1999 RoxAnn Data Points from Apalachicola Bay, Florida
fl_ab99_rox-meta
eng
Dataset
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > ESTUARY
biota
environment
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > FLORIDA
Acoustic
Environmental Monitoring
National Estuarine Research Reserve
OCM Benthic Habitat Mapping
RoxAnn
SAV
benthic mapping
oysters
Apalachicola Bay
Florida
Gulf Coast Florida
The Apalachicola Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and the NOAA Office for Coastal Management worked together to map benthic habitats within Apalachicola Bay, Florida. The bay and the lower portions of four distributaries were surveyed on 11-22 October 1999 using three benthic sampling techniques. This data set represents the information gathered from a RoxAnn acoustic sensor. The instrument was used to characterize bottom type by extracting data on bottom roughness and bottom hardness from the primary and secondary sounder echoes. The data is classified on-the-fly, using the Sediment Profile Images and grab samples collected for field validation, and subject to a post-processing classification. The RoxAnn data points were exported into a geographic information system (GIS) and post-processed to remove unreliable data points and re-classified. This data set is comprised of the cleaned, attributed point data. The attributes include location, date, time, depth, field derived classification, and the classification derived from post-processing the data.
Original contact information:
Contact Org: NOAA Office for Coastal Management
Phone: 843-740-1202
Email: coastal.info@noaa.gov
Office for Coastal Management
Office for Coastal Management
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/47882
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/37225
northlimit=29.805416;
eastlimit=-84.733803;
southlimit=29.597982;
westlimit=-85.221802;
1999-10
None
2001-05-09