Shallow-water benthic habitats of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands

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• Personal Author:
  Zitello, Adam G. ; Bauer, Laurie J. ; Battista, Timothy Adams ; Mueller, Peter W. ; Kendall, Matthew S. ; Monaco, Mark E.
• Corporate Authors:
  United States, National Ocean Service ; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (U.S.) ; Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (U.S.), Biogeography Branch ; United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, ; Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.) ; United States, National Park Service
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NOS (National Ocean Service) ; NCCOS (National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science) ; CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
• Description:
  "This report documents the entire process of benthic habitat mapping in St. John. Chapter 1 provides a description of the benthic habitat classification scheme used to categorize the different habitats existing in the nearshore environment. Chapter 2 describes the steps required to create a benthic habitat map from visual interpretation of remotely sensed imagery. Chapter 3 details the process of accuracy assessment and reports on the thematic accuracy of the final maps. Finally, Chapter 4 is a summary of the basic map content and compares the new maps to a previous NOAA effort"--Executive summary.
• Keywords:
  Benthos Classification Coral Reef Ecology Coral Reefs And Islands Habitat Habitat (Ecology) Research Coral Reef Ecology Coral Reefs And Islands
• Series:
  NOAA technical memorandum NOS NCCOS   96
• Document Type:
  Technical Memorandum
• Place as Subject:
  United States Virgin Islands ; Saint John
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9000022b7484fc54da89fa2c9ec76e4b9a6c1a3f492fc768f70e8326e631bd9fedea118e2b98ae7acb914f27a5088499d085882421b26141e372aa8977c07417
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/543/noaa_543_DS1.pdf
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