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Summary

Short Citation
Office for Coastal Management, 2024: Benthic Habitat Mapping - Dry Tortugas RoxAnn Acoustic Sensor Data Points, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/47885.
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Abstract

During April 2001 RoxAnn single-beam acoustic surveys were conducted at the North Unit of the Tortugas Ecological Reserve, Florida. Thirteen transects associated with fixed bottom sampling stations were surveyed to characterize the ecotone around the stations. In addition survey tracks were run along the outer edge of the Tortugas platform reef complex and into the interior of the platform. A towed video sled (minibat) was deployed simultaneously with the RoxAnn survey which provided a live video ground truth to the acoustic signals. Using this ground truth several bottom classes were identified including coral, seagrass, algae, unconsolidated sediments, and hardbottoms. The original RoxAnn categories are preserved in the Class field and benthic habitat codes from the Florida System for Classifying Estuarine and Marine Environments (SCHEME) system are preserved in the SCHEME field. The depth value is in meters below transducer surface.

Original contact information:

Contact Org: NOAA Office for Coastal Management

Phone: 843-740-1202

Email: coastal.info@noaa.gov

Distribution Information

Access Constraints:

None

Use Constraints:

Bathymetric data have not been corrected for tide and wind variables. Not for use in navigation.

Controlled Theme Keywords

BENTHIC, biota, COASTAL, environment, ESTUARY

Child Items

Type Title
Entity fl_dt01.dbf

Contact Information

Point of Contact
NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
coastal.info@noaa.gov
(843) 740-1202

Metadata Contact
NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
coastal.info@noaa.gov
(843) 740-1202

Extents

Geographic Area 1

-82.99687858505° W, -82.76481755499° E, 24.73908925585° N, 24.51945289841° S

Time Frame 1
2001-04-08 - 2001-04-12

Item Identification

Title: Benthic Habitat Mapping - Dry Tortugas RoxAnn Acoustic Sensor Data Points
Short Name: fl_dt01_rox-meta
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2005-08-01
Abstract:

During April 2001 RoxAnn single-beam acoustic surveys were conducted at the North Unit of the Tortugas Ecological Reserve, Florida. Thirteen transects associated with fixed bottom sampling stations were surveyed to characterize the ecotone around the stations. In addition survey tracks were run along the outer edge of the Tortugas platform reef complex and into the interior of the platform. A towed video sled (minibat) was deployed simultaneously with the RoxAnn survey which provided a live video ground truth to the acoustic signals. Using this ground truth several bottom classes were identified including coral, seagrass, algae, unconsolidated sediments, and hardbottoms. The original RoxAnn categories are preserved in the Class field and benthic habitat codes from the Florida System for Classifying Estuarine and Marine Environments (SCHEME) system are preserved in the SCHEME field. The depth value is in meters below transducer surface.

Original contact information:

Contact Org: NOAA Office for Coastal Management

Phone: 843-740-1202

Email: coastal.info@noaa.gov

Purpose:

The single-beam surveys were part of a larger biogeographic characterization effort intended to characterize benthic habitats, ocean circulation patterns, in the newly established Tortugas Ecological Reserve. The goal of the project was to establish a baseline of environmental conditions and processes that could be compared to future surveys. This would support evaluations of various reserve management strategies.

Notes:

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Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > ESTUARY
ISO 19115 Topic Category
biota
ISO 19115 Topic Category
environment
UNCONTROLLED
None Benthic Habitat
None CoRIS
None Depth
None Environmental Monitoring
None OCM Benthic Habitat Mapping
None RoxAnn
None SCHEME
None Single-Beam Acoustics

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > FLORIDA
UNCONTROLLED
None Dry Tortugas
None Florida
None Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
None Gulf of Mexico
None Tortugas Ecological Reserve

Physical Location

Organization: Office for Coastal Management
City: Charleston
State/Province: SC

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Maintenance Frequency: None Planned
Data Presentation Form: Map (digital)
Distribution Liability:

Single-beam acoustic data points collected in the Dry Tortugas area of Florida. While every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within limits of the state of the art, NOAA will not assume any liability for damages caused by any inaccuracies in these data, or failure in their use.

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 611142
Date Effective From: 2005-08-01
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
Address: 2234 South Hobson Ave
Charleston, SC 29405-2413
Email Address: coastal.info@noaa.gov
Phone: (843) 740-1202
URL: https://coast.noaa.gov

Distributor

CC ID: 611144
Date Effective From: 2005-08-01
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
Address: 2234 South Hobson Ave
Charleston, SC 29405-2413
Email Address: coastal.info@noaa.gov
Phone: (843) 740-1202
URL: https://coast.noaa.gov

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 611145
Date Effective From: 2005-08-01
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
Address: 2234 South Hobson Ave
Charleston, SC 29405-2413
Email Address: coastal.info@noaa.gov
Phone: (843) 740-1202
URL: https://coast.noaa.gov

Point of Contact

CC ID: 611143
Date Effective From: 2005-08-01
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM)
Address: 2234 South Hobson Ave
Charleston, SC 29405-2413
Email Address: coastal.info@noaa.gov
Phone: (843) 740-1202
URL: https://coast.noaa.gov

Extents

Currentness Reference: Ground Condition

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 611148
W° Bound: -82.99687858505
E° Bound: -82.76481755499
N° Bound: 24.73908925585
S° Bound: 24.51945289841

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 611147
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 2001-04-08
End: 2001-04-12

Spatial Information

Spatial Representation

Representations Used

Vector: Yes

Vector Representation 1

CC ID: 611137
Point Object Present?: Yes
Point Object Count: 25933

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Constraints:

None

Data Use Constraints:

Bathymetric data have not been corrected for tide and wind variables. Not for use in navigation.

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 750362
Download URL: ftp://ftp.coast.noaa.gov/pub/benthic/Single_Beam_Acoustic_Data/FL_DryTortugas_rox.zip
Distributor:
File Name: Bulk Download
Description:

FTP download of data files.

URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 750364
URL: https://coast.noaa.gov/
Name: NOAA's Office for Coastal Management (OCM) website
URL Type:
Online Resource
Description:

Information on the NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM)

Activity Log

Activity Log 1

CC ID: 611169
Activity Date/Time: 2017-03-30
Description:

Date that the source FGDC record was last modified.

Activity Log 2

CC ID: 611168
Activity Date/Time: 2017-11-14
Description:

Converted from FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml.pl' script. Contact Tyler Christensen (NOS) for details.

Activity Log 3

CC ID: 717846
Activity Date/Time: 2018-02-08
Description:

Partial upload of Positional Accuracy fields only.

Activity Log 4

CC ID: 750363
Activity Date/Time: 2018-04-11
Description:

Partial upload to move data access FTP links to Distribution Info and remove broken URLs.

Technical Environment

Description:

ArcView version 3.2 shapefile format

Data Quality

Accuracy:

This data is accurate to field conditions in April 2001. The depth readings have not been corrected for tide stage or wind variables. A towed video system (mini-bat) was deployed behind the vessel where the acoustic transducer was deployed. This provided real-time ground-truth to the acoustic signals. As habitat boundaries were crossed, the RoxAnn acoustic signature box was updated and checked. In addition dive observations were made along the transects to verify the habitat classes.

Horizontal Positional Accuracy:

The horizontal positional accuracy is based on the accuracy of the GPS used to generate the coordinate pair for each acoustic record. The GPS unit was a military grade receiver enabled to receive encrypted Y-code from the GPS satellites. his typically produces a spatial accuracy of 10 meters or less.

Vertical Positional Accuracy:

Depth value is in meters below transducer. No correction has been applied for wind or tide effects. No validation was performed on this data and no accuracy is implied.

Completeness Report:

The data is complete.

Conceptual Consistency:

These data are believed to be logically consistent, though no tests have been performed. Point geometry is topologically clean.

Lineage

Sources

Dry Tortugas RoxAnn Points

CC ID: 611133
Contact Name: Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office for Coastal Management (OCM)
Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 2001-04-08
Extent End Date/Time: 2001-04-12
Source Contribution:

Unknown | Source Geospatial Form: map | Type of Source Media: map

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 611134
Description:

Between 8 and 12 April 2001 RoxAnn single-beam acoustic data were collected along 16 transects running across the edge of the Tortugas platform reef. The transducer was mounted on a pole attached to the side of the research vessel and was co-located with a PLGR GPS unit. Data were recorded at 1 second intervals. The E1 and E2 signals received were displayed and logged in the normal RoxMap Scientific software environment. The vessel speed during collection was approximately 4 kts. Simultaneous to collection of the acoustic data a towed video sled was deployed astern of the ship. The picture from this video was displayed in the lab within view of the RoxAnn data analyst. This allowed a near real-time reference for the acoustic data. This ground-truth was used to assign the RoxAnn soundings into several bottom classes. At the conclusion of each transect run. The instrument was shut off until the next transect was visited.

Process Date/Time: 2001-04-01 00:00:00

Process Step 2

CC ID: 611135
Description:

The full RoxAnn record collected during the April cruise was exported from the RoxMap environment and converted into ESRI shapefile format for further analysis. A set of tools developed at OCM specifically for cleaning RoxAnn data were used to remove noise and anomalous points from the record. These points included spikes and pits in the bathymetry as well as bad data caused by surface turbulence. Each bottom class in the data was then exported individually and displayed on a scatterplot of E1 vs. E2 values to examine its geometry. The cluster means (E1 and E2) for each class were also displayed relative to each other as a logical check between classes. The final results were recoded into the Florida SCHEME benthic habitat classification system to ensure consistency with other OCM benthic data.

Process Date/Time: 2003-12-01 00:00:00

Child Items

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Rubric Score Type Title
Entity fl_dt01.dbf

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 47885
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:47885
Metadata Record Created By: Anne Ball
Metadata Record Created: 2017-11-14 12:57+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2023-05-30 18:09+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2018-04-11
Owner Org: OCM
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2018-04-11
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2019-04-11