metadata_po_502736_ps eng; USA utf8 dataset Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch (301) 713-3028 (301) 713-4384 1305 East West Highway, N-SCI-1, SSMC 4, 9th Floor Silver Spring MD 20910 USA Laurie.Bauer@noaa.gov pointOfContact 2024-12-15 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) 3 row 10312 column 67648 vertical 1 point 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 Shallow-Water Benthic Habitats of Southwest Puerto Rico: GeoEye Image po_502736_PS 2012 publication 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 Branch originator NOAA's Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Silver Spring MD publisher imageDigital Please use citation for the written document "Shallow-Water Benthic Habitats of Southwest Puerto Rico." Shallow-water (<30m) benthic habitat maps of the nearshore marine environment of two areas in Southwest Puerto Rico (PR), including the Guanica Bay/La Parguera region on the south coast and the Belvedere reserve on the west coast, were mapped and characterized using visual interpretation of optical remotely sensed imagery. The objective was to provide spatially-explicit information on the habitat types, biological cover and live coral cover of the region’s coral reef ecosystem. These maps will be used to support marine resource management and conservation in the Commonwealth. GeoEye-1 satellite imagery was purchased for the mapping area. Photo-interpreters accurately and reliably delineated boundaries of features from this GeoEye-1 imagery as they appeared on the computer monitor using a software interface. This product served as source information for a fine-scale assessment of the status, abundance, and distribution of marine habitats of Southwest Puerto Rico. 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. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch completed Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch (301) 713-3028 1305 East West Highway, N-SCI-1, SSMC 4, 9th Floor Silver Spring MD 20910 USA Laurie.Bauer@noaa.gov pointOfContact notPlanned CoRIS_Metadata theme NCEI Geoportal Filter coral reef benthic habitats aerial image theme None Mapping Shallow Benthic Habitats of the North East Reserves MPA, Puerto Rico 793 project CRCP Project Environmental Monitoring theme NOS Data Explorer Topic Category Geographic Information > Habitats theme CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Habitats EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Mapping > Habitat Mapping theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus United States U.S. Caribbean Puerto Rico Southwest Guanica Bay La Parguera Belvedere place None OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Puerto Rico (18N066W0000) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Puerto Rico (18N066W0000) place CoRIS Place Thesaurus PR place CoRIS Region Seafloor stratum None 2012 temporal None These data were prepared by an agency of the United States Government (NOAA). 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The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by NOAA in the use of these data or related materials. otherRestrictions Use Constraints: Note: NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION. otherRestrictions Access Constraints: Please cite any use of this data. Shallow-Water Benthic Habitats of Southwest Puerto Rico 2012-01-01 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 Branch originator SHAPEFILE Bauer, L.J., K. Edwards, K.K.W. Roberson, M.S. Kendall, K.K.W. Roberson, S. Tormey, and T. Battista. 2012. Shallow-water benthic habitats of Southwest Puerto Rico. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOAA NOS NCCOS 155. Silver Spring, MD. largerWorkCitation grid eng; USA environment Native Dataset Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.0.1770 -67.44 -67.17 18.06 18.1 2010-09-01 Spectral Bands: These images contain 4 spectral bands Band 1 Blue (positioned & pan-sharpened) Image processing results Band 2 Green (positioned & pan-sharpened) Image processing results Band 3 Red (positioned & pan-sharpened) Image processing results Band 4 Near Infrared (positioned & pan-sharpened) Image processing results img Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch (301) 713-3028 (301) 713-4384 1305 East West Highway, N-SCI-1, SSMC 4, 9th Floor Silver Spring MD 20910 USA Laurie.Bauer@noaa.gov distributor None 5950 https://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/benthic/e92swpr/default.aspx download dataset The image was pansharpened, georeferenced and co-registered These data are believed to be logically consistent, although not tested. ENVI 4.6.1 software was used to derive a high-resolution, pansharpened and georeferenced dataset. For each scene, ENVI’s “Pan Sharpening” tool created a full-color image at the panchromatic band’s resolution (0.41 m). This image fusion tool merges the spectral signatures of the input color bands while using the panchromatic band to enhance the spatial features, two useful outcomes for the photointerpreter. Subsequently, geo-referencing was performed using ENVI’s “Orthorectify GeoEye-1 with Ground Control” module. The ground control points (GCP’s) were fixed ground features visible in the imagery that are used along with the satellite’s ephemeris data to link the image pixels to a coordinate system. NOAA scientists occupied and logged these points using a L1 Trimble GeoXT mapping grade GPS unit, and accuracy was enhanced by adjusting to the continuously-operating base station (PRMI CORS) located on Magueyes Island, PR. Due to the difficulty of obtaining precise positions for submerged features, only ground control points for terrestrial features were collected. Also as part of this module, terrain displacement was corrected for using the U.S. Geological Survey’s Digital Elevation Model (DEM). Once individually orthorectified, the scenes from each acquisition were geographically matched tightly to one another using ENVI’s “Warp From GCPs: Image to Image” tool. 2010-01-01T00:00:00 Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch (301) 713-3028 1305 East West Highway, N-SCI-1, SSMC 4, 9th Floor Silver Spring MD 20910 USA Laurie.Bauer@noaa.gov processor Source Contribution: Used to identify and digitize benthic habitats of Southwest Puerto RicoSource Type: Raster image GeoEye-1 imagery 2010-01-01 publication Geoeye 2325 Dulles Corner Boulevard Herndon, VA 20171 publisher GeoEye originator 2010-01-01 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 2025-03-24T17:23:41.146Z Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch (301) 713-3028 (301) 713-4384 1305 East West Highway, N-SCI-1, SSMC 4, 9th Floor Silver Spring MD 20910 USA Laurie.Bauer@noaa.gov pointOfContact