Metadata_Benthic_Habitat_Map 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 Project Manager - Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP): Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico Special Emphasis Watershed Partnership (301) 713-3028 (301) 713-4384 1305 East West Highway, N-SCI-1, SSMC 4, 9th Floor Silver Spring MD 20910 USA 0800 - 1700, Monday to Friday, EST Contact info is for CCMA general reception. Please ask for current project manager of Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP): Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico Special Emphasis Watershed Partnership 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 1940 North American Datum 1983 NAD83 2007-01-19 revision https://epsg.org/crs_4269/NAD83.html NAD83 Link to Geographic Markup Language (GML) description of 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::4269 Shallow-water Benthic Habitats in Jobos Bay 2010 publication 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 Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP): Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico Special Emphasis Watershed Partnership project technical memorandum Shallow-water (<30m) benthic habitat maps of the nearshore marine environment of Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico were mapped and characterized using visual interpretation of optical and acoustic 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 National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS), was to provide spatially-explicit information on the habitat types, biological cover and live coral cover of Jobos Bay's coral reef ecosystem. This product provides a fine-scale assessment of the status, abundance, and distribution of marine habitats of Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico. The NOAA effort provides the National Estuarine Research Reserve System 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 Project Manager - Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP): Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico Special Emphasis Watershed Partnership (301) 713-3028 (301) 713-4384 1305 East West Highway, N-SCI-1, SSMC 4, 9th Floor Silver Spring MD 20910 USA Contact info is for CCMA general reception. Please ask for current project manager of Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP): Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico Special Emphasis Watershed Partnership pointOfContact notPlanned CoRIS_Metadata theme NCEI Geoportal Filter Geographic Information > Backscatter Geographic Information > Bathymetry Map Images > Backscatter Map Images > Bathymetry Map Images > Coral Mapping Map Images > Habitats EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Benthic biology EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Habitats EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Benthic Habitat EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Mangroves EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Mapping > Base map EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Mapping > Habitat Mapping EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Mapping > geomorphology Mapping EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > GIS EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Remote Sensing theme None Map Images > Habitats theme CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus NOAA-USDA partnership to assess impacts of agricultural practices on coral reefs in Jobos Bay waters 20189 project CRCP Project EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Algae > Coralline Algae EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Remote Sensing > Satellite (digital scans) > Hyperspectral Analysis EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Remote Sensing > Satellite (digital scans) > IKONOS EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Remote Sensing > Aircraft > Aerial Photography EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Remote Sensing EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Benthic biology EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Habitats EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Benthic Habitat EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Mangroves EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Mapping > Base map EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Mapping > Habitat Mapping EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Mapping > geomorphology Mapping EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > GIS theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Salinas > Jobos Bay (Bahia de Jobos) (17N066W0009) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Salinas > Jobos Bay (Bahia de Jobos) (17N066W0009) place CoRIS Place Thesaurus Seafloor stratum None 2009 temporal None The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)Biogeography Branch does not guarantee the accuracy of the geographic features or attributes. 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Benthic Habitats of Jobos Bay 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 Branch originator SHAPEFILE largerWorkCitation vector eng; USA elevation environment geoscientificInformation imageryBaseMapsEarthCover oceans Native Dataset Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.0.1770 -66.323628 -66.148205 17.863718 18.017263 2006-11-01 2009-05-01 Attribute Table for Benthic Habitat Map of Jobos Bay: 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 the "Benthic Habitats of Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico" chapter in Whitall et al. 2011. Area Calculated feature area Area of feature in square meters. Perimeter Calculated feature perimeter Length of feature perimeter in meters Zone Geographic zone Described in the "Benthic Habitats of Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico" chapter in Whitall et al. 2011 Maj_Struct Major Geomorphological Structure Described in the "Benthic Habitats of Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico" chapter in Whitall et al. 2011. Det_Struct Detailed Geomorphological Structure Described in the "Benthic Habitats of Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico" chapter in Whitall et al. 2011. P_Hard Percent Hardbottom Described in the "Benthic Habitats of Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico" chapter in Whitall et al. 2011. Maj_Cover Major Biological Cover Described in the "Benthic Habitats of Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico" chapter in Whitall et al. 2011. P_Maj_Cov Percent Patchiness of Major Biological Cover Described in the "Benthic Habitats of Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico" chapter in Whitall et al. 2011. P_Coral_Cv Percent Cover of Live Coral Described in the "Benthic Habitats of Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico" chapter in Whitall et al. 2011) Cover Concatenation of Major Biological Cover and Percent Major Biological Cover Used to describe the combination of major biological cover and its percent patchiness of the feature Entity and Attribute Overview: Specific details of the attributes and values therein can be found in in the "Benthic Habitats of Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico" chapter in Whitall et al. 2011. Entity and Attribute Detail Citation: NOAA Biogeography Branch 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 Branch (301) 713-3028 (301) 713-4384 1305 East West Highway Silver Spring MD 20910 Contact info is for CCMA general reception. Please ask for current project manager of Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP): Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico Special Emphasis Watershed Partnership distributor None 3 https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/baseline-assessment-contaminants-ecological-resources-jobos-bay-puerto-rico/ download dataset Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report The accuracy value for the optical imagery was determined by measuring photo-identifiable control points collected with GPS survey methods. There is no horizontal accuracy report for the acoustic imagery. It is believed that polygon horizontal accuracies are inherited from both types of source imagery. Vertical Positional Accuracy Report None. Delineation of all habitat boundaries was conducted with the image scale at 1:2,000. 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. 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 Jobos Bay, 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 (301) 713-3028 (301) 713-4384 1305 East West Highway, N-SCI-1, SSMC 4, 9th Floor Silver Spring MD 20910 USA 0800 - 1700, Monday to Friday, EST Contact info is for CCMA general reception. Please ask for current project manager of Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP): Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico Special Emphasis Watershed Partnership 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. 2009-01-01T00:00:00 Bryan Costa NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/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 0800 - 1700, Monday to Friday, EST Contact info is for CCMA general reception. Please ask for current project manager of Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP): Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico Special Emphasis Watershed Partnership 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. 2009-01-01T00:00:00 Bryan Costa NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/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 0800 - 1700, Monday to Friday, EST Contact info is for CCMA general reception. Please ask for current project manager of Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP): Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico Special Emphasis Watershed Partnership processor 4) Expert Review - The draft map was then reviewed by local marine biologists, coral reef scientists and resource managers. Comments were integrated into the map products to generate a final draft map. 2009-01-01T00:00:00 Bryan Costa NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/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 0800 - 1700, Monday to Friday, EST Contact info is for CCMA general reception. Please ask for current project manager of Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP): Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico Special Emphasis Watershed Partnership processor 5) Final Products Creation - A final benthic habitat map for Jobos Bay was generated following the expert review. Additionally, all associated datasets, including GIS files, field video and metadata were packaged and provided to project partners and the public. Bryan Costa NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/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 0800 - 1700, Monday to Friday, EST Contact info is for CCMA general reception. Please ask for current project manager of Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP): Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico Special Emphasis Watershed Partnership processor Source Contribution: This section of the report describes the habitat classification scheme used to classifiy habitat features. The Jobos Bay habitat classification scheme defines benthic communities on the basis of five 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 Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico 2010-01-01 publication NOAA's Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Silver Spring MD publisher Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch originator SHAPEFILE Whitall, D.R., B.M. Costa, L.J. Bauer, A. Dieppa, and S.D. Hile (eds.). 2011. A Baseline Assessment of the Ecological Resources of Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS XXX. Silver Spring, MD. 189 pp. 2011-01-01 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 St. John, USVI.Source Type: raster digital data IKONOS Satellite Imagery 2000-01-01 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. 2003-01-01 2005-01-01 Source Contribution: Used to identify and digitize benthic habitats of Jobos Bay, PR.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 2007-01-01 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 2025-03-24T17:17:55.105Z Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch Project Manager - Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP): Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico Special Emphasis Watershed Partnership (301) 713-3028 (301) 713-4384 1305 East West Highway, N-SCI-1, SSMC 4, 9th Floor Silver Spring MD 20910 USA 0800 - 1700, Monday to Friday, EST Contact info is for CCMA general reception. Please ask for current project manager of Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP): Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico Special Emphasis Watershed Partnership pointOfContact