Shallow-water benthic habitats of Northeast Puerto Rico (NEPR) and Culebra Island
This dataset provides a map of benthic habitat types, including live coral cover present off northeast Puerto Rico and Culebra Island, a region selected by local managers as a priority area for habitat mapping. The map covers 744 km2 of shallow-water habitats at a high spatial resolution (the smallest habitat features mapped are 10x10 meters) and includes 250 km of shoreline for the region's 210 islands and rock outcrops. This includes the shallow habitats inside the current boundaries of the Northeast Natural Reserves, as well as surrounding areas. The habitat map, generated using a combination of semi-automated classification and visual interpretation techniques of remote sensing imagery (WV-2 satellite imagery collected 2011-2013, hydrographic data collected 1900-2012 and aerial photos collected 2007-2010) and underwater videos (2013-2014), represents the first digital map that describes nearly 100% of the seafloor in the study area. This work updates previous NOAA maps generated by Kendall et al. (2001), which covered 22% of the mapped region (78% of the study area was not previously mapped). The new fine-scale habitat map provides spatially-explicit information on habitat types, biological cover, and live coral cover extending over a large and biologically complex area. This work was conducted by NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science in collaboration with the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources of Puerto Rico (DRNA) and the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) Mayaguez.
Kendall, M.S., C.R. Kruer, K.R. Buja, J.D. Christensen, M. Finkbeiner, R.A. Warner and M.E. Monaco. 2001. Methods Used to Map the Benthic Habitats of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS CCMA 152. Silver Spring, MD.
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Alternate title | PR004003 |
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Date | 2015-01-01 |
Date type | Creation: Date identifies when the resource was brought into existence |
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Credit | Kagesten, G., W. Sautter, K. Edwards, B. Costa, L. Kracker, and T. Battista. 2015. Shallow-water benthic habitats of Northeast Puerto Rico and Culebra Island. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 200. Silver Spring, MD. 112 pp. https://doi.org/10.7289/V5Z899FH Data obtained from https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/benthic-habitat-mapping-northeast-puerto-rico-culebra/ |
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Organisation name | National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) |
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Electronic mail address | tim.battista@noaa.gov or john.christensen@noaa.gov or nos.info@noaa.gov |
Role | Owner: Party that owns the resource |
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habitat
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biotope
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Denominator | 6000 |
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Language | English |
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Unique resource identifier | http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/3857 |
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Statement | This map was developed by NOAA using a semi-automated habitat mapping approach which compensates for varying localized conditions. The waters around NEPR are often turbid, which limits aerial photo and satellite collections. Although hydrographic data was available in the project area, its spatial resolution varied from regions with high resolution multibeam sonar and Lidar data, to areas with very sparse data coverage (some areas had not been mapped since the early lead line surveys conducted in the beginning of the 20th century). To meet these challenges, a new multi-resolution depth model was developed for the region using geostatistical modelling that incorporated all the available data, as well as a high resolution seafloor mosaic (i.e. Worldview-2 satellite data collected from 2011-2013). The UPR and the Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observation System (CariCOOS) contributed by developing a new high resolution oceanographic model of the area with wave height and current data. Four types of primary data sources formed the framework of NOAA's mapping efforts: (1) hydrographic data spanning the 20th century (1900-2013), (2) Worldview-2 satellite imagery (2011-2013), (3) aerial photographs (2007, 2010) and (4) underwater video and photos (2013, 2014). The satellite imagery and the aerial photographs were collected with passive photo sensors that recorded the sunlight (near infrared and visual spectrum) reflected by atmosphere, land, water and seafloor. The hydrographic data consisted of historical data (lead soundings and single-beam soundings) as well as modern high resolution data (Lidar and multibeam sonar), which were combined into one multi-resolution bathymetry model (seafloor terrain/depth model). The satellite imagery and the bathymetry model were then combined to segment all visible Open Water benthic habitat features using feature extraction algorithms, while the aerial photographs were used to manually digitize the shore complex areas. The underwater video was used to ground truth the remote sensing data and extract additional ecological data. For further information on specific data creation methods, see "Kagesten, G., W. Sautter, K. Edwards, B. Costa, L. Kracker, and T. Battista. 2015. Shallow-water benthic habitats of Northeast Puerto Rico and Culebra Island. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 200. Silver Spring, MD. 112 pp. https://doi.org/10.7289/V5Z899FH." For publication to EMODnet, SAERI downloaded the data from https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/benthic-habitat-mapping-northeast-puerto-rico-culebra/, reprojected the published shapefile to EPSG:4326 - WGS 84 coordinate system, cleaned the data using mapshaper.org (https://mapshaper.org/) to eliminate gaps and overlaps, and processed the structure to fit specific data exchange format in QGIS v3.28.4. During data processing, SAERI combined all benthiC classification information together for each polygon. Information for interpreting ORIG_HAB column: Habitat(Simple)-Zone- M_Struct(Geomorphological Structure)- D_Struct(Detailed Structure)- P_Hard(% Cover of D_Struct)- M_Cover(Biological Cover)- P_Cover(Biological % Cover)- P_Coral(% Live Coral Cover)- T_Complex(Topographic Complexity)- D_Coral(Dominant Coral) |
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Metadata language | English | ||||||
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Date stamp | 2023-10-30T13:57:58.986Z | ||||||
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