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Characterizing and Mapping Essential Fish Habitats Affected by Human Activities off Puerto Rico

Assessing Human Use, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, chris.jeffrey@noaa.gov, Habitat Mapping, john.christensen@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, Puerto Rico, , U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

The purpose of this project was to collect, integrate and map available information on the features of essential fish habitats in protected and non-protected marine ...

Characterizing Benthic Habitats Around Saipan, CNMI to Support RICHARD Campaign

bryan.costa@noaa.gov, CNMI, Coral, Habitat Mapping, jennifer.kraus@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, tim.battista@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories

In 2019, NOAA launched the Pacific Mapping Cooperative: RICHARD (Rainier Integrates Charting Hydrography and Reef Demographics) Marianas Campaign to develop a plan to conduct much-needed ...

Characterizing Benthic Habitats in Haputo Ecological Reserve Area, Guam

bryan.costa@noaa.gov, Coral, ed.sweeney@noaa.gov, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, tim.battista@noaa.gov

In 2012, the US Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Marianas developed an Integrated Natural Resource Management Plan (INRMP) for the Joint Region Marianas (JRM). The ...

Characterizing Potential Distributions of Deep-Sea Corals, Sponges, and Macrofauna Offshore of the U.S. West Coast

California, Coral, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, matthew.poti@noaa.gov, Oregon, Protected Species, Regional Ecosystem Science, U.S. States and Territories, Washington

We developed spatial predictive models for deep-sea corals, sponges, and benthic macrofauna offshore of the continental U.S. West Coast. Maps and geospatial data depicting the ...

Characterizing Spatial Distributions of Deep-sea Corals and Chemosynthetic Communities in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico

Alabama, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Habitat Mapping, Louisiana, Marine Spatial Ecology, matthew.poti@noaa.gov, Mississippi, Regional Ecosystem Science, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

We compiled observations of deep-sea corals and chemosynthetic communities from field surveys and developed spatial predictive models for these organisms and habitats in the U.S ...

Characterizing Spatial Distributions of Deep-sea Corals and Hardbottom Habitats in the U.S. Southeast Atlantic

deep sea coral, deep-sea coral model, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Habitat Mapping, habitat model, hard bottom habitat, maps of deep-sea coral in US SE Atlantic, Marine Spatial Ecology, matthew.poti@noaa.gov, Regional Ecosystem Science, spatial distributions of deep-sea coral, species model, US SE Atlantic

We are compiling observations of deep-sea corals and hardbottom habitats from field surveys and developing spatial predictive models for these organisms and habitats in the ...

Characterizing Submerged Lands around Navy Base Guam, CNMI

bryan.costa@noaa.gov, CNMI, Coral, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, Pacific Ocean, tim.battista@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

In 2012, the U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Marianas developed a resource plan for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The purpose ...

Collaborative Development of Uncrewed Aerial System Approaches to Assess Intertidal Oyster Reefs to Inform Management and Restoration

brandon.puckett@noaa.gov, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Florida, Georgia, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, Natural and Nature-based Features, North Carolina, Restoration, South Carolina, U.S. States and Territories

NCCOS field team conducting UAS flights on an intertidal oyster reef near Beaufort, North Carolina. From left to right: Ryan Giannelli, Camille Steenrod, Clayton Glasgow, ...

Collaborative Lakebed Mapping Off Apostle Islands to Support Great Lakes Restoration

Great Lakes, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies, Wisconsin

We are part of a collaborative, multi-agency effort that is developing habitat maps and modeling tools to address emerging littoral management issues in the Great ...

Comparing Reef Fish Habitat Use Patterns In and Out of Hawaiian Marine Protected Areas

Coral, Habitat Mapping, Hawaii, Marine Spatial Ecology, mark.monaco@noaa.gov, Pacific Ocean, Protected Species, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

Coral reefs are key habitats for many near-shore Hawaiian fishes. Marine protected areas (MPAs) are created to provide islands of protection for species, habitats, and ...

Creating a Baseline of Seafloor Fish, Features, and Marine Debris at Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary

Atlantic Ocean, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, fish biomass, Georgia, gray's reef, Habitat Mapping, marine debris, Marine Spatial Ecology, matt.kendall@noaa.gov, seafloor, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

We conducted a baseline characterization of Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary, a protected natural reef on the continental shelf off the Georgia coast. We examined ...

Deep Coral Predictive Habitat Modeling in the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico: Focusing on Uncharted Deep-Sea Corals

Atlantic Ocean, Coral, Gulf of Mexico, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, matthew.poti@noaa.gov, peter.etnoyer@noaa.gov, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, Waterbodies

We are using statistical models that combine databases of known deep-sea coral beds with information about key habitats to predict and map suitable habitat for ...

Developing A Benthic Habitat Map for the Insular Shelf South of St. Thomas and St. John

acoustic mapping, benthic habitat, bryan.costa@noaa.gov, Caribbean Sea, coral reef, Habitat Mapping, laura.kracker@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, mesophotic, Puerto Rico, tim.battista@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands, Waterbodies, will.sautter@noaa.gov

The purpose of this project is to develop a benthic habitat map for uncharacterized mesophotic coral reef ecosystems (30 to 100 m deep) on the ...

Developing a Resource Assessment Tool for Marine Protected Areas: California

California, charles.menza@noaa.gov, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, gis, Habitat Mapping, john.christensen@noaa.gov, ken.buja@noaa.gov, marine protected areas, Marine Spatial Ecology, marine spatial planning, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, spatial analysis, U.S. States and Territories, Washington, Waterbodies

We worked with NOAA’s National Marine Protected Area Center (MPA Center) to develop new approaches to characterize natural resources (e.g., deep sea corals, fish diversity, ...

Developing and Scaling Up Emerging Image-based Technology for Evaluating Mission: Iconic Reefs Large-scale Coral Restoration in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Coastal Change, Coral, Florida, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, Regional Ecosystem Science, Restoration, shay.viehman@noaa.gov, tim.battista@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories

Mission: Iconic Reefs in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) is the largest coral restoration project in the U.S. to date. Evaluation of the ...

Developing Spatial Products for the Kachemak Bay Habitat Focus Area to Support Place-Based Management Needs

Alaska, amit.malhotra@noaa.gov, chris.taylor@noaa.gov, don.field@noaa.gov, Habitat Mapping, kachemak, Kachemak Bay, kris.holderied@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

We are developing a web-based, mapping application that will provide the public access to geospatial products for the shoreline, intertidal, and subtidal areas of Kachemak ...

Development of Satellite-derived Bathymetry and Benthic Habitat Maps to Support Sea Level Rise Studies in the South Pacific

amit.malhotra@noaa.gov, benthic habitat, don.field@noaa.gov, Foreign Countries, greg.piniak@noaa.gov, Habitat Mapping, Kwajalein Atoll, Marine Spatial Ecology, marine spatial planning, Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean, Waterbodies

We developed satellite-derived bathymetry and benthic habitat and hydrodynamic roughness maps for Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. These products are supporting ...

EcoGIS: Tools for Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management

The EcoGIS project was launched to determine how geographic information systems (GIS) technology, marine data, and custom analysis tools could be leveraged to promote fishery ...

Ecological Assessment for Kachemak Bay, Alaska: Science Tools to Inform Management

Alaska, Coastal Change, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Habitat Mapping, john.christensen@noaa.gov, kris.holderied@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, Stressor Impacts and Mitigation, U.S. States and Territories

Kachemak Bay, a microcosm representing all of the estuarine and coastal habitats found in the Gulf of Alaska, has shown signs of reduced environmental integrity ...

Ecological Characterization of Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary

Atlantic Ocean, Connecticut, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, ecological characterization, Gulf of Maine, Habitat Mapping, john.christensen@noaa.gov, Maine, Marine Spatial Ecology, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Protected Species, Stellwagen Bank National Marine sacntuary, tim.battista@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

We provided an ecological and oceanographic profile of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and Gulf of Maine region, including analysis of pollution levels. The ...

Enhancing Habitat Mapping Accuracy and Efficiency Using Artificial Intelligence

Atlantic Ocean, bryan.costa@noaa.gov, Coral, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, Pacific Ocean, Waterbodies

Habitat maps are critical for effective management of the marine environment. However, map making can be time intensive, making it challenging to produce maps frequently ...

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