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The Geographic Zone map created by the Biogeography Branch shows the broader picture of how habitats are created and interconnected geospatially. A zone refers to each benthic community's geographic location and geomorphological structure. The map was classified into 12 geographic zones: Back Reef, Bank/Shelf, Channel, Dredged, Fore Reef, Lagoon, Land, Reef Crest, Reef Flat, Reef Ridge Complex, Salt Pond, and Shoreline Intertidal. The geographic zone map was manually digitized at the 1:6000 scale by analyzing remotely sensed imagery, underwater videos and the already classified habitat map. |