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    • Coastal Bend Benthic Habitat 2004

    Metadata Updated: December 19, 2025

    From 2006 to 2007, NOAA's Office for Coastal Management led the effort to process existing digital multispectral imagery (ADS-40) and generate digital benthic habitat data, primarily focusing on Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) for specific bays along the Texas coastal bend. The resulting data were intended to support the state's Seagrass Monitoring Program, which requires regional SAV mapping for status and trends assessment. The geographic extent of these data include Corpus Christi Bay, Redfish Bay, Aransas Bay, Copano Bay, Lower Laguna Madre, Upper Laguna Madre, and Baffin Bay, covering approximately 2,200 square miles. Benthic habitat data were generated for all estuarine lands below mean high water within the study area. No benthic data were produced for the marine side of the barrier island beaches.

    The layers available within the data download include area, biotic, geoform, and substrate.

    Partners: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas A&M University Center for Coastal Studies

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date December 9, 2025
    Metadata Created Date December 19, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date December 19, 2025
    Reference Date(s) January 15, 2026 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NOS OCM

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date December 9, 2025
    Metadata Created Date December 19, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date December 19, 2025
    Reference Date(s) January 15, 2026 (publication)
    Responsible Party NOAA Office for Coastal Management (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:78508
    Access Constraints Cite As: Office for Coastal Management, [Date of Access]: Coastal Bend Benthic Habitat 2004 [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/78508., Use Constraints: These data were created for planning and management. Users should be aware of temporal changes that may have occurred since the collection of original source data sets., Distribution Liability: Any conclusions drawn from the analysis of this information are not the responsibility of NOAA, the Office for Coastal Management or its partners. All content is licensed under the CC0 1.0 Universal public domain dedication.
    Bbox East Long -96.709414
    Bbox North Lat 28.295159
    Bbox South Lat 27.827573
    Bbox West Long -97.074216
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned
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    Harvest Source Id c0121fd9-df15-4168-ac04-42f6e36a794d
    Harvest Source Title NOS OCM
    Licence NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
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    Spatial Harvester True

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