metadata_vieques_benthic_habitats eng; USA utf8 dataset Laurie J. Bauer National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch Marine Ecologist/Primary Map Creator 301-713-3028 301-713-4384 1305 East West Highway Silver Spring MD 20910 laurie.bauer@noaa.gov 0800 - 1700, Monday to Friday, EST pointOfContact 2024-12-15 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) G-Polygon 3244 World Geodetic System 1984 WGS 84 2007-08-27 revision https://epsg.org/crs_4326/WGS-84.html WGS 84 GML of World Geodetic System 1984 coordinate reference system. information resourceProvider European Petroleum Survey Group https://epsg.org/home.html European Petroleum Survey Group Geodetic Parameter Registry Registry that accesses the EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset, which is a structured dataset of Coordinate Reference Systems and Coordinate Transformations. search publisher urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 Vieques, Puerto Rico Benthic Habitat Maps derived from 2006-2008 IKONOS imagery and orthophotography 2010 publication Laurie Bauer, NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Branch originator NOAA's Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Silver Spring MD publisher mapDigital Please use citation for the written document "Benthic Habitats of Vieques, Puerto Rico" when using these data. Benthic habitat maps of the nearshore marine environment of Vieques, Puerto Rico were created by visual interpretation of remotely sensed imagery. The objective of this effort, conducted by NOAA's Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment - Biogeography Branch in partnership with NOAA's Offic of Response and Restoration, was to provide spatially-explicit information on the habitat types, biological cover and live coral cover of Vieques' coral reef ecosystem. This product served as source information for a fine-scale assessment of the status, abundance, and distribution of marine habitats of Vieques. The NOAA effort provides resource managers and researchers with increased technical capacity for ocean exploration, management, and stewardship. Direct implications to management measures include evaluation of management efficacy, a spatial framework for improved monitoring sampling design, improved assessment of human-use impacts, and marine spatial planning to support alternative marine protected area boundary alternatives. completed Laurie Bauer NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Branch (301) 713 - 3028 1305 East West Highway Silver Spring MD 20910 U.S.A. pointOfContact notPlanned CoRIS_Metadata theme NCEI Geoportal Filter coral reef benthic habitats reef submerged aquatic vegetation unconsolidated sediments zone geomorphological structure biological cover theme None Geographic Information > Habitats theme CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Benthic Habitat EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Mapping > Habitat Mapping EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Habitats EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Coral Cover theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Vieques Island > Vieques Island (18N065W0002) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Vieques > Vieques Island (18N065W0002) place CoRIS Place Thesaurus United States Puerto Rico Vieques place None PR place CoRIS Region The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) is publishing this data on their website. NCCOS Biogeography Branch does not guarantee the accuracy of the geographic features or attributes. Please see the written report and metadata records for each data set for complete information on the source, limitations, and proper use. otherRestrictions Use Constraints: Not for navigation. otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None Benthic Habitats of Vieques, Puerto Rico 2010-01-01 publication NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Silver Spring MD publisher Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Program originator documentDigital Bauer, L.J., M.S. Kendall, A.G. Zitello, and T. Battista. 2010. Benthic Habitats of Vieques, Puerto Rico. pp. 9-46. In: Bauer and Kendall (eds.), An Ecological Characterization of the Marine Resources of Vieques, Puerto Rico Part II: Field Studies of Habitats, Nutrients, Contaminants, Fish, and Benthic Communities. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 110. Silver Spring, MD. 174 pp. largerWorkCitation vector eng; USA environment biota Native Dataset Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.0.1770 -65.629827 -65.241154 18.047328 18.205879 2006-01-01 2008-01-01 Attribute Table for Benthic Habitat Map of Vieques: Shapefile attribute table FID Internal feature number. Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. Coordinates defining the features. UniqueID A distinct identifier used to define each unique combination of habitat characteristics Specific code used for NOAA coral reef habitat maps | Described in "Benthic Habitats of Vieques, Puerto Rico" (Bauer et al. 2010) Area Calculated feature area Area of feature in square meters. Perimeter Calculated feature perimeter Length of feature perimeter in meters Zone Geographic zone Unknown Maj_Struct Major Geomorphological Structure Unknown Det_Struct Detailed Geomorphological Structure Unknown Maj_Cover Major Biological Cover Unknown P_Maj_Cov Percent Patchiness of Major Biological Cover Unknown P_Coral_Cv Percent Cover of Live Coral Unknown P_Hard Percent Hardbottom Unknown Cover Concatenation of Major Biological Cover and Percent Major Biological Cover Unknown Entity and Attribute Overview: Specific details of the attributes and values therein can be found in "Benthic Habitats of Vieques, Puerto Rico" (Bauer et al. 2010) Entity and Attribute Detail Citation: Bauer, L.J., M.S. Kendall, A.G. Zitello, and T. Battista. 2010. Benthic Habitats of Vieques, Puerto Rico. pp. 9-46. In: Bauer and Kendall (eds.), An Ecological Characterization of the Marine Resources of Vieques, Puerto Rico Part II: Field Studies of Habitats, Nutrients, Contaminants, Fish, and Benthic Communities. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 110. Silver Spring, MD. 174 pp. ESRI Shapefile National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Program 301-713-3028 301-713-4384 1305 East West Highway Silver Spring MD 20910 laurie.bauer@noaa.gov 0800 - 1700, Monday to Friday, EST distributor None 5.672 https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/ecological-characterization-marine-resources-vieques-puerto-rico/ download dataset Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report 3001, Inc., the imagery acquiring firm, reported 1:4,800 scale RMSE accuracy of 1.25 m for the orthophotography, but NOAA calculations with known ground control locations resulted in RMSE accuracy of 2.15 m. It is believed that polygon horizontal accuracies are inherited from the source imagery. Delineation of all habitat boundaries was conducted with the image scale at 1:4,000. This ensured that the level of detail produced by the photo interpreter was uniform throughout the project. The minimum mapping unit (MMU) for identifying habitats or features was 1,000 square meters. The software utilized in this project was designed to alert the photo interpreter each time a polygon was drawn smaller than the a MMU; at which point the polygon was then aggregated with the most logical adjacent polygon. IKONOS sattelite imagery was the primary imagery source used for delineating benthic habitats in Vieques. IKONOS satellite imagery was geo-positioned, pan sharpened and deglinted by NOAA. During the digitizing process, image stretches and manipulating image contrast, brightness and color balance were performed in ArcGIS to enhance features in the processed imagery. True-color digital orthophotography obtained with an ADS40 digital sensor was the secondary imagery source used for delineating benthic habitats of Vieques. Orthophotography provided by 3001, Inc., on contract to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was obtained in September and October of 2007 with a one foot ground sample distance (GSD), flight height of 8,650 feet, and 30% sidelap. GIS topologic quality was established by executing ArcGIS extension routines that check for: overlapping polygons, multipart polygons, sliver polygons and void polygons. Additionally checks for adjacent polygons with the same habitat attributes were completed. All errors were identified and corrected. This file is believed to be logically consistent. 1) Imagery Acquisition - The first step in map creation was the acquisition and processing of a comprehensive dataset of remotely sensed imagery. All imagery was geo-positioned to ensure acceptable spatial accuracy in the mapping product. In the case of Vieques, two separate data types were used (color orthophotography and IKONOS satellite imagery) in order to capture the full mappable extent using optical techniques. 2008-01-01T00:00:00 Tim A. Battista NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Branch Lead Scientist (301) 713 - 3028 1305 East West Highway Silver Spring MD 20910 U.S.A. tim.battista@noaa.gov processor 2) Habitat Boundary Delineation - A first draft benthic habitat map was generated by delineating all features that could be identified by visual inspection of the remotely sensed imagery. During the creation of this first draft, the interpreter placed discrete points on the map that were difficult to distinguish and that warranted further field investigation. These sites were labeled as "ground validation" positions. 2008-01-01T00:00:00 Laurie J. Bauer National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch Marine Ecologist/Primary Map Creator 301-713-3028 301-713-4384 1305 East West Highway Silver Spring MD 20910 laurie.bauer@noaa.gov 0800 - 1700, Monday to Friday, EST processor 3) Ground Validation - NOAA field scientists explored the ground validation locations with a suite of assessment techniques depending on the conditions at each site. A combination of underwater video, free diving, snorkeling and surface observations were used to survey the ecological characteristics at each location. This information was analyzed and the initial maps were edited to generate a second draft map. 2008-01-01T00:00:00 Laurie J. Bauer National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch Marine Ecologist/Primary Map Creator 301-713-3028 301-713-4384 1305 East West Highway Silver Spring MD 20910 laurie.bauer@noaa.gov 0800 - 1700, Monday to Friday, EST processor 4) Expert Review - The draft map was then distributed to local experts for review. Comments were integrated into the map products to generate a final draft map. 2008-01-01T00:00:00 Laurie J. Bauer National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch Marine Ecologist/Primary Map Creator 301-713-3028 301-713-4384 1305 East West Highway Silver Spring MD 20910 laurie.bauer@noaa.gov 0800 - 1700, Monday to Friday, EST processor 5) Accuracy Assessment - An independent team of NOAA scientists not associated with map creation, conducted field investigations at pre-defined locations to assess the accuracy of the final draft map. Locations were generated with a stratified random sampling design that allowed for a statistically rigorous assessment of map accuracy. 2008-01-01T00:00:00 Matt S. Kendall NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Branch 301-713-4388 1305 East West Highway Silver Spring MD 20910 U.S.A. matt.kendall@noaa.gov processor 6) Final Products Creation - A final benthic habitat map for Vieques was generated by correcting inaccuracies elucidated by the accuracy assessment. Additionally, all associated datasets, including GIS files, field video and metadata were packaged and provided to project partners and the public. 2010-01-01T00:00:00 Laurie J. Bauer National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch Marine Ecologist/Primary Map Creator 301-713-3028 301-713-4384 1305 East West Highway Silver Spring MD 20910 laurie.bauer@noaa.gov 0800 - 1700, Monday to Friday, EST processor Source Contribution: This report describes the habitat classification scheme used to classifiy habitat features. The Vieques habitat classification scheme defines benthic communities on the basis of four primary coral reef ecosystem attributes: 1) broad geographic zone, 2) geomorphological structure type, 3) dominant biological cover, 4) degree of live coral cover, and 5) percent hardbottom. Source Type: report Benthic Habitats of Vieques, Puerto Rico 2010-01-01 publication NOAA's Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Silver Spring MD publisher Bauer, L.J., M.S. Kendall, A.G. Zitello, and T. Battista. 2010. originator documentDigital Bauer, L.J., M.S. Kendall, A.G. Zitello, and T. Battista. 2010. Benthic Habitats of Vieques, Puerto Rico. pp. 9-46. In: Bauer and Kendall (eds.), An Ecological Characterization of the Marine Resources of Vieques, Puerto Rico Part II: Field Studies of Habitats, Nutrients, Contaminants, Fish, and Benthic Communities. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 110. Silver Spring, MD. 174 pp. 2010-01-01 Source Contribution: This ArcGIS extension was used to digitize and attribute benthic zones, structure and biological cover of this map. Source Type: computer program NOAA Habitat Digitizer Extension 2009-01-01 publication NOAA's Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Silver Spring MD publisher Ken Buja originator https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/habitat-digitizer-extension/ NOAA. 2009. Habitat Digitizer Extension. NOAA Biogeography Branch. Silver Spring, MD. Available: https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/habitat-digitizer-extension/. 2009-01-01 Source Contribution: Used to identify and digitize benthic habitats of Vieques, Puerto Rico. Source Type: raster digital data IKONOS Satellite Imagery 2008-01-01 publication Space Imaging Inc. Thornton CO publisher Space Imaging Inc. originator imageDigital This imagery was obtained at a 4 m pixel resolution, deglinted and pan sharpened. 2006-01-01 2008-01-01 Source Contribution: Used to identify and digitize benthic habitats of Vieques, Puerto Rico. Source Type: raster digital data Orthophotography 2007-01-01 publication 3001, Inc. 401 Dividend Drive Suite K, Peachtree City, GA 30269 publisher 3001, Inc. originator imageDigital Imagery acquired on contract to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2006-11-01 2007-03-01 annually This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata standard (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using the 2016-01-11 version of the FGDC RSE to ISO 19115-2 transform. Translated from FGDC 2025-03-24T17:24:50.724Z Last Metadata Review Date: 2010-06-22 Laurie J. Bauer National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch Marine Ecologist/Primary Map Creator 301-713-3028 301-713-4384 1305 East West Highway Silver Spring MD 20910 laurie.bauer@noaa.gov 0800 - 1700, Monday to Friday, EST pointOfContact