Metadata_Majuro_ShallowWater_Benthic_Habitats eng; USA utf8 dataset Matt Kendall National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch Primary Map Creator 301-713-3028 301-713-4384 1305 East West Highway Silver Spring MD 20910 matt.kendall@noaa.gov 0800 - 1700, Monday to Friday, EST pointOfContact 2024-12-15 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) G-polygon 1830 World Geodetic System 1984 WGS 84 2007-08-27 revision https://epsg.org/crs_4326/WGS-84.html WGS 84 GML of World Geodetic System 1984 coordinate reference system. information resourceProvider European Petroleum Survey Group https://epsg.org/home.html European Petroleum Survey Group Geodetic Parameter Registry Registry that accesses the EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset, which is a structured dataset of Coordinate Reference Systems and Coordinate Transformations. search publisher urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 Majuro_Benthic_Habitats 2012 publication Matt Kendall, NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Branch originator NOAA's Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Silver Spring MD publisher mapDigital Please use citation for the written document "Benthic Habitats of Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands" when using these data. Benthic habitat maps of the nearshore marine environment of Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands were created by visual interpretation of remotely sensed imagery. The objective of this effort, conducted by NOAA's Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment - Biogeography Branch was to provide spatially-explicit information on the reef zones and habitat types of Majuro's coral reef ecosystem. This product provides a fine-scale assessment of the status, abundance, and distribution of marine habitats of Majuro. The work provides local scientisits and managers with increased technical capacity for ocean exploration, management, and stewardship. Direct applications to management include evaluation of management efficacy, a spatial framework for improved monitoring and sampling design, improved assessment of human-use impacts, and marine spatial planning to support consideration of marine protected area boundary alternatives. completed Matt Kendall National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch Marine Biologist 301-713-3028 x144 301-713-4384 1305 East West Highway Silver Spring MD 20910 matt.kendall@noaa.gov 0800 - 1700, Monday to Friday, EST pointOfContact notPlanned CoRIS_Metadata theme NCEI Geoportal Filter coral reef benthic habitats reef unconsolidated sediments zone geomorphological structure theme None Geographic Information > Habitats theme CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Habitats EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Coastal Habitat EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat theme CoRIS Theme Thesaurus Republic of the Marshall Islands Majuro Atoll place None COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Marshall Islands > Majuro Atoll (07N171E0002) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Ratak Islands > Majuro Atoll (07N171E0002) place CoRIS Place Thesaurus The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) is publishing this data on their website. NCCOS Biogeography Branch does not guarantee the accuracy of the geographic features or attributes. Please see the written report and metadata records for each data set for complete information on the source, limitations, and proper use. otherRestrictions Use Constraints: Not for navigation. otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None Benthic Habitats of Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands 2012-01-01 publication NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Silver Spring MD publisher Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Program originator documentDigital Kendall, M.S., T.A. Battista, and C.A. Menza. 2012. Benthic Habitats of Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands. NOAA Biogeography Branch Report. largerWorkCitation vector eng; USA oceans environment biota Native Dataset Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcMap 9.3.1 (Build 4000) 171.00 171.40 7.03 7.25 2006-01-01 Attribute Table for Benthic Habitat Map of Majuro: Shapefile attribute table FID Internal feature number. Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. Coordinates defining the features. ID A distinct identifier used to define each unique combination of habitat characteristics Specific code used for NOAA coral reef habitat maps | Described in Kendall et al. 2012. Benthic Habitats of Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands. NOAA Biogeography Branch Report. Area Calculated feature area Area of feature in square meters. Zone Geographic zone Described in Kendall et al. 2012. Benthic Habitats of Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands. NOAA Biogeography Branch Report. M_Struct Major Geomorphological Structure Described in Kendall et al. 2012. Benthic Habitats of Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands. NOAA Biogeography Branch Report. D_Struct Detailed Geomorphological Structure Described in Kendall et al. 2012. Benthic Habitats of Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands. NOAA Biogeography Branch Report. P_hard Percent hardbottom of the polygon Described in Kendall et al. 2012. Benthic Habitats of Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands. NOAA Biogeography Branch Report. Entity and Attribute Overview: Specific details of the attributes and values therein can be found in Kendall et al. 2012. Benthic Habitats of Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands. NOAA Biogeography Branch Report. Entity and Attribute Detail Citation: Kendall et al. 2012. Benthic Habitats of Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands. NOAA Biogeography Branch Report. Shapefile National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch 301-713-3028 x144 301-713-4384 1305 East West Highway Silver Spring MD 20910 matt.kendall@noaa.gov 0800 - 1700, Monday to Friday, EST distributor None 1.982 https://nccospublicstor.blob.core.windows.net/projects-attachments/207/majuro_gis_files.zip download dataset Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report NOAA calculations with 21 known ground control locations resulted in RMSE accuracy of 1.619 m. It is believed that polygon horizontal accuracies are inherited from the source imagery. Delineation of all habitat boundaries was conducted with the image scale at 1:4,000. This ensured that the level of detail produced by the photo interpreter was uniform throughout the project. The minimum mapping unit (MMU) for identifying habitats or features was 1,000 square meters. The software utilized in this project was designed to alert the photo interpreter each time a polygon was drawn smaller than the a MMU; at which point the polygon was then aggregated with the most logical adjacent polygon. Benthic habitats were visually interpreted from Digital Globe’s Quickbird II (QB2) commercial satellite imagery collected between 2004 and 2006. The satellite collects a four-channel multispectral image (blue, green, red, and near infra-red colors) at 2.44 m spatial resolution as well as a panchromatic image (black and white) at 0.61 m resolution. NOAA fused these two images to create “pansharpened” scenes for mapping that have the high spatial resolution of the panchromatic image and the colors of the multispectral image. During the digitizing process, image stretches and manipulating image contrast, brightness and color balance were performed in ArcGIS to enhance features in the processed imagery. GIS topologic quality was established by executing ArcGIS extension routines that check for: overlapping polygons, multipart polygons, sliver polygons and void polygons. Checks for adjacent polygons with the same habitat attributes were completed. All errors were identified and corrected. This file is believed to be logically consistent. 1) Imagery Acquisition - The first step in map creation was the acquisition and processing of a comprehensive dataset of remotely sensed imagery. All imagery was geo-positioned to ensure acceptable spatial accuracy in the mapping product. 2009-01-01T00:00:00 Tim A. Battista NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Branch (301) 713-3028 NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCMA, N/SCI1 1305 East-West Hwy, 9th floor Silver Spring MD 20910 processor 2) Habitat Boundary Delineation - A first draft benthic habitat map was generated by delineating all features that could be identified by visual inspection of the remotely sensed imagery. During the creation of this first draft, the interpreter placed discrete points on the map that were representative of all image signatures and/or difficult to identify and that warranted further field investigation. These sites were labeled as "ground validation" positions. 2009-01-01T00:00:00 Matt Kendall and Charles Menza NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Branch (301) 713-3028 NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCMA, N/SCI1 1305 East-West Hwy, 9th floor Silver Spring MD 20910 processor 3) Ground Validation - NOAA field scientists explored the ground validation locations with a suite of assessment techniques depending on the conditions at each site. A combination of underwater video, free diving, snorkeling and surface observations were used to survey the ecological characteristics at each location. This information was analyzed and the initial maps were edited to generate a second draft map. 2009-01-01T00:00:00 Matt Kendall NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Branch (301) 713-3028 NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCMA, N/SCI1 1305 East-West Hwy, 9th floor Silver Spring MD 20910 processor 4) Final Products Creation - A final benthic habitat map for Majuro was generated by correcting inaccuracies elucidated by quality control procedures. Additionally, all associated datasets, including GIS files, satellite imagery and metadata were packaged for web delivery. 2009-01-01T00:00:00 Matt Kendall NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Branch (301) 713-3028 NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCMA, N/SCI1 1305 East-West Hwy, 9th floor Silver Spring MD 20910 processor Source Contribution: This section of the report describes the habitat classification scheme used to classifiy habitat features. The Majuro habitat classification scheme defines benthic communities on the basis of four primary coral reef ecosystem attributes: 1) broad geographic zone, 2) geomorphological structure type, and 3) percent hardbottom.Source Type: report Benthic Habitats of Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands 2012-01-01 publication NOAA's Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Silver Spring MD publisher Kendall, Battista, Menza originator documentDigital Kendall, M.S., T.A. Battista, and C.A. Menza. 2012. Benthic Habitats of Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands. NOAA Biogeography Branch Report. 2012-01-01 Source Contribution: This ArcGIS extension was used to digitize and attribute benthic zones, structure and biological cover of this map.Source Type: computer program NOAA Habitat Digitizer Extension 2009-01-01 publication NOAA's Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Silver Spring MD publisher Ken Buja originator https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/habitat-digitizer-extension/ NOAA. 2009. Habitat Digitizer Extension. NOAA Biogeography Branch. Silver Spring, MD. Available: https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/habitat-digitizer-extension/. 2009-01-01 Source Contribution: Used to identify and digitize benthic habitats of Majuro.Source Type: raster digital data Quickbird II Satellite Imagery 2006-01-01 publication Digital Globe Inc. Longmont CO publisher Digital Globe Inc. originator https://www.maxar.com/ imageDigital This imagery was obtained at a 2.44 m pixel resolution, deglinted and pan sharpened at 0.61 m resolution. Publication Date 2004-2006 2004-01-01 2006-01-01 annually This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata standard (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using the 2016-01-11 version of the FGDC RSE to ISO 19115-2 transform. Translated from FGDC 2025-03-24T17:19:54.984Z Matt Kendall National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA), Biogeography Branch Primary Map Creator 301-713-3028 301-713-4384 1305 East West Highway Silver Spring MD 20910 matt.kendall@noaa.gov 0800 - 1700, Monday to Friday, EST pointOfContact