operating Procedure SEA03: Creating a Seagrass Layer, Merging with Bathymetry Layer, and Assigning Strata—Version 1.1. National Park Service
The purpose of this SOP is to characterize the stepwise process to create a seagrass layer and merge that layer with available bathymetry layers. The best available bathymetry layer is modified and reclassified to depict the three depth strata outlined in SOP SG02: Stratification. Then it is converted from a raster file to a vector polygon shapefile before being merged with the seagrass layer via the intersect tool. The final geospatial product will show seagrass layer features with a corresponding depth stratum.
- Type
- Standard Operating Procedure
- Authors
- South Florida/Caribbean Network
- Date of Issue
- 2022-07
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- BISC , BUIS , DRTO , SARI , SFCN , VIIS
- Keywords
- Biscayne National Park, Buck Island Reef National Monument, Caribbean, National Park Service, Salt River National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve, Seagrass, Seagrass Monitoring, Seagrass Monitoring Protocol, South Florida, South Florida/Caribbean Network, Standard Operating Procedures, Virgin Islands National Park
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Marine Communities