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Seafloor substrate (hard and soft bottom) maps at select islands and atolls in American Samoa, the Mariana Archipelago, and the Pacific Remote Island Areas

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GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:34310  |  Updated: October 17, 2023  |  Published / External 
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Hard and Soft Substrate map of Tutuila

Short Citation
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, 2024: Seafloor substrate (hard and soft bottom) maps at select islands and atolls in American Samoa, the Mariana Archipelago, and the Pacific Remote Island Areas, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/34310.
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Abstract

Seafloor substrate (i.e., hard vs. soft bottom) maps from 0 to up to 50 m depths around select islands and atolls in American Samoa, the Mariana Archipelago, and the Pacific Remote Island Areas were produced by the NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD). The islands and atolls include Tutuila, Ofu and Olosega, Tau, and Rose in American Samoa; Anatahan, Maug, Aguijan, Pagan, Rota, Tinian, Saipan, and Guam in the Mariana Archipelago; and Howland, Jarvis, Kingman, Palmyra, and Johnston in the Pacific Remote Island Areas. This is a preliminary product, derived from integrating two existing map products: hard and soft seafloor substrate maps derived from an unsupervised classification of multibeam backscatter and bathymetry derivatives produced by ESD, and shallow-water benthic habitat maps generated by the NOAA Centers for Coastal Ocean Science. The resulting maps were then updated with ESD's groundtruth data, including biological survey data and benthic cover data derived from the analysis of seafloor images. The final maps were interpolated to fill in gaps and smoothed to remove isolated pixels, and the substrate data were constrained up to 50-m depths. For the Pacific Remote Island Areas where no benthic habitat maps were available, hard and soft substrate maps were newly generated from high spatial resolution satellite images.

Distribution Information

  • ofu_5m_hardsoft.zip
    GeoTIFF

    Integrated Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Ofu/Olosega Islands, American Samoa. The zip file contains the interpolated and non-interpolated versions of the integrated products in GeoTIFF format and the 20m depth contour shapefile with the PDF map showing the extent of the products. The number of the file name indicates the pixel resolution of the products.

  • ros_5m_hardsoft.zip
    GeoTIFF

    Integrated Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Rose Atoll, American Samoa. The zip file contains the interpolated and non-interpolated versions of the integrated products in GeoTIFF format and the 20m depth contour shapefile with the PDF map showing the extent of the products. The number of the file name indicates the pixel resolution of the products.

  • tau_5m_hardsoft.zip
    GeoTIFF

    Integrated Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Tau Island, American Samoa. The zip file contains the interpolated and non-interpolated versions of the integrated products in GeoTIFF format and the 20m depth contour shapefile with the PDF map showing the extent of the products. The number of the file name indicates the pixel resolution of the products.

  • tut_5m_hardsoft.zip
    GeoTIFF

    Integrated Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. The zip file contains the interpolated and non-interpolated versions of the integrated products in GeoTIFF format and the 50m depth contour shapefile with the PDF map showing the extent of the products. The number of the file name indicates the pixel resolution of the products.

  • agu_4m_hardsoft.zip
    GeoTIFF

    Integrated Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Aguijan Island, Mariana Archipelago. The zip file contains the integrated Hard and Soft Seafloor Substrate product in GeoTIFF format with the PDF map showing the extent of the product.

  • ana_4m_hardsoft.zip
    GeoTIFF

    Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Anatahan Island, Mariana Archipelago. The zip file contains the product in GeoTIFF format with the PDF map showing the extent of the products.

  • gua_5m_hardsoft.zip
    GeoTIFF

    Integrated Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Guam Island, Mariana Archipelago. The zip file contains the interpolated and non-interpolated versions of the integrated products in GeoTIFF format and the 50m depth contour shapefile with the PDF map showing the extent of the products. The number of the file name indicates the pixel resolution of the products.

  • mau_4m_hardsoft.zip
    GeoTIFF

    Integrated Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Maug Island, Mariana Archipelago. The zip file contains the interpolated and non-interpolated versions of the integrated products in GeoTIFF format and the 20m depth contour shapefile with the PDF map showing the extent of the products. The number of the file name indicates the pixel resolution of the products. The file also contains the 20m depth contour shapefile of Supply Reef near by.

  • pag_5m_hardsoft.zip
    GeoTIFF

    Integrated Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Pagan Island, Mariana Archipelago. The zip file contains the interpolated and non-interpolated versions of the integrated products in GeoTIFF format and the 20m depth contour shapefile with the PDF map showing the extent of the products. The number of the file name indicates the pixel resolution of the products.

  • rot_4m_hardsoft.zip
    GeoTIFF

    Integrated Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Rota Island, Mariana Archipelago. The zip file contains the interpolated and non-interpolated versions of the integrated products in GeoTIFF format and the 20m depth contour shapefile with the PDF map showing the extent of the products. The number of the file name indicates the pixel resolution of the products.

  • sai_5m_hardsoft.zip
    GeoTIFF

    Integrated Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Saipan Island, Mariana Archipelago. The zip file contains the interpolated and non-interpolated versions of the integrated products in GeoTIFF format and the 50m depth contour shapefile with the PDF map showing the extent of the products. The number of the file name indicates the pixel resolution of the products.

  • tin_5m_hardsoft.zip
    GeoTIFF

    Integrated Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Tinian Island, Mariana Archipelago. The zip file contains the interpolated and non-interpolated versions of the integrated products in GeoTIFF format and the 20m depth contour shapefile with the PDF map showing the extent of the products. The number of the file name indicates the pixel resolution of the products.

  • how_2m_hardsoft.zip
    GeoTIFF

    Newly developed Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Howland Island, Pacific Remote Islands. The zip file contains the product in GeoTIFF format with the PDF map showing the extent of the product. Also included is the 10 m contour polygon file for Howland, which was not previously provided as there was a lack of sufficient data available at that time. Access to additional better quality WorldView imagery for Howland allowed for new estimated depths to be generated, and therefore sufficient depth information is now available to derive the 10-m isobath. Source WorldView satellite images: 2011 and 2016

  • jar_2m_hardsoft.zip
    GeoTIFF

    Newly developed Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Jarvis Island, Pacific Remote Islands. The zip file contains the product in GeoTIFF format with the PDF map showing the extent of the product. Also included is the 10 m contour polygon file for Jarvis, which was not previously provided as there was a lack of sufficient data available at that time. Access to additional better quality WorldView imagery for Jarvis allowed for new estimated depths to be generated, and therefore sufficient depth information is now available to derive the 10-m isobath. Source WorldView satellite image: 2016

  • joh_2m_hardsoft.zip
    GeoTIFF

    Newly developed Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Johnston Atoll, Pacific Remote Islands. The zip file contains the product in GeoTIFF format with the PDF map showing the extent of the product.

    Source WorldView satellite image: 2014

  • kin_2m_hardsoft.zip
    GeoTIFF

    Newly developed Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Kingman Reef, Pacific Remote Islands. The zip file contains the product in GeoTIFF format with the PDF map showing the extent of the product.

    Source WorldView satellite image: 2015

  • pal_hardsoft.zip
    GeoTIFF

    Integrated Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Palmyra Atoll, Pacific Remote Islands.. The zip file contains the interpolated and non-interpolated versions of the integrated products in GeoTIFF format and the 20m depth contour shapefile with the PDF map showing the extent of the products. The number of the file name indicates the pixel resolution of the products.

    The zip file also contains newly developed Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Palmyra Atoll. It includes the non-interpolated version, and the interpolated version with the existing benthic habitat layers. The products are in GeoTIFF format with the PDF map showing the extent of the product.

    Source WorldView satellite image: 2014

Access Constraints:

None

Use Constraints:

These data are not to be used for navigation purposes.

Please cite NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) when using the data:

Ecosystem Sciences Division, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, 2018: Seafloor substrate (hard and soft bottom) maps at select islands and atolls in American Samoa, the Mariana Archipelago, and the Pacific Remote Island Areas, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/34310.

Controlled Theme Keywords

biota, oceans

Child Items

Type Title
Entity Seafloor Substrate Classes

Contact Information

Point of Contact
Pacific Islands Regional Office (PIRO)

Metadata Contact
Brooke Olenski
brooke.olenski@noaa.gov

Extents

Geographic Area 1

-170.92° W, -168.115° E, -14.1° N, -14.57° S

Rose Atoll and Tutuila, Ofu/Olosega, and Tau Islands in American Samoa.

Geographic Area 2

144.55° W, 146° E, 18.3° N, 13.2° S

Guam, Saipan, Aguijan, Rota, Pagan, Anatahan, and Maug Islands in the Mariana Archipelago.

Geographic Area 3

-176.63° W, -159.995° E, 16.8° N, -0.395° S

Johnston and Palmyra Atolls, Howland and Jarvis Islands, and Kingman Reef in the Pacific Remote Island Areas.

Time Frame 1
2003 - 2010

Time frame of TOAD optical data for the islands in the Mariana Archipelago, including Guam, Saipan, Rota, Tinian, Pagan, Aguijan, and Maug.

Time Frame 2
2001 - 2003

Time frame of IKONOS imagery for Aguijan, Pagan, Rota, Tinian, Saipan and Guam in the Mariana Archipelago, and Tutuila, Ofu/Olosega and Tau in American Samoa.

Time Frame 3
2008 - 2018

Time frame of source data for the hard/soft substrate maps produced by the NOAA Fisheries Coral Reef Ecosystem Program for Tutuila, Ofu/Olosega and Tau in American Samoa, and Guam, Saipan, Tinian and Pagan in the Mariana Archipelago.

Time Frame 4
2002 - 2012

Time frame of TOAD optical data for Tutuila, Tau, and Ofu/Olosega in American Samoa, and Palmyra of the Pacific Remote Island Areas.

Time Frame 5
2010

Time frame of Quickbird imagery for Palmyra Atoll in the Pacific Remote Island Areas.

Time Frame 6
2011 - 2016

Time frame of WorldView 2 imagery for Howland and Jarvis Islands, Johnston and Palmyra Atolls, and Kingman Reef in the Pacific Remote Island Areas.

Item Identification

Title: Seafloor substrate (hard and soft bottom) maps at select islands and atolls in American Samoa, the Mariana Archipelago, and the Pacific Remote Island Areas
Short Name: Hard Soft Substrate: ESA
Status: Completed
Creation Date: 2016-08
Revision Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018
Abstract:

Seafloor substrate (i.e., hard vs. soft bottom) maps from 0 to up to 50 m depths around select islands and atolls in American Samoa, the Mariana Archipelago, and the Pacific Remote Island Areas were produced by the NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD). The islands and atolls include Tutuila, Ofu and Olosega, Tau, and Rose in American Samoa; Anatahan, Maug, Aguijan, Pagan, Rota, Tinian, Saipan, and Guam in the Mariana Archipelago; and Howland, Jarvis, Kingman, Palmyra, and Johnston in the Pacific Remote Island Areas. This is a preliminary product, derived from integrating two existing map products: hard and soft seafloor substrate maps derived from an unsupervised classification of multibeam backscatter and bathymetry derivatives produced by ESD, and shallow-water benthic habitat maps generated by the NOAA Centers for Coastal Ocean Science. The resulting maps were then updated with ESD's groundtruth data, including biological survey data and benthic cover data derived from the analysis of seafloor images. The final maps were interpolated to fill in gaps and smoothed to remove isolated pixels, and the substrate data were constrained up to 50-m depths. For the Pacific Remote Island Areas where no benthic habitat maps were available, hard and soft substrate maps were newly generated from high spatial resolution satellite images.
Purpose:

Seamless hard and soft seafloor maps were initially requested by the NOAA Fisheries Pacific Islands Regional Office (PIRO) Protected Resources Division to assist with management of 15 coral species that occur in the Indo-Pacific and are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Some of these coral species are known to be found in American Samoa, the Mariana Archipelago, and the Pacific Remote Island Areas. The effort was funded by the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program.

Supplemental Information:

The substrate maps were produced for Tutuila in American Samoa, and Saipan and Guam in the Mariana Archipelago (PIRO's Tier 1 priorities for management of ESA-listed corals) in the first year of the project (2016). Substrate maps for the 6 islands in American Samoa and the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PIRO's Tier 2 priorities) were completed in the second year (2017). Substrate maps for PIRO's Tier 3 priorities in the Mariana Archipelago (Maug and Anatahan), American Samoa (Rose), and the Pacific Remote Island Areas (Howland, Jarvis, Kingman, Palmyra, and Johnston) were completed in the last year of the project (2018).

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
ISO 19115 Topic Category
biota
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
UNCONTROLLED
CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus Geographic Information > Habitats
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Benthic Habitat
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Mapping > geomorphology Mapping
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Mapping > Habitat Mapping
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Hard Seafloor Substrate
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Soft Seafloor Substrate
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Habitats
CRCP Project 467
CRCP Project Mapping and EcoSpatial Information Products to Support Coral Reef Ecosystem Management in the Pacific Islands Region
NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS SUBSTRATE DESCRIPTION
NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS benthic
NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS GIS product
NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Coral Reef Conservation Program
NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS CORAL REEF STUDIES
NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Ecosystem Sciences Division
None American Samoa
None Coral Reef Ecosystem Division
None Coral Reef Ecosystem Program
None CRED
None CREP
None Ecosystem Sciences Division
None ESD
None Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
None PIFSC
None seabed substrate
None seafloor substrate

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Aguihan > Aguihan Island (Aguijan) (14N145E0006)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Anatahan > Anatahan Island (16N145E0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Maug > Maug Island (20N145E0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Northern Mariana Islands > Northern Mariana Islands ( CNMI ) (18N146E0000)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Pagan > Pagan Island (18N145E0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Rota > Rota Island ( Luta ) (14N145E0007)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Saipan > Saipan Island (15N145E0002)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Tinian > Tinian Island (14N145E0005)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Ofu Island (14S169W0013)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Olosega Island (14S169W0014)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Rose Atoll (14S168W0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Ta'u Island (14S169W0012)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > Tutuila Island (14S170W0016)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > Ofu Island > Ofu (14S169W0002)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > Olosega Island > Olosega (14S169W0016)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Guam > Guam (13N144E0000)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Howland Island (00S176W0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Jarvis Island (00S160W0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Johnston Atoll (16N169W0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Kingman Reef (06N162W0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Palmyra Atoll (05N162W0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > Rose Atoll (14S168W0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > Tutuila Island (14S170W0016)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Howland Island > Howland Island (00S176W0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Johnston Atoll > Johnston Atoll (16N169W0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Line Islands > Jarvis Island (00S160W0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Line Islands > Kingman Reef (06N162W0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Line Islands > Palmyra Atoll (05N162W0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Manu'a Group > Ofu (14S169W0002)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Manu'a Group > Ofu Island (14S169W0013)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Manu'a Group > Olosega (14S169W0016)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Manu'a Group > Olosega Island (14S169W0014)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Manu'a Group > Ta'u Island (14S169W0012)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Aguihan Island Reefs > Aguihan Island (Aguijan) (14N145E0006)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Anatahan Island > Anatahan Island (16N145E0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Guam > Guam (13N144E0000)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Mariana Archipelago > Northern Mariana Islands ( CNMI ) (18N146E0000)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Maug Island > Maug Island (20N145E0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Pagan Island > Pagan Island (18N145E0001)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Rota Island > Rota Island ( Luta ) (14N145E0007)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Saipan Island > Saipan Island (15N145E0002)
CoRIS Place Thesaurus OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Tinian Island Reefs > Tinian Island (14N145E0005)
NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Central Pacific Ocean
NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Equatorial Pacific Ocean
NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Marianas Trench Marine National Monument
NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS NW Pacific
NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument
NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Rose Atoll Marine National Monument
NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS South Pacific Ocean
None CNMI
None Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
None Mariana Archipelago
None Mariana Islands
None Marianas
None Pacific Remote Island Areas
None PRIA
None PRIMNM

Stratum Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
Global Change Master Directory SEA FLOOR

Physical Location

Organization: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
City: Honolulu
State/Province: HI
Country: USA

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Data Set Type: GIS dataset of raster files
Maintenance Frequency: None Planned
Maintenance Note:

3-year funded project is complete as of April 30, 2018
Data Presentation Form: Map (digital)
Entity Attribute Overview:

Seafloor substrate classes: Value 1 = hard-bottom seafloor (i.e., pavement, coral reef, rock), value 2 = soft-bottom seafloor (i.e., sand, sediments), value 0 = no data available.

Entity Attribute Detail URL: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/52453
Distribution Liability:

While every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of the current state of the art, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.
Data Set Credit: NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division and funded by the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program

Support Roles

Data Set Credit

CC ID: 351607
Date Effective From: 2015
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP)
Address: 1305 East West Highway 10th Floor
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3281
Phone: (301) 713-3155
URL: https://coralreef.noaa.gov

Data Steward

CC ID: 989564
Date Effective From: 2020
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Akridge, Michael W
Address: 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address: michael.akridge@noaa.gov
Phone: (808)725-5483

Data Steward

CC ID: 989566
Date Effective From: 2020
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Lichowski, Frances
Address: 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address: frances.lichowski@noaa.gov
Phone: (808)725-5476

Distributor

CC ID: 344362
Date Effective From: 2016
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)
Address: 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address: pifsc.info@noaa.gov
Phone: 808-725-5360
URL: https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Contact Instructions:

via the Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center, hosted by University of Hawaii SOEST and maintained by staff of the NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division (Michael Akridge, Frances Lichowski).

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 989957
Date Effective From: 2020
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Olenski, Brooke
Email Address: brooke.olenski@noaa.gov

Originator

CC ID: 344364
Date Effective From: 2015
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)
Address: 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address: pifsc.info@noaa.gov
Phone: 808-725-5360
URL: https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Point of Contact

CC ID: 989494
Date Effective From: 2020
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): Pacific Islands Regional Office (PIRO)
Address: 1845 Wasp Boulevard, Bldg 176
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Contact Instructions:

Maps were produced for and delivered to Lance Smith at the NOAA Fisheries Regional Office in Honolulu.
View Historical Support Roles

Extents

Currentness Reference: Ground Condition

Extent Group 1

Extent Description:

NOAA Pacific Islands Regional Office tiered priority locations for management of ESA-listed corals. Tier 1 includes Tutuila Island in American Samoa, and Guam and Saipan Islands in the Mariana Archipelago. Tier 2 includes Ofu and Olosega, and Tau Islands in American Samoa, and Aguijan, Pagan, Rota, and Tinian Islands in the Mariana Archipelago. Tier 3 includes Rose Atoll in American Samoa, Anatahan and Maug Islands in the Mariana Archipelago, and Howland and Jarvis Islands, Johnston and Palmyra Atolls, and Kingman Reef in the Pacific Remote Island Areas.

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 345788
W° Bound: -170.92
E° Bound: -168.115
N° Bound: -14.1
S° Bound: -14.57
Description

Rose Atoll and Tutuila, Ofu/Olosega, and Tau Islands in American Samoa.

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 2

CC ID: 345789
W° Bound: 144.55
E° Bound: 146
N° Bound: 18.3
S° Bound: 13.2
Description

Guam, Saipan, Aguijan, Rota, Pagan, Anatahan, and Maug Islands in the Mariana Archipelago.

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 3

CC ID: 751784
W° Bound: -176.63
E° Bound: -159.995
N° Bound: 16.8
S° Bound: -0.395
Description

Johnston and Palmyra Atolls, Howland and Jarvis Islands, and Kingman Reef in the Pacific Remote Island Areas.

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 344907
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2003
End: 2010
Description:

Time frame of TOAD optical data for the islands in the Mariana Archipelago, including Guam, Saipan, Rota, Tinian, Pagan, Aguijan, and Maug.

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 2

CC ID: 355834
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2001
End: 2003
Description:

Time frame of IKONOS imagery for Aguijan, Pagan, Rota, Tinian, Saipan and Guam in the Mariana Archipelago, and Tutuila, Ofu/Olosega and Tau in American Samoa.

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 3

CC ID: 355835
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2008
End: 2018
Description:

Time frame of source data for the hard/soft substrate maps produced by the NOAA Fisheries Coral Reef Ecosystem Program for Tutuila, Ofu/Olosega and Tau in American Samoa, and Guam, Saipan, Tinian and Pagan in the Mariana Archipelago.

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 4

CC ID: 355837
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2002
End: 2012
Description:

Time frame of TOAD optical data for Tutuila, Tau, and Ofu/Olosega in American Samoa, and Palmyra of the Pacific Remote Island Areas.

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 5

CC ID: 751843
Time Frame Type: Discrete
Start: 2010
Description:

Time frame of Quickbird imagery for Palmyra Atoll in the Pacific Remote Island Areas.

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 6

CC ID: 751844
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2011
End: 2016
Description:

Time frame of WorldView 2 imagery for Howland and Jarvis Islands, Johnston and Palmyra Atolls, and Kingman Reef in the Pacific Remote Island Areas.

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Security Classification System:

Not applicable
Security Handling Description:

Not applicable
Data Access Policy:

NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) Data Sharing Recommendations, version 9.0 updated August 12, 2015:

CREP welcomes the opportunity to collaborate on research issues contributing to the scientific basis for better management of marine ecosystems. CREP has a very diverse set of field activities that generates large volumes of data using an array of data collection protocols.

The following recommendations are for your consideration as you use this data:

1) Data analyses should take all field exigencies into account. The most effective way to do this would be active collaboration with CREP principal investigators.

2) In all presentations, product releases, or publications using data generated by CREP, proper acknowledgement of both CREP and the individuals responsible for data collection is expected. Citing the DOI (if available) is preferred, a non-DOI example is listed below.

3) If you collect or generate data for the same study areas, CREP requests that you share relevant information on complimentary data collections.

4) Those receiving data are strongly urged to inform the CREP Data Management Team of any errors and discrepancies that are discovered during the course of using these data. They are further urged to bring to the attention of the Team all problems and difficulties encountered in using these data. This information is necessary in order to improve the collections and to facilitate more efficient and economical data processing and retrieval. The users are asked to supply copies of any missing data that may be located, and to provide information as to significant subsets and special aggregations of data that are developed in using the material provided.

Example citation:

"This publication makes use of data products provided by the Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), with funding support from the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP). The analysis and interpretations presented here are solely that of the current authors.”
Data Access Procedure:

Data can be accessed online via the Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center website via the FTP link provided in the distribution section.
Data Access Constraints:

None
Data Use Constraints:

These data are not to be used for navigation purposes.

Please cite NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) when using the data:

Ecosystem Sciences Division, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, 2018: Seafloor substrate (hard and soft bottom) maps at select islands and atolls in American Samoa, the Mariana Archipelago, and the Pacific Remote Island Areas, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/34310.
Metadata Access Constraints:

None
Metadata Use Constraints:

None

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 577207
Download URL: ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/website/data/amsamoa/benthichabitatlayers/ofu_5m_hardsoft.zip
Distributor: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) (2016 - Present)
File Name: ofu_5m_hardsoft.zip
Description:

Integrated Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Ofu/Olosega Islands, American Samoa. The zip file contains the interpolated and non-interpolated versions of the integrated products in GeoTIFF format and the 20m depth contour shapefile with the PDF map showing the extent of the products. The number of the file name indicates the pixel resolution of the products.
File Type (Deprecated): GeoTIFF
Distribution Format: GeoTIFF
Compression: Zip

Distribution 2

CC ID: 751776
Download URL: ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/website/data/amsamoa/benthichabitatlayers/ros_5m_hardsoft.zip
Distributor: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) (2016 - Present)
File Name: ros_5m_hardsoft.zip
Description:

Integrated Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Rose Atoll, American Samoa. The zip file contains the interpolated and non-interpolated versions of the integrated products in GeoTIFF format and the 20m depth contour shapefile with the PDF map showing the extent of the products. The number of the file name indicates the pixel resolution of the products.
File Type (Deprecated): GeoTIFF
Distribution Format: GeoTIFF
Compression: Zip

Distribution 3

CC ID: 577208
Download URL: ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/website/data/amsamoa/benthichabitatlayers/tau_5m_hardsoft.zip
Distributor: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) (2016 - Present)
File Name: tau_5m_hardsoft.zip
Description:

Integrated Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Tau Island, American Samoa. The zip file contains the interpolated and non-interpolated versions of the integrated products in GeoTIFF format and the 20m depth contour shapefile with the PDF map showing the extent of the products. The number of the file name indicates the pixel resolution of the products.
File Type (Deprecated): GeoTIFF
Distribution Format: GeoTIFF
Compression: Zip

Distribution 4

CC ID: 345791
Download URL: ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/website/data/amsamoa/benthichabitatlayers/tut_5m_hardsoft.zip
Distributor: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) (2016 - Present)
File Name: tut_5m_hardsoft.zip
Description:

Integrated Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. The zip file contains the interpolated and non-interpolated versions of the integrated products in GeoTIFF format and the 50m depth contour shapefile with the PDF map showing the extent of the products. The number of the file name indicates the pixel resolution of the products.
File Date/Time: 2016-08-26 00:00:00
File Type (Deprecated): GeoTIFF
Distribution Format: GeoTIFF
Compression: Zip

Distribution 5

CC ID: 577209
Download URL: ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/website/data/cnmi-guam/benthichabitatlayers/agu_4m_hardsoft.zip
Distributor: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) (2016 - Present)
File Name: agu_4m_hardsoft.zip
Description:

Integrated Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Aguijan Island, Mariana Archipelago. The zip file contains the integrated Hard and Soft Seafloor Substrate product in GeoTIFF format with the PDF map showing the extent of the product.

File Type (Deprecated): GeoTIFF
Distribution Format: GeoTIFF
Compression: Zip

Distribution 6

CC ID: 751777
Download URL: ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/website/data/cnmi-guam/benthichabitatlayers/ana_4m_hardsoft.zip
Distributor: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) (2016 - Present)
File Name: ana_4m_hardsoft.zip
Description:

Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Anatahan Island, Mariana Archipelago. The zip file contains the product in GeoTIFF format with the PDF map showing the extent of the products.

File Type (Deprecated): GeoTIFF
Distribution Format: GeoTIFF
Compression: Zip

Distribution 7

CC ID: 345792
Download URL: ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/website/data/cnmi-guam/benthichabitatlayers/gua_5m_hardsoft.zip
Distributor: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) (2016 - Present)
File Name: gua_5m_hardsoft.zip
Description:

Integrated Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Guam Island, Mariana Archipelago. The zip file contains the interpolated and non-interpolated versions of the integrated products in GeoTIFF format and the 50m depth contour shapefile with the PDF map showing the extent of the products. The number of the file name indicates the pixel resolution of the products.
File Date/Time: 2016-08-26 00:00:00
File Type (Deprecated): GeoTIFF
Distribution Format: GeoTIFF
Compression: Zip

Distribution 8

CC ID: 751778
Download URL: ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/website/data/cnmi-guam/benthichabitatlayers/mau_4m_hardsoft.zip
Distributor: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) (2016 - Present)
File Name: mau_4m_hardsoft.zip
Description:

Integrated Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Maug Island, Mariana Archipelago. The zip file contains the interpolated and non-interpolated versions of the integrated products in GeoTIFF format and the 20m depth contour shapefile with the PDF map showing the extent of the products. The number of the file name indicates the pixel resolution of the products. The file also contains the 20m depth contour shapefile of Supply Reef near by.
File Type (Deprecated): GeoTIFF
Distribution Format: GeoTIFF
Compression: Zip

Distribution 9

CC ID: 577212
Download URL: ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/website/data/cnmi-guam/benthichabitatlayers/pag_5m_hardsoft.zip
Distributor: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) (2016 - Present)
File Name: pag_5m_hardsoft.zip
Description:

Integrated Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Pagan Island, Mariana Archipelago. The zip file contains the interpolated and non-interpolated versions of the integrated products in GeoTIFF format and the 20m depth contour shapefile with the PDF map showing the extent of the products. The number of the file name indicates the pixel resolution of the products.
File Type (Deprecated): GeoTIFF
Distribution Format: GeoTIFF
Compression: Zip

Distribution 10

CC ID: 577210
Download URL: ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/website/data/cnmi-guam/benthichabitatlayers/rot_4m_hardsoft.zip
Distributor: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) (2016 - Present)
File Name: rot_4m_hardsoft.zip
Description:

Integrated Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Rota Island, Mariana Archipelago. The zip file contains the interpolated and non-interpolated versions of the integrated products in GeoTIFF format and the 20m depth contour shapefile with the PDF map showing the extent of the products. The number of the file name indicates the pixel resolution of the products.
File Type (Deprecated): GeoTIFF
Distribution Format: GeoTIFF
Compression: Zip

Distribution 11

CC ID: 345793
Download URL: ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/website/data/cnmi-guam/benthichabitatlayers/sai_5m_hardsoft.zip
Distributor: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) (2016 - Present)
File Name: sai_5m_hardsoft.zip
Description:

Integrated Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Saipan Island, Mariana Archipelago. The zip file contains the interpolated and non-interpolated versions of the integrated products in GeoTIFF format and the 50m depth contour shapefile with the PDF map showing the extent of the products. The number of the file name indicates the pixel resolution of the products.
File Date/Time: 2016-08-26 00:00:00
File Type (Deprecated): GeoTIFF
Distribution Format: GeoTIFF
Compression: Zip

Distribution 12

CC ID: 577211
Download URL: ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/website/data/cnmi-guam/benthichabitatlayers/tin_5m_hardsoft.zip
Distributor: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) (2016 - Present)
File Name: tin_5m_hardsoft.zip
Description:

Integrated Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Tinian Island, Mariana Archipelago. The zip file contains the interpolated and non-interpolated versions of the integrated products in GeoTIFF format and the 20m depth contour shapefile with the PDF map showing the extent of the products. The number of the file name indicates the pixel resolution of the products.
File Type (Deprecated): GeoTIFF
Distribution Format: GeoTIFF
Compression: Zip

Distribution 13

CC ID: 751779
Download URL: ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/website/data/pria/benthichabitatlayers/how_2m_hardsoft.zip
Distributor: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) (2016 - Present)
File Name: how_2m_hardsoft.zip
Description:

Newly developed Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Howland Island, Pacific Remote Islands. The zip file contains the product in GeoTIFF format with the PDF map showing the extent of the product. Also included is the 10 m contour polygon file for Howland, which was not previously provided as there was a lack of sufficient data available at that time. Access to additional better quality WorldView imagery for Howland allowed for new estimated depths to be generated, and therefore sufficient depth information is now available to derive the 10-m isobath. Source WorldView satellite images: 2011 and 2016
File Type (Deprecated): GeoTIFF
Distribution Format: GeoTIFF
Compression: Zip

Distribution 14

CC ID: 751780
Download URL: ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/website/data/pria/benthichabitatlayers/jar_2m_hardsoft.zip
Distributor: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) (2016 - Present)
File Name: jar_2m_hardsoft.zip
Description:

Newly developed Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Jarvis Island, Pacific Remote Islands. The zip file contains the product in GeoTIFF format with the PDF map showing the extent of the product. Also included is the 10 m contour polygon file for Jarvis, which was not previously provided as there was a lack of sufficient data available at that time. Access to additional better quality WorldView imagery for Jarvis allowed for new estimated depths to be generated, and therefore sufficient depth information is now available to derive the 10-m isobath. Source WorldView satellite image: 2016
File Type (Deprecated): GeoTIFF
Distribution Format: GeoTIFF
Compression: Zip

Distribution 15

CC ID: 751782
Download URL: ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/website/data/pria/benthichabitatlayers/joh_2m_hardsoft.zip
Distributor: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) (2016 - Present)
File Name: joh_2m_hardsoft.zip
Description:

Newly developed Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Johnston Atoll, Pacific Remote Islands. The zip file contains the product in GeoTIFF format with the PDF map showing the extent of the product.

Source WorldView satellite image: 2014
File Type (Deprecated): GeoTIFF
Distribution Format: GeoTIFF
Compression: Zip

Distribution 16

CC ID: 751781
Download URL: ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/website/data/pria/benthichabitatlayers/kin_2m_hardsoft.zip
Distributor: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) (2016 - Present)
File Name: kin_2m_hardsoft.zip
Description:

Newly developed Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Kingman Reef, Pacific Remote Islands. The zip file contains the product in GeoTIFF format with the PDF map showing the extent of the product.

Source WorldView satellite image: 2015
File Type (Deprecated): GeoTIFF
Distribution Format: GeoTIFF
Compression: Zip

Distribution 17

CC ID: 751783
Download URL: ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/website/data/pria/benthichabitatlayers/pal_hardsoft.zip
Distributor: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) (2016 - Present)
File Name: pal_hardsoft.zip
Description:

Integrated Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Palmyra Atoll, Pacific Remote Islands.. The zip file contains the interpolated and non-interpolated versions of the integrated products in GeoTIFF format and the 20m depth contour shapefile with the PDF map showing the extent of the products. The number of the file name indicates the pixel resolution of the products.

The zip file also contains newly developed Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Map of Palmyra Atoll. It includes the non-interpolated version, and the interpolated version with the existing benthic habitat layers. The products are in GeoTIFF format with the PDF map showing the extent of the product.

Source WorldView satellite image: 2014
File Type (Deprecated): GeoTIFF
Distribution Format: GeoTIFF
Compression: Zip

URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 344369
URL: https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/cms/
Name: Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center (PIBHMC) website
URL Type:
Online Resource
Description:

NOAA ESD source data are accessible through this website.

URL 2

CC ID: 345920
URL: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/region/pacific-islands#protected-marine-life
Name: NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands Region, Protected Marine Life website
URL Type:
Online Resource
Description:

This web page describes the corals listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

URL 3

CC ID: 351737
URL: https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/amsamoa_images/TUT_unspv_hardvsoft_5m_445.jpg
Name: Hard and Soft Substrate map of Tutuila
URL Type:
Browse Graphic
Hard and Soft Substrate map of Tutuila
File Resource Format: JPG
Description:

An example hard- and soft-bottom substrate map of Tutuila (prepared using a different methodology compared with the substrate maps prepared for the project described here).

Technical Environment

Description:

Arc ASCII files created using ArcGIS 10.3, 10.4.1 and 10.5.1 in a Microsoft Windows environment.

Data Quality

Representativeness:

Tier 1 and Tier 2 method: Two primary maps describing the benthic habitats were used in the analysis. ESD hard-soft substrate maps were derived from unsupervised classification of multibeam backscatter and bathymetry derivatives. The Biogeography Program shallow-water benthic habitat maps are derived from IKONOS satellite imagery (Quickbird satellite imagery for Palmyra Atoll). Ground truthing data include ESD's biological survey locations (both fish and coral), and the benthic images acquired during Towed Optical Assessment Device (TOAD) surveys.

Primary method for Tier 3: the predictive substrate maps were produced from recently acquired WorldView satellite images.
Accuracy:

Refer to the metadata and documentation for the accuracy of each dataset included in the analysis (go to Sources in the the Lineage section).

For hard and soft substrate maps newly developed from WorldView 2 satellite imagery, the classification results were compared against ESD's biological survey locations (both fish and coral surveys), with 95-99.5% agreement.

Analytical Accuracy:

As of yet, these data have not been compared with external references or other published data.
Completeness Report:

Improved hard and soft bottom seafloor substrate maps were prepared for approximately 28 locations grouped into three priority tiers, and the maps have been submitted to the Pacific Islands Regional Office, Protected Resources Division for their review to support management of corals listed under the Endangered Species Act. These maps may be subject to updates as new data and information become available. The following locations were priorities for PIRO, however substrate maps could not be prepared for Supply Reef or the offshore banks of Guam due to the lack of available data. Also, due to limited availability of bathymetry for Anatahan and Aguijan, the substrate maps for these areas were not constrained to the desired depth limit (20 m for both locations).
Conceptual Consistency:

Data are collected for resource management and research purposes and are tested for internal consistency. Each GeoTiff file was derived following the method described in the lineage section.
Quality Control Procedures Employed:

Tier 1 and Tier 2 method: The accuracy of the two existing map products used in the analysis---1) hard and soft seafloor substrate maps derived from an unsupervised classification of multibeam backscatter and bathymetry derivatives produced by ESD, and 2) shallow-water benthic habitat maps generated by NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Biogeography Program---were assessed with ESD's in-situ surveys and benthic data derived from the analysis of seafloor images. Once all data were integrated, the products were visually inspected by ESD's researchers.

Primary Tier 3 method: the method was developed initially for an area in West Hawaii where multiple sources of accurate, reliable data were available. Applying the method to islands in the Pacific Remote Island Areas, the process and resulting classifications were quality controlled by a group of team members before the products were finalized.

Data Management

Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified?: Yes
Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management: Unknown
Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive?: Yes
Is Access to the Data Limited Based on an Approved Waiver?: No
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination: Unknown
Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location: Other
If World Data Center or Other, Specify: Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving: Unknown
How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive?:

University of Hawaii School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, NOAA IRC and NOAA Fisheries ITS resources and assets.

Lineage

Lineage Statement:

The steps in this analysis included: 1) re-categorizing all data to simple hard/soft substrates, 2) integrating all data following data prioritization rules established by an accuracy assessment, 3) filling gaps in data using interpolation, and 4) extracting the data to known depth ranges for the coral species in question.

Biogeography Program shallow-water benthic habitat maps and ESD backscatter-derived hard-soft substrate maps were unavailable for several locations in the Pacific Remote Island Areas. Satellite images were processed for these places using the method described in Mumby and Edwards (2000) and then unsupervised classification was applied to derive hard and soft substrates for these places.

Sources

Benthic Habitats of Guam, Southern Mariana Archipelago Derived From IKONOS Imagery, 2001-2003

CC ID: 345025
Contact Role Type: Publisher
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, NCCOS
Publish Date: 2004-06-30
Citation URL: https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/faq/habitat_guam_2003.html
Citation URL Name: Coral Reef Information System

Benthic Habitats of Tutuila, American Samoa 2001-2003, Derived from IKONOS Imagery

CC ID: 345016
Contact Role Type: Publisher
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, NCCOS
Publish Date: 2004-06-30
Citation URL: https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/habitat_tutuila_2003.html
Citation URL Name: Coral Reef Information System

Benthic Habitats of Aguijan, Southern Mariana Archipelago 2001-2003, Derived from IKONOS Imagery

CC ID: 576912
Contact Role Type: Publisher
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, NCCOS
Publish Date: 2004-07-02
Citation URL: https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/habitat_aguijan_2003.html
Citation URL Name: Coral Reef Information System

Benthic Habitats of Anatahan, Northern Mariana Archipelago 2001-2003, Derived From IKONOS Imagery

CC ID: 751848
Contact Role Type: Publisher
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, NCCOS
Publish Date: 2004-07-02
Citation URL: https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/habitat_anatahan_2003.html
Citation URL Name: Coral Reef Information System

Benthic Habitats of Maug Islands, Northern Mariana Archipelago 2001-2003, Derived From IKONOS Imagery

CC ID: 751850
Contact Role Type: Publisher
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, NCCOS
Publish Date: 2004-07-02
Citation URL: https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/habitat_maug_islands_2003.html
Citation URL Name: Coral Reef Information System

Benthic Habitats of Pagan, Northern Mariana Archipelago 2001-2003, Derived From IKONOS Imagery

CC ID: 576910
Contact Role Type: Publisher
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, NCCOS
Publish Date: 2004-07-02
Citation URL: https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/habitat_pagan_2003.html
Citation URL Name: Coral Reef Information System

Benthic Habitats of Rose Atoll, American Samoa 2001-2003, Derived from IKONOS Imagery

CC ID: 751849
Contact Role Type: Publisher
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, NCCOS
Publish Date: 2004-06-30
Citation URL: https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/habitat_rose_atoll_2003.html
Citation URL Name: Coral Reef Information System

Benthic Habitats of Rota, Southern Mariana Archipelago 2001-2003, Derived from IKONOS Imagery

CC ID: 576909
Contact Role Type: Publisher
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, NCCOS
Publish Date: 2004-07-02
Citation URL: https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/habitat_rota_2003.html
Citation URL Name: Coral Reef Information System

Benthic Habitats of Saipan, Southern Mariana Archipelago 2001-2003, Derived from IKONOS Imagery

CC ID: 345039
Contact Role Type: Publisher
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, NCCOS
Publish Date: 2004-07-02
Citation URL: https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/habitat_saipan_2003.html
Citation URL Name: Coral Reef Information System

Benthic Habitats of the Manua Islands, American Samoa 2001-2003, Derived from IKONOS Imagery

CC ID: 576911
Contact Role Type: Publisher
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, NCCOS
Publish Date: 2004-06-30
Citation URL: https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/habitat_manua_islands_2003.html
Citation URL Name: Coral Reef Information System

Coral Reef Ecosystem Program Standard Operating Procedures: Data Collection for Rapid Ecological Assessment Fish Surveys

CC ID: 345084
Contact Role Type: Publisher
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC
Publish Date: 2015-12-01
Citation URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5SN06ZT
Citation URL Name: NOAA Institutional Repository
Source Contribution:

Ayotte, P., K. McCoy, A. Heenan, I. Williams, and J. Zamzow. 2015. Coral reef ecosystem program standard operating procedures: data collection for rapid ecological assessment fish surveys. Pacific Islands Fish. Sci. Cent., Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., NOAA, Honolulu, HI 96818-5007. Pacific Islands Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep. H-15-07, 33 p.

Depth Contours for select locations across the U.S. Pacific Islands

CC ID: 345093
Contact Role Type: Publisher
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC
Citation URL: https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/cms/documentation/
Citation URL Name: Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center
Citation URL Description:

Links to FTP zip file of Island Polygon Contours at various depths (produced in 2016) and to FTP index containing 50-m depth contours (produced in 2015)
Source Contribution:

Island Polygon Contours (various depths): ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/website/webdocs/contours_2016/2016_contour_poly.zip

Island Polygon Contours [50m]: ftp://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/website/webdocs/contours/

Mapping of Benthic Habitats for U.S. Pacific Territories: American Samoa, Guam and The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

CC ID: 345015
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, NCCOS
Publish Date: 2004-08-15
Citation URL: https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/benthic-habitat-mapping-american-samoa-guam-commonwealth-northern-mariana-islands/
Citation URL Name: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, NCCOS Research Project page
Source Contribution:

Report:

2004: Mapping of Benthic Habitats for the U.S. Pacific Territories-American Samoa, Guam, and Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (Project Completion Report)

Mumby, P. J., Edwards, A. J. Water column correction techniques. In Remote Sensing Handbook for Tropical Coastal Management. Green, E. P., Mumby, P. J., Edwards, A. J., Clark, C.D., Eds. UNESCO: Paris, France, 2000. Pp. 121-128.

CC ID: 751852
Contact Role Type: Publisher
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: UNESCO
Publish Date: 2000-05-01
Citation URL: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0011/001197/119752E.pdf
Citation URL Name: UNESCO Digital Library

Optical Validation data for Aguijan, collected via Towed Optical Assessment Device (TOAD) surveys

CC ID: 576914
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC
Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 2003-08-27
Extent End Date/Time: 2003-09-06
Citation URL: https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/cms/data-by-location/cnmi-guam/tinian-island/optical/
Citation URL Name: Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center website

Optical Validation data for Guam, collected via Towed Optical Assessment Device (TOAD) surveys

CC ID: 345078
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC
Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 2003-09-23
Extent End Date/Time: 2003-09-25
Citation URL: https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/cms/data-by-location/cnmi-guam/guam-island/optical/
Citation URL Name: Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center website

Optical Validation data for Ofu and Olosega, collected via Towed Optical Assessment Device (TOAD) surveys

CC ID: 576916
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC
Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 2002-02-14
Extent End Date/Time: 2006-03-01
Citation URL: https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/cms/data-by-location/american-samoa/ofu-and-olosega/ofu-and-olosega-optical-validation/
Citation URL Name: Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center website

Optical Validation data for Pagan, collected via Towed Optical Assessment Device (TOAD) surveys

CC ID: 577206
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC
Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 2003-08-26
Extent End Date/Time: 2003-09-07
Citation URL: https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/cms/data-by-location/cnmi-guam/pagan-island/pagan-island-optical-validation/
Citation URL Name: Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center website

Optical Validation data for Rota, collected via Towed Optical Assessment Device (TOAD) surveys

CC ID: 576915
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC
Publish Date: 2011-12-01
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 2003-09-19
Extent End Date/Time: 2010-02-23
Citation URL: https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/cms/data-by-location/cnmi-guam/rota-island/rota-island-optical-validation/
Citation URL Name: Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center website

Optical Validation data for Saipan, collected via Towed Optical Assessment Device (TOAD) surveys

CC ID: 351738
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC
Publish Date: 2011-08-25
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 2003-08-22
Extent End Date/Time: 2010-03-12
Citation URL: https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/cms/data-by-location/cnmi-guam/saipan-island-marpi-bank/saipan-island-marpi-bank-optical-validation/
Citation URL Name: Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center website

Optical Validation data for Tau, collected via Towed Optical Assessment Device (TOAD) surveys

CC ID: 576917
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC
Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 2004-02-04
Extent End Date/Time: 2006-03-02
Citation URL: https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/cms/data-by-location/american-samoa/tau/tau-optical-validation/
Citation URL Name: Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center website

Optical Validation data for Tutuila, collected via Towed Optical Assessment Device (TOAD) surveys

CC ID: 351739
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC
Publish Date: 2008-05-01
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 2002-02-10
Extent End Date/Time: 2008-02-25
Citation URL: https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/cms/data-by-location/american-samoa/tutuila/tutuila-optical-validation/
Citation URL Name: Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center website

Palmyra Atoll Quickbird II Seafloor Mosaic (1.8m)

CC ID: 751851
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, NCCOS
Publish Date: 2010-03-08
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 2006-09-27
Extent End Date/Time: 2009-09-27
Citation URL: https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/palmyra_seafloor_mosaic.html
Citation URL Name: Coral Reef Information System
Source Contribution:

Extent of data 2006-09-27 to 2009-09-27

Preliminary hard and soft bottom seafloor substrate map derived from an unsupervised classification of gridded backscatter and bathymetry derivatives at Ofu and Olosega Islands, Territory of American Samoa, USA

CC ID: 576920
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC
Publish Date: 2010-10-13
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 2005-04-06
Extent End Date/Time: 2008-05-28
Citation URL: https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/cms/data-by-location/american-samoa/ofu-and-olosega/ofu-and-olosega-geomorphology/
Citation URL Name: Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center website

Preliminary hard and soft bottom seafloor substrate map derived from an unsupervised classification of gridded backscatter and bathymetry derivatives at Pagan Island, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)

CC ID: 576918
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC
Publish Date: 2008-10-10
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 2007-05-25
Extent End Date/Time: 2007-06-08
Citation URL: https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/cms/data-by-location/cnmi-guam/pagan-island/pagan-island-geomorphology/
Citation URL Name: Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center website

Preliminary hard and soft bottom seafloor substrate map derived from an unsupervised classification of gridded backscatter and bathymetry derivatives at Saipan Island, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)

CC ID: 345014
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC
Publish Date: 2008-10-10
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 2003-08-21
Extent End Date/Time: 2007-06-08
Citation URL: https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/cms/data-by-location/cnmi-guam/saipan-island-marpi-bank/saipan-island-marpi-bank-geomorphology/
Citation URL Name: Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center website

Preliminary hard and soft bottom seafloor substrate map derived from an unsupervised classification of gridded backscatter and bathymetry derivatives at Tau Island, Territory of American Samoa, USA

CC ID: 576921
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC
Publish Date: 2010-10-13
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 2004-02-05
Extent End Date/Time: 2004-02-12
Citation URL: https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/cms/data-by-location/american-samoa/tau/tau-geomorphology/
Citation URL Name: Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center website

Preliminary hard and soft bottom seafloor substrate map derived from an unsupervised classification of gridded backscatter and bathymetry derivatives at Tinian Island, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)

CC ID: 576919
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC
Publish Date: 2008-10-10
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 2003-08-21
Extent End Date/Time: 2007-06-08
Citation URL: https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/cms/data-by-location/cnmi-guam/tinian-island/geomorphology/
Citation URL Name: Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center

Preliminary hard and soft bottom seafloor substrate map derived from an unsupervised classification of gridded backscatter and bathymetry derivatives at Tutuila Island, American Samoa, South Pacific

CC ID: 345010
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC
Publish Date: 2008-06-02
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 2004-02-25
Extent End Date/Time: 2006-02-26
Citation URL: https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/cms/data-by-location/american-samoa/tutuila/tutuila-geomorphology/
Citation URL Name: Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center

Preliminary hard and soft bottom seafloor substrate map derived from an unsupervised classification of gridded backscatter and bathymetry derivatives at U.S. territory of Guam

CC ID: 345011
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC
Publish Date: 2008-10-10
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 2003-09-22
Extent End Date/Time: 2007-05-22
Citation URL: https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/cms/data-by-location/cnmi-guam/guam-island/geomorphology/
Citation URL Name: Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center

Winston M, Couch C, Ferguson M, Huntington B, Swanson D, Vargas-Ángel B. 2019. Ecosystem Sciences Division Standard Operating Procedures: Data Collection for Rapid Ecological Assessment Benthic Surveys, 2018 Update. NOAA Tech. Memo. NOAA-TM-NMFS-PIFSC-92, 66 p.

CC ID: 345082
Contact Role Type: Originator
Contact Type: Organization
Contact Name: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC
Publish Date: 2019-10-01
Citation URL: https://doi.org/10.25923/w1k2-0y84
Citation URL Name: NOAA Institutional Repository
Source Contribution:

Methodology for demographic surveys of adult and juvenile corals

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 345085
Description:

First, the accuracy of two primary maps for three islands - Tutuila in American Samoa, Guam and Saipan in Mariana Archipelago were examined using the ground truthing data. Due to a wide area of overlap between the two datasets, it was necessary to make a decision on how to treat the two datasets in these areas. As the two datasets were produced from different methods, and from different underlying data (multibeam bathymetry versus satellite imagery) there were naturally discrepancies between the two datasets. Examination of the ground truthing data showed that the Biogeography Program shallow-water benthic habitat map provided better representations of overall classifications for all three islands. For both maps, the sand classes produced poor accuracy. This might be due to the disparity of the data acquisition time among the datasets, and the sand cover might be greatly shifted over time. Based on the accuracy assessments and uncertainties, a pragmatic decision was taken to integrate all the datasets following data prioritization rules:

1. Hard classes from ground truthing data

2. Biogeography Program shallow-water benthic habitat map

3. ESD backscatter-derived hard-soft substrate map

These data prioritization rules are applied to the rest of the islands. ESD backscatter-derived hard-soft substrate maps are only available for Tutuila, Ofu/Olosega and Tau islands, and Rose Atoll in American Samoa; and Guam, Saipan, Tinian, and Pagan islands in Mariana Archipelago. For Rota, Aguijan, Maug, and Anatahan islands in Mariana Archipelago and Palmyra Atoll in Pacific Remote Islands, only the Biogeography Program shallow-water benthic habitat map and available ground truthing data were used. The pixel resolution is dependent on the available datasets: if ESD hard-soft substrate maps are available, the pixel resolution of the products inherits the resolution of the ESD hard-soft substrate maps. Otherwise it will inherit the resolution of the Biogeography Program shallow-water benthic habitat map.
Process Date/Time: 2016-05-31 00:00:00
Process Contact: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)
Phone (Voice): 808-725-5360
Email Address: pifsc.info@noaa.gov

Process Step 2

CC ID: 345086
Description:

For the Biogeography Program shallow-water benthic habitat map, polygons were first deleted that were not required for this product; the polygons where the Major Reef Structure (M_STRUCT) was either 'Unknown' or 'Other Delineations' were deleted, leaving only polygons where M_STRUCT was 'Coral Reef and Hardbottom' or 'Unconsolidated Sediment.' The polygon shapefile was then converted into an ArcGIS Raster, using the ArcGIS tool, 'Polygon To Raster’. The raster values were checked to ensure that the same value was equivalent to hard substrate as in the ESD backscatter-derived hard-soft map, where 'Coral Reef and Hardbottom' was classed as 'hard' and 'Unconsolidated Sediment' was classed as 'soft'.

Process Date/Time: 2016-05-31 00:00:00
Process Contact: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)
Phone (Voice): 808-725-5360
Email Address: pifsc.info@noaa.gov

Process Step 3

CC ID: 345087
Description:

For the ESD backscatter-derived hard-soft substrate, no data area was removed.

Process Date/Time: 2016-05-31 00:00:00
Process Contact: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)
Phone (Voice): 808-725-5360
Email Address: pifsc.info@noaa.gov

Process Step 4

CC ID: 345091
Description:

To combine the two maps and ground truthing data, all layers were mosaiced, using the ArcGIS tool, 'Mosaic To New Raster.' Based on the data prioritization rules, the two maps were first mosaiced using the 'FIRST' method of the ArcToolbox Tool 'Mosaic to new raster' where the Biogeography Program shallow-water benthic habitat map was the 'first' raster in the mosaic. This meant that where there was overlap between the two datasets, the Biogeography Program shallow-water benthic habitat map was used, and the ESD backscatter-derived hard-soft substrate map was used to fill in gaps. Then, the ground truthing data were mosaiced with the combined map using the the ‘FIRST’ method where the ground truthing data was the ‘first’ raster in the mosaic to update the combined map. However, even using this method, artifacts in the data remain. It should also be borne in mind that the sand areas may be problematic for both primary maps; The Biogeography Program shallow water benthic habitat map may misrepresent high reflective hard substrate areas as sand, whereas the ESD backscatter-derived hard-soft map may under-represent soft sediment at the surface, particularly if there is rocky substrate underlying the soft sediment.
Process Date/Time: 2016-05-31 00:00:00
Process Contact: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)
Phone (Voice): 808-725-5360
Email Address: pifsc.info@noaa.gov

Process Step 5

CC ID: 345090
Description:

For ground-truthing data, to estimate the survey areas, 30-m radius buffers were generated around the locations of the reef fish surveys* and coral demographic surveys and 15-m radius buffers for the image locations of hard classes from the TOAD. All polygons were assigned as ‘hard’. Similar to the Biogeography Program shallow-water benthic habitat map, the buffer polygons were then converted into an ArcGIS Raster.

*Locations of reef fish surveys are included as ground-truth data because NOAA ESD only surveys hard bottom coral reef habitats as part of its standard operating procedures to conduct reef fish surveys.

Process Date/Time: 2016-05-31 00:00:00
Process Contact: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)
Phone (Voice): 808-725-5360
Email Address: pifsc.info@noaa.gov

Process Step 6

CC ID: 345092
Description:

Gaps were filled with interpolation in ArcGIS environment. ‘Focal statistics’ was used in ‘Raster Calculator’ tool to calculate majority value within three by three cell neighborhood for each cell location where there is no value. ‘Majority filter’ was then applied to remove isolated single pixels.

Process Date/Time: 2016-05-31 00:00:00
Process Contact: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)
Phone (Voice): 808-725-5360
Email Address: pifsc.info@noaa.gov

Process Step 7

CC ID: 751854
Description:

Neither the Biogeography Program shallow-water benthic habitat nor the ESD backscatter-derived hard-soft substrate maps were available for Howland and Jarvis islands, Johnston Atoll and Kingman Reef in the Pacific Remote Island Areas. WorldView-2 images were processed for these places using the method described in Mumby and Edwards (2000). Then, unsupervised classification was applied in ArcGIS desktop to derive Hard and Soft substrate maps.

Process Contact: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)
Phone (Voice): 808-725-5360
Email Address: pifsc.info@noaa.gov
Source: Mumby, P. J., Edwards, A. J. Water column correction techniques. In Remote Sensing Handbook for Tropical Coastal Management. Green, E. P., Mumby, P. J., Edwards, A. J., Clark, C.D., Eds. UNESCO: Paris, France, 2000. Pp. 121-128.

Process Step 8

CC ID: 345094
Description:

Both interpolated and non-interpolated Integrated hard-soft maps and the satellite-derived substrate maps were extracted using the known depth contours for ESA species using 'Extract by Mask' tool in ArcGIS.
Process Contact: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)
Phone (Voice): 808-725-5360
Email Address: pifsc.info@noaa.gov
Source: Depth Contours for select locations across the U.S. Pacific Islands

Acquisition Information

Instruments

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Platforms

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Child Items

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Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 34310
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:34310
Metadata Record Created By: Tomoko S Acoba
Metadata Record Created: 2016-08-15 16:06+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2023-10-17 16:12+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2018-04-25
Owner Org: PIFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
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Metadata Last Review Date: 2018-04-25
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2019-04-25