gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:79909 eng UTF8 dataset National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science resourceProvider NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator NCCOS.data@noaa.gov pointOfContact 2026-06-26T16:27:31 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) EPSG::4326 NOAA NCCOS Assessment: Agency priorities for mapping coral reef ecosystems in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 2023-02-22 to 2023-06-12 NCCOS Dataset: Shallow Coral Prioritization Guam/CNMI 2023-02-22 creation publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 79909 DOI Registration Authority 2023-08-16 inForce https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8252929 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/79909 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information Kraus, Jennifer jennifer.kraus@noaa.gov Principal Investigator: LTJG Jennifer Kraus, Jennifer.kraus@noaa.gov, US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Additional Principal Investigator: Tim Battista, Tim.battista@noaa.gov, US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) principalInvestigator https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/defining-future-seafloor-mapping-priorities-to-inform-shallow-coral-reef-management/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NCCOS Project Webpage: Defining Future Seafloor Mapping Priorities to Inform Shallow Coral Reef Management NCCOS Project Webpage: Defining Future Seafloor Mapping Priorities to Inform Shallow Coral Reef Management download mapDigital NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP has identified a need for priority locations based on emerging management requirements in shallow coral reef areas (up to 40 meters) surrounding Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The priorities provided by participating agencies will inform research and monitoring activities, address current and future management needs, and maximize opportunities to leverage and complement existing regional efforts. To meet this need, NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) developed a systematic, quantitative approach and online GIS application to gather seafloor mapping priorities from researchers and coral reef managers. Participants placed virtual coins into a grid overlaid on the project area to express the location of their mapping priorities. They also used pull-down menus to indicate specific mapping data needs and the rationale for their selections. Participant input was compiled and analyzed to identify high priority areas along with their justifications and requirements. A total of seven participant groups entered their mapping priorities into the online tool for Guam and ten participant groups for CNMI. Identifying these high priority areas provide a critical spatial framework for prioritizing mapping efforts in shallow coral reef ecosystems in Guam and CNMI. The overall goal of the project was to systematically gather and quantify suggestions for mapping needs to support management of shallow coral reef ecosystems along the coasts of the Guam and CNMI. This dataset supports these goals by compiling input from a diversity of regional experts on their recommended priorities for mapping data collection. completed Kraus, Jennifer jennifer.kraus@noaa.gov Point of Contact LTJG Jennifer Kraus, Jennifer.kraus@noaa.gov, US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) NCCOS Data Manager, nccos.data@noaa.gov, US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) pointOfContact NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator NCCOS.data@noaa.gov custodian EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT > ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 23.3 OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > MICRONESIA > GUAM OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > MICRONESIA > NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 23.3 Documents > Observational Report Geographic Information > Marine Managed Areas Geographic Information > Socioeconomic Numeric Data Sets > Bathymetry theme CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Mapping theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus NCCOS Research Data Type > Derived Data Product NCCOS Research Data Type > Geospatial NCCOS Research Priority > Marine Spatial Ecology NCCOS Research Topic > Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments NCCOS Research Topic > Habitat Mapping NCCOS Research Location > Region > Pacific Ocean NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Guam theme NCCOS Keywords COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Guam place CoRIS Place Country/Territory Keywords OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean place CoRIS Place Ocean/Seas Keywords Pacific Ocean place Sea Areas, Water Bodies, Marine Protected Areas DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2017-04-24 publication 8.5 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2026. GCMD Keywords, Version 24. 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 NCCOS Habitat Mapping Team project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, [Date of Access]: NOAA NCCOS Assessment: Agency priorities for mapping coral reef ecosystems in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 2023-02-22 to 2023-06-12 [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/79909. NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose. otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None otherRestrictions Use Constraints: None unclassified NOAA NCCOS Assessment: Agency priorities for mapping coral reef ecosystems in American Samoa, 2023-06-06 to 2023-08-07 NOAA/NMFS/EDM 79904 crossReference NOAA NCCOS Assessment: Agency priorities for mapping coral reef ecosystems in Hawaii, 2022-07-08 to 2022-08-01 NOAA/NMFS/EDM 69455 crossReference NOAA NCCOS Assessment: Agency priorities for mapping coral reef ecosystems in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, 2021-11-03 to 2022-01-14 NOAA/NMFS/EDM 69464 crossReference NOAA NCCOS Assessment: Prioritizing Areas for Future Seafloor Mapping and Exploration in the U.S. Caribbean from 2019-06-28 to 2019-07-28 NOAA/NMFS/EDM 65526 crossReference NOAA NCCOS Assessment: Prioritizing Areas for Future Seafloor Mapping, Research, and Exploration Offshore of California, Oregon, and Washington NOAA/NMFS/EDM 58183 crossReference NOAA NCCOS Assessment: Priority Areas Recommended for Shallow Coral Reef Management in the South Florida Coast from 2021-04-26 to 2021-05-21 NOAA/NMFS/EDM 67799 crossReference NOAA NCCOS Assessment: Agency priorities for mapping coral reef ecosystems in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 2023-02-22 to 2023-06-12 2023-08-16 publication https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8252929 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8252929 Zenodo custodian crossReference eng; US oceans 144.438 146.077 13.014 20.263 GIS Projection: WGS 1984 The data product is derived from a summary of expert opinions obtained using a custom application created in an ESRI Web AppBuilder that implemented a coin placement technique where each expert allocated virtual coins on a map grid to express their mapping priorities. For a complete description of the process and analyses used in a similar project, see Kendall et al. 2020. 2023-02-22 2023-06-12 Collaborators: -US DOC; National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Pacific Islands Regional Office (PIRO) Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) -US DOI; US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) National Park Service (NPS) -CNMI Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality (BECQ) -Commonwealth Port Authority (CPA) -CNMI Division of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) -Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) -Johnston Applied Marine Sciences (JAMS) -Naval Facilities Engineering Command - Marianas (NAVFAC) -CNMI Office of Planning and Development (OPD) -University of Guam - Water and Environment Resource Institute -Guam Bureau of Statistics and Plans (BSP) -Partners: NOAA NMFS; NPS; USFWS, BECQ, CPA, DFW, HSEM, JAMS, NAVFAC, University of Guam, BSP -Funding: NOAA CRCP project #31322 - Mapping Gap Analysis for US Shallow Coral Reef Areas false eng false DataDocumentation.pdf https://zenodo.org/records/8252929 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Entity Attribute Detail URL Entity Attribute Detail URL information Shapefile Zip NOAA GeoPlatform Web Application NOAA GeoPlatform gis.community@noaa.gov https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/index.html WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link homepage main access page for the NOAA Geoplatform information distributor Zenodo https://zenodo.org/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Zenodo Homepage general web page for Zenodo, and open science repository hosted by CERN information distributor https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8252929 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link CRCP_GapAnalysis_Priorities_Guam_CNMI.zip CRCP_GapAnalysis_Priorities_CNMI.dbf - 103.2 kB CRCP_GapAnalysis_Priorities_CNMI.prj - 145 Bytes CRCP_GapAnalysis_Priorities_CNMI.shp - 55.5 kB CRCP_GapAnalysis_Priorities_CNMI.shp.xml - 12.9 kB CRCP_GapAnalysis_Priorities_CNMI.shx - 2.7 kB CRCP_GapAnalysis_Priorities_Guam.dbf - 44.6 kB CRCP_GapAnalysis_Priorities_Guam.prj - 145 Bytes CRCP_GapAnalysis_Priorities_Guam.shp - 25.8 kB CRCP_GapAnalysis_Priorities_Guam.shx - 1.3 kB Data File Resolution: 2.6 square kilometers download https://us-shallow-coral-reef-mapping-priorities-noaa.hub.arcgis.com/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link US Shallow Coral Reef Mapping Priorities US Shallow Coral Reef Mapping Priorities Data Viewer download dataset Completeness Report For details of data completeness, see Lineage Sources. An advisory group was established which included individuals from NOAA CRCP and NOAA Fisheries. This advisory team customized the prioritization process specifically to meet the needs of CRCP and local coral reef manager priorities. In the online prioritization tool, the Guam study area was divided into 153 hexagonal grid cells 2.6 km2 in size. The CNMI study area was divided into 330 hexagonal grid cells 2.6 km2 in size. Existing relevant spatial datasets (e.g., bathymetry, Sanctuary Protection Areas, etc.) were provided as a digital atlas to help participants understand information and data gaps within the project area and to identify locations they wanted to prioritize for future data collections. Each Guam participant was provided with 50 virtual coins to place into grid cells that they wished to prioritize. Each CNMI participant was provided with 110 coins. They were instructed to place more coins in grid cells that were higher priorities. A maximum of 5 coins could be placed into an individual grid cell in Guam by each respondent, and a maximum of 11 coins could be placed into an individual grid cell in CNMI. Respondents also reported why these locations were important by selecting a minimum of one, and a maximum of two, management uses from the following list: endangered species management (e.g.,), habitat restoration, monitoring, coastal vulnerability planning, watershed management, fisheries management, consultations and permitting, emergency response, and spatial protection and management. Respondents also reported requirements of data were needed in priority cells. A minimum of one, to a maximum of two choices were selected from the following list:delineations of large topographic features, delineations of hard vs. soft bottom, models of habitat suitability for key taxa or communities, delineations of substrate type (e.g. sand, mud, coral, rock), models of presence/absence or density of corals, identification of coral species and their local environments, documentation of individual specimen conditions. Coin values were summarized and mapped to identify high priority areas, reasons for those priorities, and information needs. This ESRI shapefiles contain the 2.6 km2 grid cells used in this prioritization and their associated coin values overall, as well as by management use, data product, and mapping methodology. Other summary values include the number of participants, number of participating groups, number of management uses, and number of data requirements. Additionally, coins for microscale (identification of coral species and their local environments and documentation of individual specimen condition), mesoscale (delineations of substrate type, models of presence/absence/density of corals), and regional (delineations of topographic features, delineations of hard vs. soft bottom, models of habitat suitability) requirements were summarized. Also included is a ranking of each grid cell based on the total number of coins, management uses, and participating groups allocating coins in the respective cell. For a complete description of the process and analysis see: Hile et al. 2023, in prep. Kraus, Jennifer jennifer.kraus@noaa.gov processor Source Contribution: Associated Manuscript Agency Priorities for Mapping Coral Reef Ecosystems in Guam and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands LTJG Jennifer Kraus https://doi.org/10.25923/0t69-z467 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Publication - NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 321 Hile, Sarah D., LT Kraus, Jennifer, Buckel, Christine A., Howell, Jacob, Williams, Bethany, Dorfman, Dan, Pagan, Francisco, Towle, Erica K. 2024 Agency Priorities for Mapping Coral Reef Ecosystems in Guam and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 321. Silver Spring, MD. https://doi.org/10.25923/0t69-z467 information publisher Buja, K., and Christensen, J. 2019. Spatial Prioritization Widget: A Tool to Identify Mapping Priorities. Available Online: https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/spatial-prioritization-widget/ (Accessed 26 June, 2019). 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