Benthic habitats of the main Hawaiian Islands [electronic resource] Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Biogeography Program. , Scales differ. - [Silver Spring, Md. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Biogeography Program 2003] - 1 CD-ROM col. ill., col. maps 12 cm. 1 documentation (48 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.)

Title from title screen. Eight metadata files included on CD-ROM.

Overview -- Methods -- Data -- Maps -- Partners -- About.

Electronic text, map, numeric and image data.

Provides a benthic habitat classification manual, a benthic habitat map for the nearshore waters of the main Hawaiian Islands, and supplemental geospatial data. Twenty-seven distinct benthic habitat types within eleven zones were mapped directly into a geographic information system (GIS) using visual interpretation of orthorectified aerial photographs and hyperspectral imagery. Benthic features were mapped that covered an area of 790 km². In all, 204 km² of unconsolidated sediment, 171 km² of submerged vegetation, and 415 km² of coral reef and colonized hardbottom were mapped.




System requirements: IBM-compatible PC; CD-ROM drive; web browsers; ArcView GIS (ArcView 3.1 or higher); Adobe Acrobat Reader and PKZIP Shareware.

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Benthos--Habitat--Hawaii--Maps.
Coral reef ecology--Hawaii.
Aquatic habitats--Data processing.--Hawaii--Aerial photographs
Aquatic habitats--Hawaii--Classification.
Benthos--Habitat--Hawaii--Aerial photographs.
Benthos--Habitat--Hawaii--Classification.


Hawaii--Data processing.--Aerial photographs

G4381.L1 2003 / .B3

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