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National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of coral reef fish communities in the U.S. Virgin Islands
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Data provided in this dataset were collected around the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) as part of NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)-led missions in... -
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NCCOS Assessment: Benthic Habitat Map for the Insular Shelf South of St. Thomas and St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands (NCEI Accession 0170098)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The dataset describes the spatial distribution of benthic habitats on the insular shelf south of St. Thomas and St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. These benthic habitats... -
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Recovery of Queen Conch in the U. S. Virgin Islands
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The queen conch is an important cultural component and an extremely valuable coral reef fishery resource throughout the Caribbean, historically second only to the... -
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National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of coral reef fish communities in the U.S. Virgin Islands from 2017-06-12 to 2017-08-04 (NCEI Accession 0176080)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) assessed coral reef fish communities in St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) using the... -
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Ground Truth Data Used to Map the Benthic Habitat of the U.S. Virgin Islands
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This project is a cooperative effort among the National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment; U.S.... -
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Historic Inventory of Acropora Around Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Atlantic acroporid corals were listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973 on May 9, 2006, and a 4(d) rule was final on October 29, 2008,... -
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NOAA TIFF Image - 4m Multibeam Bathymetry , W00216 USVI 2011 , Seafloor Characterization of the US Caribbean - Nancy Foster - NF-11-1 (2011), UTM 20N NAD83
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This dataset contains a GeoTIFF with 4x4 meter cell size representing the bathymetry of a sharply sloping swath of the St. John Shelf, a selected portion of seafloor... -
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NOAA TIFF Image - 2m Backscatter Mosaic, W00217 USVI 2011, Seafloor Characterization of the US Caribbean - Nancy Foster - NF-11-1 (2011), UTM 20N NAD83
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This image represents a 2 meter resolution backscatter mosaic of a broad bank south of St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. NOAA's NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Team, in... -
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NOAA TIFF Image - 4m Backscatter Mosaic , W00216 USVI 2011 , Seafloor Characterization of the US Caribbean - Nancy Foster - NF-11-1 (2011), UTM 20N NAD83
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This image represents a 4 meter resolution backscatter mosaic of of a sharply sloping swath of the St. John Shelf, south of St. John, US Virgin Islands. NOAA's... -
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St. John, USVI Rapid Habitat Assessment (RHA) and Monitoring Data (2002 - Present)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This fish and benthic composition database is the result of a multifaceted effort described below. The intent of this work is five fold: 1) To spatially characterize... -
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St. John Shallow-water Ground Validation Transects
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Benthic habitat maps of the nearshore marine environment of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands were created by visual interpretation of remotely sensed imagery. The... -
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U.S. Virgin Islands Coastal Digital Elevation Model
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) is building high-resolution digital elevation models (DEMs) for select U.S. coastal regions. These integrated... -
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Depth (Mean) Layer used to identify, delineate and classify moderate-depth benthic habitats around St. John, USVI
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Mean depth was calculated from the bathymetry surface for each cell using the ArcGIS Spatial Analyst Focal Statistics "Mean" parameter. Mean depth represents the... -
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NOAA Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) maps and geographic information systems data from 1900 to 2009
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This collection comprises the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) data for various regions in U.S. coastal waters. ESI data characterize estuarine environments and... -
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NOAA Polyline Shapefile - MiniBat transects, US Virgin Islands - St. John, St. Thomas and St. Croix - Project NF-04-06-VI - (2004), UTM 20N NAD83 (NCEI Accession 0131850)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This shapefile denotes the location of underwater photos and/or video that were collected by NOAA scientists using a MiniBat towed underwater system. Photos and/or... -
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St. John Shallow-water Ground Validation Sites
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Benthic habitat maps of the nearshore marine environment of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands were created by visual interpretation of remotely sensed imagery. The... -
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Water depth and acoustic backscatter data collected from NOAA Ship Nancy Foster in Caribbean Sea, southern and eastern offshore of Isla de Vieques from 2009-03-26 to 2009-04-02 (NCEI Accession 0131857)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA) completed its sixth year of an ongoing scientific research mission on board NOAA Ship NANCY FOSTER. The... -
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NOAA TIFF Graphic - 0.5 meter Backscatter Mosaic of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, 2004
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This image represents a 0.5 meter resolution backscatter mosaic of the southern shore of St. John, US Virgin Islands.NOAA's NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Team and... -
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NOAA TIFF Image - 1 m Backscatter Mosaic of the St. John Shelf, U.S. Virgin Islands, Project NF-10-03, 2010, UTM 20 WGS84
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This image represents a 1 meter resolution backscatter mosaic of the St. John Shelf, US Virgin Islands. NOAA's NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Team, in collaboration with... -
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NOAA Point Shapefile - ROV transects, US Caribbean - St. Thomas and St. John - Project NF-03-10-USVI - (2010), UTM 20N NAD83
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This shapefile denotes the location of underwater photos and/or video that were collected by NOAA scientists using a Spectrum Phantom S2 ROV (remotely operated...