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These images and data were all collected as part of a larger project to create a benthic habitat map for the Dry Tortugas National Park. An Accuracy Assessment was conducted on SCUBA that included taking underwater images of the benthic habitat and collecting data on type of habitat. The images were used in concert with the bathymetry, mapping products, and benthic cover data to create a Benthic Habitat Map. This shapefile only contains the coordinates, basic benthic information, and links to the images. |
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These images and data were all collected as part of a larger project to create a benthic habitat map for the Dry Tortugas National Park. An Accuracy Assessment was conducted on SCUBA that included taking underwater images of the benthic habitat and collecting data on type of habitat. The images were used in concert with the bathymetry, mapping products, and benthic cover data to create a Benthic Habitat Map. This shapefile only contains the coordinates, basic benthic information, and links to the images. |
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Michael Feeley - National Park Service - michael_feeley@nps.gov
Waara, Robert J. 2011. Development and policy applications of the 2010 benthic habitat map for Dry Tortugas National Park. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/SFCN/NRTR—2011/474. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
https://science.nature.nps.gov/im/units/sfcn/monitor/landscape/benthic_mapping.cfm |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The extent, distribution, and composition of major benthic communities (e.g., hard bottom, soft-bottom, dense Thallasia sp. seagrass, sparse seagrass, etc.) across bays and marine areas influence the fish, invertebrate, and larger vertebrate communities (e.g., sea turtles, manatees) they support. Benthic communities can change with alterations in location, quantity and quality of freshwater and sediment inputs (e.g., CERP), nutrient levels, major storm events, and heavy visitor use (e.g., repeated boat groundings, scarring, and anchoring damage). Analysis of remotely-sensed data provides the spatial extent and composition of major benthic communities across relevant areas of marine parks allowing tracking of changes in large-scale patch size and shape at a broader scale than site-specific studies.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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["Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary","FKNMS","National Park Service","Florida Fish and Wildlife","Benthic Habitat Map","Dry Tortugas National Park"] |
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