TY  - BOOK
ED  - Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment U.S.
TI  - Benthic habitats of the main Hawaiian Islands
AV  - G4381.L1 2003 .B3
PY  - 2003///]
CY  - [Silver Spring, Md.
PB  - 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
KW  - Benthos
KW  - Habitat
KW  - Hawaii
KW  - Maps
KW  - Local
KW  - Coral reef ecology
KW  - Aquatic habitats
KW  - Aerial photographs
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Classification
N1  - Title from title screen; Eight metadata files included on CD-ROM; Overview -- Methods -- Data -- Maps -- Partners -- About; Electronic text, map, numeric and image data; Also available online via NOAA's Biogeography Program home page
N2  - 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
UR  - http://biogeo.nos.noaa.gov/products/hawaii%5Fcd
UR  - http://biogeo.nos.noaa.gov/products/hawaii%5Fcd/htm/manual.pdf
ER  -