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Modeling Mesophotic Coral Distributions in the Au’au Channel, Hawaii

bryan.costa@noaa.gov, Habitat Mapping, Hawaii, john.christensen@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

We developed predictive maps of the distribution of selected hard corals living in the mesophotic zone (30–150 meters deep) in and around the Au’au Channel, ...

National Inventory of Deep-sea Corals and Sponges: Development of a Database of Observations and a Web Portal

Atlantic Ocean, Coral, coral reef, deep sea corals, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Gulf of Mexico, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, Pacific Ocean, peter.etnoyer@noaa.gov, robert.mcguinn@noaa.gov, sponge reef, Waterbodies

We are working in support of NOAA’s Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program to locate, map, and characterize deep-sea coral and sponge ecosystems throughout ...

Oregon Kelp Forest Survey

Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, Coastal Change, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, marykate.rogener@noaa.gov, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

This study will perform a coast-wide survey of the extent and status of kelp forests in Oregon. Why We Care Kelp are seaweed, known as ...

Predicting and Characterizing Deep-Sea Coral Habitats within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Hawaii

bryan.costa@noaa.gov, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, matthew.poti@noaa.gov, Regional Ecosystem Science

We will develop predictive spatial models for deep-sea coral habitat within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (PMNM). PMNM’s boundaries were expanded in 2016, and this ...

Predicting Coral Morphology to Inform the Protective Capacity of Coral Reefs Around Saipan, CNMI

bryan.costa@noaa.gov, Climate Impacts on Ecosystems, CNMI, Coastal Change, Coral, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, U.S. States and Territories

Saipan Lagoon, Saipan, CNMI. Credit: CNMI Division of Coastal Resources Management. Branching corals are valuable for coastline protection, but also highly vulnerable to a changing ...

Predictive Modeling and Mapping of Hardbottom Seafloor Habitats off the Southeast U.S.

Atlantic Ocean, benthic habitat, Florida, Georgia, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, marine spatial planning, matthew.poti@noaa.gov, North Carolina, seafloor mapping, South Carolina, tim.battista@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

Detailed maps of seafloor habitats along the southeast U.S. coast are sparse. While efforts to explore and map fish habitats have increased, predictions of additional ...

Prioritizing Areas for Future Seafloor Mapping, Research, and Exploration in the Southeast US Atlantic

chris.taylor@noaa.gov, christine.addison@noaa.gov, Georgia, Habitat Mapping, jennifer.kraus@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, North Carolina, South Carolina, U.S. States and Territories

We developed a geospatial framework and online application to identify priorities for seafloor mapping along the U.S. Southeast Atlantic Coast (NC, SC, and GA). This ...

Prioritizing Areas for Future Seafloor Mapping, Research, and Exploration Offshore of California, Oregon, and Washington

bryan.costa@noaa.gov, California, Habitat Mapping, ken.buja@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, Oregon, Regional Ecosystem Science, U.S. States and Territories, Washington

We developed a spatial framework and online application to identify priorities for seafloor mapping and visual surveys along the U.S. west CONUS coast (WCC), off ...

Prioritizing Sites for Coral Reef Conservation in the U.S. Virgin Islands

biodiversity, Caribbean Sea, chris.jeffrey@noaa.gov, Coral, coral reef, coral reef conservation, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, marine spatial planning, prioritizing conservation sites, theresa.goedeke@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands, USVI, Waterbodies

This project began in October 2013 and was completed in October 2016. We used existing and newly collected data, including local diver knowledge, to develop ...

RESTORE Council Monitoring and Assessment Program: Building a Comprehensive Monitoring Network

The RESTORE Council Monitoring and Assessment Program (CMAP), administered by NOAA and USGS, is building foundational components for a Gulf of Mexico–wide monitoring network, to ...

Restoring our Nation’s Wetlands using MAPTITE: A Marsh Analysis and Planning Tool Incorporating Tides and Elevation

Connecticut, Delaware, gis, Habitat Mapping, ken.buja@noaa.gov, march, Marine Spatial Ecology, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, restoration, U.S. States and Territories, Virginia, wetlands

We developed an ArcGIS-extension MAPTITE tool designed to help marsh planners maximize the success rate of vegetation restoration efforts. The tool identifies suitable locations for ...

Sampling Design Tool for ArcGIS

arcgis, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, charles.menza@noaa.gov, gis, Gulf of Mexico, Habitat Mapping, ken.buja@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, Waterbodies

The Sampling Design Tool for ArcGIS randomly selects people, animals, objects, or places in a GIS environment to infer status or change. The tool was ...

Seafloor Characterization of the U.S. Caribbean

benthic habitat, Chesapeake Bay, Habitat Mapping, john.christensen@noaa.gov, LiDAR, Marine Spatial Ecology, multibeam, Puerto Rico, seafloor map, tim.battista@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands, Waterbodies

Since 2004, we have been conducting seafloor mapping of the U.S. Caribbean, to fill critical informational gaps to support improved management measures in the U.S ...

Seafloor Substrate Mapping and Model Validation in the New York Wind Energy Area

Atlantic Ocean, fish distribution, Habitat Mapping, john.christensen@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, New York, New York wind energy, NY call area for wind farm, Offshore Wind, Offshore Wind Master Plan, seafloor habitat, seafloor mapping, seafloor mapping and validation, seafloor substrate mapping, Seafloor Substrate Mapping and Model Validation in the New York Wind Energy Area, tim.battista@noaa.gov, wind farm

In support of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, NCCOS characterized seafloor habitats and fish distributions in coastal waters of New York. The New York ...

Shallow-water Benthic Habitat Mapping of Northeast Puerto Rico and Culebra Island

Caribbean Sea, coral reef, Habitat Mapping, john.christensen@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, Puerto Rico, seafloor mapping, seaflor, tim.battista@noaa.gov, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

We developed benthic habitat maps for shallow coral reef areas (< 35 m) around Northeast Puerto Rico and Culebra Island. These maps are helping scientists ...

Southeast Deep Coral Initiative (SEDCI): Exploring Deep-Sea Coral Ecosystems off the Southeast U.S.

Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Coral, Gulf of Mexico, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, peter.etnoyer@noaa.gov, Waterbodies

In 2016, NOAA’s Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program started a four-year initiative to study deep-sea coral and sponge ecosystems off the Southeast U.S., a ...

Spatial Analysis of Groundfish to Support Oregon’s Territorial Sea Plan

charles.menza@noaa.gov, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, groundfish, Habitat Mapping, john.christensen@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, spatial analysis, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

Coastal planners need accurate and accessible information on marine resources to make good management decisions. We analyzed groundfish trawl surveys to map groundfish abundance and ...

Spatial Characterization to Support Development of an Integrated Management Plan for Puerto Rico’s Northeast Marine Corridor

Chesapeake Bay, chris.jeffrey@noaa.gov, coral reef, Habitat Mapping, Marine Spatial Ecology, marine spatial planning, NECNR, Northeast Marine Corridor, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico, spatial characterization of northeast marine cooridor, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies

We synthesized data to support development of an integrated management plan for Puerto Rico’s Northeast Marine Corridor. We used spatial data to characterize the area, ...

Assessing Human Use, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Coral, Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments, Habitat Mapping, john.christensen@noaa.gov, Marine Spatial Ecology, randy.clark@noaa.gov, , U.S. States and Territories, U.S. Virgin Islands, Waterbodies

In the waters surrounding St. Thomas and St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, we conducted an assessment of the causes and effects of lost fish traps ...

Projects Explorer

Modeling Mesophotic Coral Distributions in the Au’au Channel, Hawaii

National Inventory of Deep-sea Corals and Sponges: Development of a Database of Observations and a Web Portal

Oregon Kelp Forest Survey

Predicting and Characterizing Deep-Sea Coral Habitats within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Hawaii

Predicting Coral Morphology to Inform the Protective Capacity of Coral Reefs Around Saipan, CNMI

Predictive Modeling and Mapping of Hardbottom Seafloor Habitats off the Southeast U.S.

Prioritizing Areas for Future Seafloor Mapping, Research, and Exploration in the Southeast US Atlantic

Prioritizing Areas for Future Seafloor Mapping, Research, and Exploration Offshore of California, Oregon, and Washington

Prioritizing Sites for Coral Reef Conservation in the U.S. Virgin Islands

RESTORE Council Monitoring and Assessment Program: Building a Comprehensive Monitoring Network

Restoring our Nation’s Wetlands using MAPTITE: A Marsh Analysis and Planning Tool Incorporating Tides and Elevation

Sampling Design Tool for ArcGIS

Seafloor Characterization of the U.S. Caribbean

Seafloor Substrate Mapping and Model Validation in the New York Wind Energy Area

Shallow-water Benthic Habitat Mapping of Northeast Puerto Rico and Culebra Island

Southeast Deep Coral Initiative (SEDCI): Exploring Deep-Sea Coral Ecosystems off the Southeast U.S.

Spatial Analysis of Groundfish to Support Oregon’s Territorial Sea Plan

Spatial Characterization to Support Development of an Integrated Management Plan for Puerto Rico’s Northeast Marine Corridor

Spatial Prioritization Widget: A Tool to Identify Mapping Priorities

Statistical Guidelines for Marine Bird Sampling to Support Offshore Renewable Energy Planning

Survey and Impact Assessment of Derelict Fish Traps in the U.S. Virgin Islands

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