SVANHAB -- Habitat polygons for the nearshore Point Arguello study area, South Vandenberg Reserve
Benthic habitat polygon coverages have been created for marine reserve locations surrounding the Santa Barbara Basin. Diver, ROV and submersible video transects, bathymetry data, sedimentary samples, and sonar mapping, have been integrated to describe the geological, biological, and oceanographic aspects of habitat. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in a cooperative project with Sea Grant-MERRP and investigators at National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS), and National Park Service (NPS) has collected sidescan sonar and video data to produce a polygon coverage. The habitat polygons have attributes for megahabitat, bottom induration, macrohabitat (where macrohabitat observations are available), polygon area, polygon perimeter, and water depth. The habitat GIS shows rocky habitat suitable for rockfish (Sebastes sp.), abalone (Haliotis sp.), and other threatened benthic species from the shoreline out to the 100-m depth limit of the survey.
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| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| bureauCode |
[ "010:12" ] |
| contactPoint |
{ "fn": "PCMSC Science Data Coordinator", "@type": "vcard:Contact", "hasEmail": "mailto:pcmsc_data@usgs.gov" } |
| description | Benthic habitat polygon coverages have been created for marine reserve locations surrounding the Santa Barbara Basin. Diver, ROV and submersible video transects, bathymetry data, sedimentary samples, and sonar mapping, have been integrated to describe the geological, biological, and oceanographic aspects of habitat. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in a cooperative project with Sea Grant-MERRP and investigators at National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS), and National Park Service (NPS) has collected sidescan sonar and video data to produce a polygon coverage. The habitat polygons have attributes for megahabitat, bottom induration, macrohabitat (where macrohabitat observations are available), polygon area, polygon perimeter, and water depth. The habitat GIS shows rocky habitat suitable for rockfish (Sebastes sp.), abalone (Haliotis sp.), and other threatened benthic species from the shoreline out to the 100-m depth limit of the survey. |
| distribution |
[ { "@type": "dcat:Distribution", "title": "Digital Data", "format": "XML", "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr0385", "mediaType": "application/http", "description": "Landing page for access to the data" }, { "@type": "dcat:Distribution", "title": "Original Metadata", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "text/xml", "description": "The metadata original format", "downloadURL": "https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.9e96dcaf-bf9b-48c3-b604-7dd4d0837903.xml" } ] |
| identifier | http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_9e96dcaf-bf9b-48c3-b604-7dd4d0837903 |
| keyword |
[ "CA", "CMGP", "California", "Channel Islands", "Coastal Geology", "Coastal and Marine Geology Program", "Marine Geology", "PCMSC", "Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center", "Point Arguello", "Santa Barbara", "Santa Barbara Basin", "South Vandenberg Reserve", "Southern California", "U.S. Geological Survey", "USGS", "USGS:9e96dcaf-bf9b-48c3-b604-7dd4d0837903", "Ventura", "benthic habitat", "biota", "fisheries", "geology", "geoscientificInformation", "geospatial datasets", "habitat", "habitat mapping", "habitats", "interpretive data layer", "nearshore benthic mapping", "oceans", "sea-floor characteristics", "seafloor" ] |
| modified | 2021-10-20T00:00:00Z |
| publisher |
{ "name": "U.S. Geological Survey", "@type": "org:Organization" } |
| spatial | -120.714813, 34.496220, -120.578331, 34.582474 |
| theme |
[ "geospatial" ] |
| title | SVANHAB -- Habitat polygons for the nearshore Point Arguello study area, South Vandenberg Reserve |
