pw_noaa_all_benthic_habitats eng UTF8 dataset service NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) nccos.webcontent@noaa.gov http://coastalscience.noaa.gov http web browser information pointOfContact 2024-11-14 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) 2 column row area NOAA Shallow-Water Benthic Habitats: Palau 2017-11-22 creation 2017-11-22 issued 2017-11-22 revision org.pacioos pw_noaa_all_benthic_habitats NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) nccos.webcontent@noaa.gov http://coastalscience.noaa.gov http web browser information originator Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) info@pacioos.org http://pacioos.org http web browser information publisher Benthic habitat maps for the nearshore, shallow (< 30 m) coastal waters of the Republic of Palau. NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) produced these data to support coral reef research and management. Habitat regions were digitally identified using visual interpretation of orthorectified satellite imagery with a minimum mapping unit (MMU) of approximately 1 acre. Includes biological cover types, geomorphological structure types, and geographic zones. Eighteen distinct and non-overlapping biological cover types were identified. Habitats or features that cover areas smaller than the minimal mapping unit of 1 acre were not considered. For example, uncolonized sand halos surrounding coral patch reefs are too small to be mapped independently. Cover type refers only to the predominant biological component colonizing the surface of the feature and does not address location (e.g., on the shelf or in the lagoon). The cover types are defined in a collapsible hierarchy ranging from eight major classes (live coral, seagrass, macroalgae, encrusting/coralline algae, turf algae, emergent vegetation, uncolonized, and unknown), combined with a density modifier representing the percentage of the predominant cover type (10%-<50% sparse, 50%-<90% patchy, 90%-100% continuous). Similarly, 14 distinct and non-overlapping geomorphological structure types were identified. The structure types are defined in a collapsible hierarchy ranging from four major classes (coral reef and hardbottom, unconsolidated sediment, other delineations, and unknown), to thirteen detailed classes: sand, mud, spur and groove, individual and aggregated patch reef, aggregate reef, scattered coral/rock in unconsolidated sediment, pavement, rock/boulder (volcanic and carbonate), reef rubble, pavement with sand channels, artificial, and unknown. Lastly, 13 mutually exclusive geographic zones were identified from land to open water corresponding to typical insular shelf and coral reef geomorphology. These zones include: shoreline intertidal, vertical wall (none identified), lagoon, back reef, reef flat, reef crest, fore reef, bank/shelf, bank/shelf escarpment, channel, dredged (since this condition eliminates natural geomorphology), unknown, and land. Zone refers only to each benthic community's location and does not address substrate or cover types within. For example, the lagoon zone may include patch reefs, sand, and seagrass beds; however, these are considered structural elements that may or may not occur within the lagoon zone and therefore, are not used to define it. PacIOOS provides timely, reliable, and accurate ocean information to support a safe, clean, productive ocean and resilient coastal zone in the U.S. Pacific Islands region. The Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) is funded through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as a Regional Association within the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). PacIOOS is coordinated by the University of Hawaii School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST). NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) nccos.webcontent@noaa.gov http://coastalscience.noaa.gov http web browser information pointOfContact http://pacioos.org/metadata/browse/pw_noaa_all_benthic_habitats.png Sample image. Earth Science > Biological Classification > Plants > Angiosperms (Flowering Plants) > Monocots > Seagrass Earth Science > Biosphere > Aquatic Ecosystems > Benthic Habitat Earth Science > Biosphere > Vegetation Earth Science > Land Surface > Geomorphology > Coastal Landforms/Processes Earth Science > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs Earth Science > Solid Earth > Geomorphic Landforms/Processes > Coastal Landforms > Coral Reefs Earth Science > Solid Earth > Geomorphic Landforms/Processes > Coastal Landforms > Coral Reefs > Patch Reef theme GCMD Science Keywords Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Micronesia > Palau place GCMD Location Keywords PacIOOS > Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System project GCMD Project Keywords PacIOOS > Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System dataCenter GCMD Data Center Keywords The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, University of Hawaii, PacIOOS, NOAA, State of Hawaii nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information. Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) largerWorkCitation project eng biota oceans 1 134.114351433314 134.727844209799 6.8846870560915 8.21777490069951 NOAA Shallow-Water Benthic Habitats: Palau 2017-11-22 creation 2017-11-22 issued 2017-11-22 revision NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) nccos.webcontent@noaa.gov http://coastalscience.noaa.gov http web browser information originator Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) info@pacioos.org http://pacioos.org http web browser information publisher Benthic habitat maps for the nearshore, shallow (< 30 m) coastal waters of the Republic of Palau. NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) produced these data to support coral reef research and management. Habitat regions were digitally identified using visual interpretation of orthorectified satellite imagery with a minimum mapping unit (MMU) of approximately 1 acre. Includes biological cover types, geomorphological structure types, and geographic zones. Eighteen distinct and non-overlapping biological cover types were identified. Habitats or features that cover areas smaller than the minimal mapping unit of 1 acre were not considered. For example, uncolonized sand halos surrounding coral patch reefs are too small to be mapped independently. Cover type refers only to the predominant biological component colonizing the surface of the feature and does not address location (e.g., on the shelf or in the lagoon). The cover types are defined in a collapsible hierarchy ranging from eight major classes (live coral, seagrass, macroalgae, encrusting/coralline algae, turf algae, emergent vegetation, uncolonized, and unknown), combined with a density modifier representing the percentage of the predominant cover type (10%-<50% sparse, 50%-<90% patchy, 90%-100% continuous). Similarly, 14 distinct and non-overlapping geomorphological structure types were identified. The structure types are defined in a collapsible hierarchy ranging from four major classes (coral reef and hardbottom, unconsolidated sediment, other delineations, and unknown), to thirteen detailed classes: sand, mud, spur and groove, individual and aggregated patch reef, aggregate reef, scattered coral/rock in unconsolidated sediment, pavement, rock/boulder (volcanic and carbonate), reef rubble, pavement with sand channels, artificial, and unknown. Lastly, 13 mutually exclusive geographic zones were identified from land to open water corresponding to typical insular shelf and coral reef geomorphology. These zones include: shoreline intertidal, vertical wall (none identified), lagoon, back reef, reef flat, reef crest, fore reef, bank/shelf, bank/shelf escarpment, channel, dredged (since this condition eliminates natural geomorphology), unknown, and land. Zone refers only to each benthic community's location and does not address substrate or cover types within. For example, the lagoon zone may include patch reefs, sand, and seagrass beds; however, these are considered structural elements that may or may not occur within the lagoon zone and therefore, are not used to define it. Open Geospatial Consortium Web Feature Service (WFS) 1 134.114351433314 134.727844209799 6.8846870560915 8.21777490069951 tight GetCapabilities https://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/PACIOOS/pw_noaa_all_benthic_habitats/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetCapabilities OGC:WFS OGC-WFS Open Geospatial Consortium Web Feature Service (WFS). Supported WFS versions include 1.0.0, 1.1.0, and 2.0.0. Supported output formats include CSV, GeoJSON, GeoJSON-P, GML, KML, and Shapefile (Zipped). download NOAA Shallow-Water Benthic Habitats: Palau 2017-11-22 creation 2017-11-22 issued 2017-11-22 revision NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) nccos.webcontent@noaa.gov http://coastalscience.noaa.gov http web browser information originator Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) info@pacioos.org http://pacioos.org http web browser information publisher Benthic habitat maps for the nearshore, shallow (< 30 m) coastal waters of the Republic of Palau. NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) produced these data to support coral reef research and management. Habitat regions were digitally identified using visual interpretation of orthorectified satellite imagery with a minimum mapping unit (MMU) of approximately 1 acre. Includes biological cover types, geomorphological structure types, and geographic zones. Eighteen distinct and non-overlapping biological cover types were identified. Habitats or features that cover areas smaller than the minimal mapping unit of 1 acre were not considered. For example, uncolonized sand halos surrounding coral patch reefs are too small to be mapped independently. Cover type refers only to the predominant biological component colonizing the surface of the feature and does not address location (e.g., on the shelf or in the lagoon). The cover types are defined in a collapsible hierarchy ranging from eight major classes (live coral, seagrass, macroalgae, encrusting/coralline algae, turf algae, emergent vegetation, uncolonized, and unknown), combined with a density modifier representing the percentage of the predominant cover type (10%-<50% sparse, 50%-<90% patchy, 90%-100% continuous). Similarly, 14 distinct and non-overlapping geomorphological structure types were identified. The structure types are defined in a collapsible hierarchy ranging from four major classes (coral reef and hardbottom, unconsolidated sediment, other delineations, and unknown), to thirteen detailed classes: sand, mud, spur and groove, individual and aggregated patch reef, aggregate reef, scattered coral/rock in unconsolidated sediment, pavement, rock/boulder (volcanic and carbonate), reef rubble, pavement with sand channels, artificial, and unknown. Lastly, 13 mutually exclusive geographic zones were identified from land to open water corresponding to typical insular shelf and coral reef geomorphology. These zones include: shoreline intertidal, vertical wall (none identified), lagoon, back reef, reef flat, reef crest, fore reef, bank/shelf, bank/shelf escarpment, channel, dredged (since this condition eliminates natural geomorphology), unknown, and land. Zone refers only to each benthic community's location and does not address substrate or cover types within. For example, the lagoon zone may include patch reefs, sand, and seagrass beds; however, these are considered structural elements that may or may not occur within the lagoon zone and therefore, are not used to define it. Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS) 1 134.114351433314 134.727844209799 6.8846870560915 8.21777490069951 tight GetCapabilities https://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/PACIOOS/pw_noaa_all_benthic_habitats/ows?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities OGC:WMS OGC-WMS Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS). Supported WMS versions include 1.1.1 and 1.3.0. Supported map formats include AtomPub, GeoRSS, GeoTIFF, GIF, JPEG, KML/KMZ, PDF, PNG, SVG, and TIFF. Supported info formats include GeoJSON, GeoJSON-P, GML, HTML, and plain text. download acres double Area of benthic habitat polygons in acres. area double Area of benthic habitat polygons in square meters. cover string Concatenated field of major cover and percent cover used. d_struct string Detailed reef structure. geom gml:MultiSurfacePropertyType m_cover string Major biological cover. m_struct string Major reef structure. p_cover string Percent biological cover of major cover type. perimeter double Perimeter of benthic habitat polygons in meters. polygonid int Polygon identifier: an incremental value generated for QA/QC adjacency testing. uniqueid int A four-digit numerical value representing a unique habitat combination of structure and cover attributes. zone string Geomorphologic zone. Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) info@pacioos.org http://pacioos.org http web browser information publisher https://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/ http GeoServer This URL provides access to this dataset via GeoServer, which offers multiple output formats and an OpenLayers viewer. download http://pacioos.org/voyager/index.html?b=6.863136,134.0957,8.227226,134.743893&t=h&o=benth:1::d28l0o90 http PacIOOS Voyager (Google Maps API) This URL provides a viewer and/or data access for this dataset. download http://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/benthic/e102palau/ http Shapefiles: Republic of Palau This NOAA/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Branch website provides documentation and data access to the original benthic habitat Shapefiles for the Republic of Palau. download dataset 2017-11-22T00:00:00Z OGC web services (WMS and WFS) enabled by PacIOOS via GeoServer. Original data from source provider may have been reformatted, reprojected, or adjusted in other ways to optimize these capabilities. This record was translated and enhanced from GeoServer OGC Web Services (OWS) using PacIOOS software.