gov.noaa.nodc:0241110 eng utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2026-05-05T21:11:37Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) NCCOS spatial modeling of threatened Caribbean corals: presence-only modeling for threatened Orbicella species from the nearshore to the mesophotic from 2007-01-01 to 2018-12-31 (NCEI Accession 0241110) 2021-09-24 publication 2021-09-14 creation International DOI Foundation (IDF) 10.25921/t8h6-rb47 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0241110 NCEI Archive Management System 0241110 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher Katharine Egan NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) katharine.egan@noaa.gov https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information resourceProvider NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Katharine Egan Consolidated Safety Services-Dynamac (CSS) katharine.egan@noaa.gov https://www.css-inc.com/ HTTPS Consolidated Safety Services-Dynamac (CSS) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Shay Viehman NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) shay.viehman@noaa.gov https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Katharine Egan Consolidated Safety Services-Dynamac (CSS) katharine.egan@noaa.gov https://www.css-inc.com/ HTTPS Consolidated Safety Services-Dynamac (CSS) website Institution web page information pointOfContact NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) NCCOS Data Manager nccos.data@noaa.gov https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information pointOfContact Daniel Holstein Louisiana State University (LSU) collaborator Matthew Poti NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information collaborator Sarah Groves NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information collaborator Tyler Smith University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) https://www.uvi.edu/ HTTPS University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) website Institution web page information collaborator Yi-Hsiu Chen NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information collaborator Egan, Katharine author Viehman, Shay author Holstein, Daniel author Poti, Matthew NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science author Groves, Sarah author Smith, Tyler author tableDigital This dataset is a compilation of modeled spatial distributions of Threatened corals, Orbicella annularis (lobed star coral) and Orbicella faveolata (mountainous star coral)/Orbicella franksi (boulder star coral). in the shallow and upper mesophotic waters (0 – 60 meters depth) on the eastern Puerto Rico shelf (encompassing St. Thomas and St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands and the partial waters around Culebra and Vieques, Puerto Rico). Models for O. faveolata/O. franksi were combined into one model. All three Orbicella spp. area listed as Threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. The raster datasets contain predicted probability of occurrence and prediction uncertainty for O. annularis and O. faveolata/O. franksi at four different model extents: • 0 – 60 meter depth model: Orbicella spp. models encompassing the entire modeling region, both shallow and mesophotic depths from 0 to 60 meters (capped at 60 meters for Orbicella spp. known depth range in this region) • 0 – 60 meter depth south shore only model: Orbicella spp. models of the south shore only removal of the mesophotic depths of the north shore, north of St. Thomas and St. John, USVI • Shallow only model (0 – 30 meter depth): Orbicella spp. models of the shallow waters only, removal of the mesophotic depths • Mesophotic only model (30 – 60 meter depth: Models of O. faveolata/O. franksi at mesophotic depths only remove of the shallow depths Models were conducted using a presence/background sample model, which involves the use of presence-only data. Maximum entropy modeling was used specifically, initiated through the Java software program, MaxEnt. Orbicellid corals (genus: Orbicella) are primary reef-building corals throughout the Caribbean in shallow and mesophotic coral ecosystems, and the three species in this genus are also listed as Threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. There is a poor understanding of where they occur, which limits population monitoring and management. Orbicella spp. can also be used as a proxy for identifying mesophotic coral reef habitat (> 30 meter depth), as they are abundant in these ecosystems throughout the Caribbean. The probability of occurrence for Orbicella annularis and Orbicella faveolata/Orbicella franksi (combined) from shallow to mesophotic depths (0 – 60 meters) on the eastern Puerto Rico shelf was predicted using maximum entropy models, a presence/background sample modeling technique. The goals of our study were 1) to predict probability of occurrence for Orbicella spp. along the eastern Puerto Rico shelf and 2) to identify how abiotic environmental factors constrain that habitat based on varying model extents. The data in this accession were funded by the Virgin Islands Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research under award NSF #0814417 to the University of the Virgin Islands; and the National Science Foundation Scholarship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics under award NSF #1356632 to the University of the Virgin Islands. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Marine Spatial Ecology > Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments theme NCCOS Research Areas Derived Data Product Geospatial Model theme NCCOS Research Data Types Derived Data Product Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments Geospatial Data Marine Spatial Ecology Model Data Orbicella annularis Orbicella faveolata Orbicella franksi Probability of Occurrence Uncertainty theme Provider Keywords Models/Analyses > Data Analyses > Environmental Modeling instrument Provider Instruments NOAA Ship Nancy Foster platform Provider Platform Names OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian U.S. States and Territories > Puerto Rico U.S. States and Territories > U.S. Virgin Islands Waterbodies > Caribbean Sea place NCCOS Regions of Study Culebra Puerto Rico St. John St. Thomas U.S. Virgin Islands Vieques place Provider Place Names MNKXUJ Send2NCEI Submission Package ID accessLevel: Public otherRestrictions Cite as: Egan, Katharine; Viehman, Shay; Holstein, Daniel; Poti, Matthew; Groves, Sarah; Smith, Tyler (2021). NCCOS spatial modeling of threatened Caribbean corals: presence-only modeling for threatened Orbicella species from the nearshore to the mesophotic from 2007-01-01 to 2018-12-31 (NCEI Accession 0241110). [indicate subset used]. 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Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0131859. 2016-06-07 publication NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0131859 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0131859 HTTPS https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0131859 NCEI Accession 0131855 information Battista, Tim NOAA Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA) Tim.Battista@noaa.gov https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information author National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration https://www.noaa.gov/ HTTPS National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) website Institution web page information author NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) publisher tableDigital crossReference collection Battista, Timothy; Stecher, Michael; Costa, Bryan; Sautter, Will; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (2017). Water Depth and acoustic backscatter data collected from NOAA Ship Nancy Foster in the US Caribbean/ Puerto Rico and St. Thomas from 2016-04-07 to 2016-04-26 (NCEI Accession 0157612). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.7289/v5rx9945. 2017-01-17 publication International DOI Foundation (IDF) https://doi.org/10.7289/v5rx9945 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0157612 https://doi.org/10.7289/v5rx9945 HTTPS https://doi.org/10.7289/v5rx9945 NCEI Accession 0157612 information Battista, Timothy NOAA National Ocean Service (NOS) Tim.Battista@noaa.gov author Stecher, Michael author Costa, Bryan NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) bryan.costa@noaa.gov https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information author Sautter, Will NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information author National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration https://www.noaa.gov/ HTTPS National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) website Institution web page information author NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) publisher tableDigital crossReference collection USVI TCRMP publication https://sites.google.com/site/usvitcrmp/ HTTPS U.S. Virgin Islands Territorial Coral Reef Monitoring Program(TCRMP) Downloadable Data Sources information U.S. Virgin Islands Territorial Coral Reef Monitoring Program(TCRMP) author U.S. Virgin Islands Territorial Coral Reef Monitoring Program(TCRMP) publisher crossReference project Costa, Bryan; Kracker, Laura; Battista, Tim; Sautter, Will; Mabrouk, Ayman; Edwards, Kimberly; Taylor, Chris; Ebert, Erik (2018). NCCOS Assessment: Benthic Habitat Map for the Insular Shelf South of St. Thomas and St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands (NCEI Accession 0170098). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.7289/v5930rfv. 2018-01-24 publication International DOI Foundation (IDF) https://doi.org/10.7289/v5930rfv NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0170098 https://doi.org/10.7289/v5930rfv HTTPS https://doi.org/10.7289/v5930rfv NCEI Accession 0170098 information Costa, Bryan NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science bryan.costa@noaa.gov https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information author Kracker, Laura NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information author Battista, Tim NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Tim.Battista@noaa.gov https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information author Sautter, Will NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information author Mabrouk, Ayman NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information author Edwards, Kimberly NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science kimberly.edwards@noaa.gov https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information author Taylor, Chris NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science chris.taylor@noaa.gov https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information author Ebert, Erik NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information author NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) publisher tableDigital crossReference collection National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, 2017: NCCOS Assessment: Underwater Video for Ground Validation and Accuracy Assessment of Benthic Habitat Maps of the Insular Shelf South of St. Thomas and St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, 2010-03-20 to 2017-02-10, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/50381. 2017-11 publication gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:50381 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/50381 HTTPS https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/50381 Downloadable Data Sources information NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information publisher tableDigital crossReference collection NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (2018). National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of coral reef benthic communities in the U.S. Virgin Islands. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.7289/v5ww7fqk. 2018-09-20 publication International DOI Foundation (IDF) https://doi.org/10.7289/v5ww7fqk NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:NCRMP-Benthic-USVI https://doi.org/10.7289/v5ww7fqk HTTPS https://doi.org/10.7289/v5ww7fqk Downloadable Data Sources information NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information author NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) publisher tableDigital crossReference collection NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science; NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (2018). National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of coral reef benthic communities in Puerto Rico. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.7289/v5pg1q23. 2018-03-07 publication International DOI Foundation (IDF) https://doi.org/10.7289/v5pg1q23 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:NCRMP-Benthic-PR https://doi.org/10.7289/v5pg1q23 HTTPS https://doi.org/10.7289/v5pg1q23 Downloadable Data Sources information NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information author NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center HTTPS NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS/SEFSC) website Institution web page information author NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) publisher tableDigital crossReference collection Chen, Yi-Hsiu; Viehman, Shay; Shertzer, Kyle; Egan, Katharine; Groves, Sarah (2020). NCCOS spatial modeling of threatened Caribbean corals: process-based models for Acropora palmata (elkhorn coral) distributions in the U.S. Virgin Islands (NCEI Accession 0220087). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/61by-cw46. 2020-11-02 publication International DOI Foundation (IDF) https://doi.org/10.25921/61by-cw46 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0220087 https://doi.org/10.25921/61by-cw46 HTTPS https://doi.org/10.25921/61by-cw46 NCEI Accession 0220087 information Chen, Yi-Hsiu author Viehman, Shay NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information author Shertzer, Kyle author Egan, Katharine author Groves, Sarah author NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) publisher tableDigital crossReference collection Spatial Predictive Modeling of Threatened ESA Corals in the U.S. Atlantic and Caribbean 2015 publication https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/spatial-predictive-modeling-threatened-esa-corals-u-s-atlantic-caribbean/ HTTPS https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/spatial-predictive-modeling-threatened-esa-corals-u-s-atlantic-caribbean/ National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) project page information NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information publisher documentDigital crossReference project Seafloor Characterization of the U.S. Caribbean 2004 publication https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/seafloor-characterization-caribbean/ HTTPS https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/seafloor-characterization-caribbean/ National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) project page information NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information publisher documentDigital crossReference project Developing A Benthic Habitat Map for the Insular Shelf South of St. Thomas and St. John 2014 publication https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/habitat-map-insular-shelf-south-of-st-thomas-st-john/ HTTPS https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/habitat-map-insular-shelf-south-of-st-thomas-st-john/ National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) project page information NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information publisher documentDigital crossReference project National Coral Reef Monitoring Program Implementation: Biological and Socioeconomic Monitoring 2013 publication https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/national-coral-reef-monitoring-program-biological-socioeconomic/ HTTPS https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/national-coral-reef-monitoring-program-biological-socioeconomic/ National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) project page information NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information publisher documentDigital crossReference project NOAA’s National Coral Reef Monitoring Program publication https://coralreef.noaa.gov/topics/national-coral-reef-monitoring-program HTTPS NOAA’s National Coral Reef Monitoring Program Associated Online Resources download NOAA’s National Coral Reef Monitoring Program author NOAA’s National Coral Reef Monitoring Program publisher crossReference project eng; USA utf8 environment oceans biota -66.01531 -64.571651 17.891265 18.732052 2007-01-01 2018-12-31 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information +1-301-713-3277 ncei.info@noaa.gov pointOfContact In most cases, electronic downloads of the data are free. 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You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). download dataset NCEI Accession 0241110 v1.1 was published. 2021-09-24T12:29:17Z NCEI Accession 0241110 v1.1 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0241110/1.1 HTTPS NCEI Accession 0241110 v1.1 published 2021-09-24T12:29:17Z download dataset Parameter or Variable: Probability of Occurrence (calculated); Units: unitless; Observation Category: model output; Sampling Instrument: Models/Analyses > Data Analyses > Environmental Modeling; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Probability of occurrence for Orbicella annularis and Orbicella faveolata/Orbicella franksi were calculated by averaging ten maximum entropy modeling predictions using the Java version of MaxEnt. Using environmental predictors and presence-only data of Orbicella spp., MaxEnt creates a model and produces predicted distribution maps for the species being modeled. Each grid cell of the predicted distribution map demonstrates the probability of that species (in this case, Orbicella spp.) occurring within that grid cell. The normal output is habitat suitability, but prevalence of the species within the modeled region was used as a parameter in the model, converting the grids to probability of occurrence. These data are unitless. Habitat suitability maps have values ranging from 0 – 1, but probability of occurrence maps are displayed as a percentage of 0 – 100%. For more details, see Egan et al. (2021).; Data Quality Method: Model performance was assessed via discrimination capacity, which is the ability of the model to correctly distinguish between presences and background samples. This is represented by the area under the receiver operative characteristic curve (AUC). Performance was also assessed using reliability, of the agreement between predicted and observed values. Reliability is represented by mean absolute error (MAE). Model uncertainty was quantified to provide some indication of how sampling variability and model structure may have influenced the predicted distributions Uncertainty maps for each coral group’s model replicates were created by taking the standard error among the ten replicate cloglog spatial distribution maps, and were assessed visually for areas of high uncertainty. For more details, see Egan et al. (2021). Parameter or Variable: Uncertainty (calculated); Units: unitless; Observation Category: model output; Sampling Instrument: Models/Analyses > Data Analyses > Environmental Modeling; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Uncertainty of the predicted probability of Orbicella spp. occurrence was calculated by creating a grid and taking the standard error of the ten replicate model runs. Uncertainty maps were assessed visually to determine areas of high model uncertainty between each of the replicate model runs. For more details, see Egan et al. 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