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Benthic Habitat Mapping in American Samoa, Guam, a...
NCCOS produced a georeferenced, digital atlas of benthic habitat maps for the shallow-water (< 30m) coral ecosystem habitats around the U.S. Pacific Territories of American Samoa, Guam, and Commonwealth of ...
Benthic Habitat Mapping of Florida Coral Reef Ecos...
NOAA mapped the shallow-water (less than 25 meters deep) coral reef ecosystems of the Florida Keys to support research, conservation, and management activities of state and federal agencies, including the ...
Benthic Habitat Mapping off St. John, U.S. Virgin ...
We developed benthic habitat maps for shallow areas (< 30 m) around St. John and moderate-depth areas (30–60 m) south of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. These maps ...
Defining Future Seafloor Mapping Priorities to Inf...
NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) uses benthic mapping data to develop information on the condition of coral reef ecosystems to help inform science-based management decisions. They have identified a ...
Exploring and Characterizing the Seafloor of Chann...
We worked with staff at Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS) on three mapping related efforts: 1) developed a map of existing data to plan for future data collections; 2) ...
Predictive Modeling and Mapping of Hardbottom Seaf...
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 hardbottom locations would help regional ...
Seafloor Substrate Mapping and Model Validation in...
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 Wind Energy Area (79,350 acres), ...
Shallow-water Benthic Habitat Mapping of Northeast...
We developed benthic habitat maps for shallow coral reef areas (< 35 m) around Northeast Puerto Rico and Culebra Island. These maps are helping scientists and local managers develop place-based ...
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NOAA Continues to Survey Essential Fish Habitat in...
Researchers with NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Habitat Mapping team will conduct a scientific research mission within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary from March 19 to ...
NCCOS Releases Priorities for U.S. Caribbean Seafl...
Results of the mapping prioritization effort are now published. Credit NOAA NCCOS. NCCOS scientists teamed with 15 participants from Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands local, federal, territory, and academic ...
NCCOS Helps Update National Database of Deep-Sea C...
A partial view of the NOAA Deep-Sea Coral & Sponge Map Portal. Credit NOAA DSCRTP. NOAA has released a report detailing the first major update of a deep-sea database since ...
Spatial Analysis Completed to Prioritize U.S. Cari...
NCCOS recently completed the spatial analysis that will guide the prioritization of future seafloor mapping, research, and exploration in the U.S. Caribbean. With input from regional stakeholders, the research team ...
Highlights of the Southeast Deep Coral Initiative ...
Andrew Shuler (NCCOS) collects samples from the Mohawk ROV bio box during NF1901 as ROV operator, Eric Glidden, looks on. Credit: NOAA NCCOS. The Southeast Deep Coral Initiative (SEDCI) completed ...
NCCOS, Partners Survey Thunder Bay National Marine...
NCCOS project dive team member Phil Hartmeyer of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary takes photographs of the lakebed to ground truth acoustically-derived bottom habitat maps. Credit NOAA. This year, NCCOS ...
NCCOS Team Surveys North Carolina Shipwrecks and R...
NCCOS scientists and partners surveyed rocky reefs and shipwrecks off the coast of North Carolina during September 2019 aboard the NOAA ship Nancy Foster. From left to right: Chris Taylor, ...
NCCOS Research Contributes to Third NOAA Emerging ...
Third NOAA Emerging Technologies Workshop, June 25-26, 2019, NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction, College Park, MD. Credit NOAA. At the Third NOAA Emerging Technologies Workshop, NCCOS’ contributions to ...
NCCOS, Partners Publish Ecological Assessment of W...
NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 257. Credit NOAA NCCOS. NCCOS and its partners completed a comprehensive ecological assessment of Wisconsin – Lake Michigan and the findings are published in a new ...
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