Metadata_NEPR_GVPoints_2015 eng; USA utf8 dataset Will Sautter 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 (301) 713 -3028 x174 (301) 713 - 4043 1305 East West Highway, SSMC4, 9th Floor #9226 Silver Spring MD 20910 USA Will.Sautter@noaa.gov Monday-Friday 9am-5pm pointOfContact 2024-12-15 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Point 1419 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 Northeast Puerto Rico and Culebra Island Ground Validation Points 2015 2015-02 publication 1st National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, National Centers For Coastal and Ocean Science, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Biogeography Branch originator mapDigital This shapefile denotes the location of underwater photos and videos taken in shallow water (0-35m) benthic habitats surrounding Northeast Puerto Rico and Culebra Island. The area includes the nearshore waters of Fajardo and Luqillo to the Former Roosevelt Roads Navy Base, the Vieques Sound, La Cordillera Reserve, the Luis Pena Reserve, and the waters around Culebra Island. The GV data contains GPS-positioned underwater photo/videos of selected benthic habitats that were used to enhance thematic maps created by the Biogeography Team. The observations from the videos are used to classify seafloor features and develop a benthic habitat map. The GV data was collected in July 8 - 24, 2013 and October 22- November 7, 2013. The field work was conducted by NOAA together with local DRNA and NOAA contractors. The primary purpose of this dataset was to provide ground validation to the benthic habitat map for the Northeast Reserve, Puerto Rico (NEPR). Habitat maps provide a spatially explicit representation of benthic structure and biological cover. The spatial products developed for this project will: (1) inform local managers as to the current distribution of resources, (2) provide a point of comparison for past and future mapping efforts, (3) help locate sensitive marine communities, and (4) guide monitoring efforts and prioritize management actions. 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 completed Tim Battista 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 (301) 713-3028 x171 (301) 713-4384 1305 East West Highway, SSMC4 9th Floor, #9311 Silver Spring MD 20910 United States of America tim.battista@noaa.gov Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm Primary contact mode: email pointOfContact asNeeded CoRIS_Metadata theme NCEI Geoportal Filter Ground Validation coastal ocean science Underwater Video Northeast Ecological Reserve Benthic Habitat Coral Reef Seagrass Acropora palmata Acropora cervicornis Bathymetry Snorkel GoPro Seaviewer Trimble theme None Mapping Shallow Benthic Habitats of the North East Reserves MPA, Puerto Rico 793 project CRCP Project Geographic Information > Habitats theme CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat > Description theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus Northeast Ecological Reserve Fajardo Cabeza de San Juan Culebra La Cordillera Vieques Sound U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone Caribbean Atlantic Ocean place None COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Luquillo (18N065W0012) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Luquillo (18N065W0012) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Fajardo (18N065W0004) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Fajardo (18N065W0004) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Culebra Island (18N065W0011) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Culebra Island (18N065W0011) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Puerto Rico (18N066W0000) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Puerto Rico (18N066W0000) place CoRIS Place Thesaurus These data were prepared by an agency of the United States Government. 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Northeast Ecological Reserve BIOmapper publication 1st 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 https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/benthic-habitat-mapping-northeast-puerto-rico-culebra/ ONLINE DATA VIEWER contact Ken.Buja@noaa.gov for more information on BIOmapper largerWorkCitation vector eng; USA oceans environment Native Dataset Environment: Microsoft Windows 7; ESRI ArcCatalog 10.1 -65.759998 -65.168596 18.196796 18.446613 2013-07-01 2013-10-01 Entity and Attribute Overview: Each ground validation point contains the benthic habitat information based on observational data collected from the underwater video by the Biogeography Team. The benthic habitat classification system is based on the structure developed by the Biogeography team used throughout the US Caribbean. Each GV point contains information on major geomorphological structure, detailed geomorphological structure, percent hardbottom, topographic complexity, dominant biological cover, percent biological cover, co-occurring biological cover, percent coral cover, dominant coral type (hard/soft/mixed), Acropora presence, fauna presence and visibility conditions. Entity and Attribute Detail Citation: For more details on the entity and attribute information on the NEPR Ground Validation shapefile and the benthic habitat classification scheme, see Chapter 2 of the NCOSS technical memorandum Mapping of Northeast Puerto Rico and Culebra Island. ESRI Shapefile Tim Battista 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 (301) 713-3028 x171 (301) 713-4384 1305 East West Highway, SSMC4 9th Floor, #9311 Silver Spring MD 20910 United States of America tim.battista@noaa.gov Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm Primary contact mode: email distributor None https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/benthic-habitat-mapping-northeast-puerto-rico-culebra/ download dataset Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report point data represents the approximate centroid (+ - 20m) of each drop-camera or snorkel transit of a ground validation site. Ground validation work was completed after two field missions. Extra GV sites that were determined to be useful habitat information were added to the shapefile as well. All GV points are linked to the site video and photos that are served in the Biomapper data portal. All users should independently analyze the dataset according to their own needs and standards to determine data usability. Ground validation points for the NEPR were selected using a stratified random sampling method based on the benthic habitat map schema. 2013-05-01T00:00:00 The Ground validation sites were planned by manually placing points on a draft habitat map based on remote sensing imagery. The sites were selected to include all types of remote sensing signatures, covering habitat features across the whole project area (approximately two GV sites/km2). Each ground validation site was sampled either by an underwater drop-camera (SeaViewer Sea-Drop 950 and a GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition) or by snorkeling to the site with handheld underwater video camera (GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition). The Video data was collected at 1440*1920 pixels, while simultaneously collecting photos at 12MP every 5 seconds. Drop Camera Videos were positioned and recorded using a Trimble Geo XH GPS system, while snorkel videos were positioned using a handheld Garmin GPS on a dive buoy. The GPS data was connected to the videos using calibrated time stamps. The video data was then used to extract habitat data used to classify the habitat map, as well as presence of selected key species such as ESA listed Acropora palmata and Acropora cervicornis corals. 2015-02-01T00:00:00 Source Contribution: Benthic Habitat MapSource Type: Biomapper Online Data Viewer Ground Validation Points Shapefile publication Revised 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 https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/benthic-habitat-mapping-northeast-puerto-rico-culebra/ mapDigital 2014-01-01 Source Contribution: Ground Validation Field MissionsSource Type: Online Data Viewer NEPR Ground Validation Videos publication 1st 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 https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/benthic-habitat-mapping-northeast-puerto-rico-culebra/ videoDigital Videos are available to stream as high res and low resolution MP4 on the BIOmapper web portal. 2014-01-01 annually This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standard 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 2025-03-24T17:20:46.68Z Will Sautter 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 (301) 713 -3028 x174 (301) 713 - 4043 1305 East West Highway, SSMC4, 9th Floor #9226 Silver Spring MD 20910 USA Will.Sautter@noaa.gov Monday-Friday 9am-5pm pointOfContact