Benthic habitat maps for the insular shelf south of St. Thomas and St. John

Costa, Bryan M.; Kracker, Laura M.; Battista, Timothy Adams; Sautter, Will; Mabrouk, Ayman; Edwards, Kimberly Ann, 1975-; Taylor, James Christopher, 1972-; Ebert, E. F. (Erik Fairburn)

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Benthic habitat maps for the insular shelf south of St. Thomas and St. John

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2017

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NOAA technical memorandum NOS NCCOS ; 241

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Benthic habitat maps for the insular shelf south of St. Thomas and St. John

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7289/v5/tm-nos-nccos-241

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Costa, Bryan M. ; Kracker, Laura M. ; Battista, Timothy Adams ; Sautter, Will ; Mabrouk, Ayman ; ... More ▼

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United States, National Ocean Service,

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"The insular shelf south of St. Thomas and St. John, in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) is an expansive geomorphologic feature with extensive mesophotic coral reefs occurring at 30 to 150 meter depths. These mesophotic reefs are part of a broader coral reef community in the U.S. Caribbean that provide a wide range of ecosystem goods and services estimated to provide

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Technical Memorandum

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National Ocean Service (NOS)

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United States Virgin Islands ; Saint Thomas (Island) ; Saint John ;

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