Description: Dataset shows the boundaries for the area of interest for mapping ecological priorities and human impacts to support land-sea management of the corredor de las reservas del noreste iin Puerto Rico.
Description: Dataset contains information on the boundaries of the study area, areas of special interest, protected areas (land and marine), land stewardship, etc.
Description: Dataset contains information on the boundaries of the Northeast reserves of Puerto Rico, based on the agreement signed by Puerto Rico Planning Board in March 1st 2016.
Description: This dataset contains information on the land stewardship areas Northeast of Puerto Rico, identified by Puerto Rico GAP Analysis Project PRGAP. The areas have been classified according to the amount of protection given to biodiversity within them. GAP criteria was used in order to classify them. Additional information was added as part of the description of each of the stewardship areas. This information was gathered mainly through the help of interviews with the management officials of the land stewardship areas. However, other sources of information were used including internet webpages, literature review and others.
Description: Dataset contains information on the territorial sea boundaries for the study area Northeast of Puerto Rico. The territorial sea is a maritime zone over which the United States exercises sovereignty. Sovereignty extends to the airspace above and to the seabed below the territorial sea. The U.S. territorial sea extends 12 nautical miles from the baseline.
Description: Dataset contains polygons and information on the delimitation and Classification of Natural Protected Areas in Puerto Rico through legislation and / or management agreements. Coastal Zone Management Program of Puerto Rico/ Department of Natural and Environmental Resources.
Description: Dataset contains information on the critical habitat for turtle Northeast of Puerto Rico. Pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), NMFS is designating critical habitat for the threatened green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) to include coastal waters surrounding Culebra Island, Puerto Rico.
Description: Dataset contains information on the critical habitat for the two threatened species of coral Northeast of Puerto Rico. It represent the critical habitat for elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) and staghorn coral (A. cervicornis) as designated by 73 FR 72210, November 26, 2008, Rules and Regulations.
Description: Dataset contains information on the marine danger zones and restricted areas Norteast of Puerto Rico. These data represent the location of Danger Zones and Restricted Areas within coastal and marine waters, as outlined by the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and the Raster Navigational Charts (RNC). The CFR defines a Danger Zone as, "A defined water area (or areas) used for target practice, bombing, rocket firing or other especially hazardous operations, normally for the armed forces. The danger zones may be closed to the public on a full-time or intermittent basis, as stated in the regulations." The CFR defines a Restricted Area as, "A defined water area for the purpose of prohibiting or limiting public access to the area.
Description: Dataset contains information on the boundary of the Bioluminescent Bay North East of Puerto Rico. Bioluminescent bays are rare ecosystems, occurring as a result of a unique combination of topographic patterns, nutrient availability and species biogeography (Walker, 1997). The large bioluminescent bay located north of Fajardo, Puerto Rico, is both unique to the study area and significant for coastal eco-tourism and recreation. We delineated the Bioluminescent Bay by hand using the corresponding waterbody visible in the NOAA rasterized nautical chart.
Description: Dataset contains information on areas with submarine canyons North East of Puerto Rico. Submarine canyons were clearly visible by mapping bathymetric contours and delineating depressions between 200 m and 1000 m. Source NOAA coastal relief model and nautical chart.
Description: Data set contains information in the insular shelf edge North East of Puerto Rico. The shelf edge was defined as the band between 100 m and 200 m, identifying only the upper portion of the insular shelf edge. Source NOAA coastal relief model and nautical chart.
Description: Dataset contains information on the Edge Reef of the Insular Shelf North East of Puerto Rico. Shelf edge reefs were defined by local bathymetric maxima adjacent to the shelf edge, where the seafloor was higher than the surrounding seascape. The shelf edge reefs commonly occurred between 50 m and 35 m, whereas the surrounding seascape was greater than 50 m deep. Source NOAA coastal relief model and nautical chart.
Description: Dataset contains information on the rare coral reefs North East of Puerto Rico. Rare coral reefs were classified based on the percentage coral cover, with coral cover from 10 to 50% (Rare Reef) and more than 50% coral cover (Extremely Rare Reef).
Description: Dataset contains information on the Spawning aggregation sites for grouper, snapper, parrotfish and hogfish North East of Puerto Rico. Data was collected from interviews with the local fishermen. Data source 'Reef fish spawning aggregations of the Puerto Rican Shelf'. Ojeda-Serrano et al 2007.
Description: Dataset contains information on the high complexity reef (high rugosity areas) North East of Puerto Rico. Source NCCOS 2015 benthic habitat map.
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Description: Dataset contains information on the turtle feeding areas Northeast of Puerto Rico. Source expert knowledge and Puerto Rico Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) maps.
Description: Dataset contains information on the turtle nesting beaches Northeast of Puerto Rico. Source Puerto Rico Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) map.
Description: Dataset contains information on the locations of seven threatened coral species listed in the Endangered Species Act North East of Puerto Rico. Data collected from interviews with dive shops and from the 2014 National Coral Reef Monitoring Program NCRMP.
Description: Dataset contains information on the locations of the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program NCRMP monitoring sites in 2014 North East of Puerto Rico.
Description: Map of cumulative ecological attributes. Scores are defined by the number of overlapping ecological attributes. The score classes are divided into quintiles and areas in darker green have higher scores.
Description: Group of layers contains information mainly on the vessels use of the marine resources Northeast of Puerto Rico and the occurrences of the related infrastructures.
Description: Dataset contains information (location, depth and substrate type) on the ecological mooring buoys and restricted operation sites Northeast of Puerto Rico.Source DNER
Description: These data depict the occurrence of submarine cables North East of Puerto Rico. The purpose of this data product is to support coastal planning at the regional and national scale. Source geometry and attributes were derived from 2010 NOAA Electronic Navigation Charts and 2009 NOAA Raster Nautical Charts. Polyline features explicitly defined as cables were compiled from the original sources, exclusive of those features noted as 'cable areas'. The scale of the source material was highly variable and discontinuities between multiple sources were resolved with least possible spatial adjustments. The original S-57 data model was modified for readability and performance.
Description: Dataset Contains inforamation on the unexploded ordnances in Puerto Rico. Unexploded ordnance (or UXOs/UXBs, sometimes identified as UO) are explosive weapons (bombs, bullets, shells, grenades, land mines, naval mines, etc.) that did not explode when they were employed and still pose a risk of detonation, potentially many decades after they were used or discarded.
While “UXO” is widely and informally used, munitions and explosives of concern (MEC) is the current preferred terminology within the remediation community.
The presence and locations of the unexploded ordnance have been derived from graphical representations recorded on NOAA Raster Navigation Charts. These data are intended for coastal and ocean planning. Not for navigation.
Source; Marine Cadaster National Viewer https://marinecadastre.gov/nationalviewer/
Description: In 1981, NOAA’s National Ocean Service (NOS) implemented the Automated Wreck and Obstruction Information System (AWOIS) to assist in planning hydrographic survey operations and to catalog and store a substantial volume of reported wrecks and obstructions that are considered navigational hazards within U.S. coastal waters. As part of the hydrographic survey planning process, these records are reviewed and those records which require additional field investigation are assigned to specific field units for verification. The results of these investigations eventually become part of the AWOIS record so that a permanent history of a wreck or obstruction is always available.
AWOIS is not a comprehensive record of wrecks in any particular area. There are wrecks in AWOIS that do not appear on the nautical chart and there are wrecks on the nautical chart that do not appear in AWOIS. Updates to AWOIS are ongoing; however, it will never completely address every known or reported wreck.
For more information regarding this data and the definitions of the symbols please reference this report: http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/hsd/awois/AWOIS_Users_Guide_2013.pdf
Source; Marine Cadaster National Viewer https://marinecadastre.gov/nationalviewer/
Description: Group of layers and datasets contain information on the different threats and human impact on the ecological resources Northeast of Puerto Rico.
Description: The map of cumulative human threats represents the sum of mapped human drivers in the study. Drivers comprise vessel damage, coastal infrastructure damage, coastal population pressure, light pollution, watershed-based pollution, marine-based pollution, and coral bleaching. Threat scores were calculated using the scaled and normalized scores of human drivers for each 100 m2 cell and result in values ranging from close to 0 (i.e. relatively negligible threats) to 6.1 (i.e. areas with relatively many threats). The scores are not conditional on ecological attributes and therefore do not explicitly reflect impact or vulnerability. The comprehensive coverage of cumulative threat scores in the study area is in contrast to the cumulative impact scores which are mapped only in in locations with important ecological attributes.
Description: An image shows the level of agricultural pollution based on the amount of runoff from the upstream agricultural area reaching coastal discharge sites, were 1 is the highest level impact and 0.001 is the lowest. Modified data from Gould et al. (2007).
Description: Human population density contours modeled from 2010 U.S. Census Bureau block-level data. Block-level population densities for the coastal counties within the study area were calculated and converted into a 100 meter-squared raster file. Focal statistics were calculated for 1 km, 2 km and 5 km circular neighborhoods and then the layers were summed to result in a cumulative population pressure layer. The values were transformed using a natural log function and re-scaled with the range of 0 to 1.
Description: An image shows the potential for marine-based pollution defined by distance to mooring buoys, docks, marinas, ports, and recreational areas and the intensity of shipping traffic. Marine features and activities were collected from many geospatial data sources, and combined into an aggregate threat estimate.
Description: An Image shows the pollution delivery to coastal habitats calculated as the weighted sum of land cover in urban land cover categories. Modified data from Gould et al. (2007)
Description: Normalized number of coral bleaching alerts watches, and warnings from 2013 and 2014. Geospatial Caribbean coral bleaching alerts watches, and warnings data from 2013 and 2014 at 5 km resolution were collected from the NOAA Coast Watch archive. The number of alerts watches, and warnings were summed to identify areas of higher coral stress. The native resolution of bleaching data sets was used for the derived threat layer. The sum values were transformed using a natural log function and re-scaled with the range of 0 to 1.
Description: Light radiance from electric lighting acquired from nighttime satellite data between June 2014 and May 2015. Light pollution can affect the behaviors of photosensitive animals, such as sea turtles and corals. Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) monthly nightlight composites were downloaded from http://ngdc.noaa.gov/eog/viirs/download_monthly.html and light radiance between June 2014 and May 2015 were used to quantify light pollution. This monthly series provides a full annual cycle of light activity on the island. We used the data configuration that excludes any values impacted by stray light. Monthly composites were averaged to produce a single yearlong composite. The values were re-scaled to the maximum value in water. Reviewers vetted the yearlong composite and deemed it corresponded well to their recollection of light levels on visited beaches.
Description: Vessel traffic information was compiled from the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Automatic Identification System (AIS) for the year 2014. Intensity of vessel traffic was calculated from raw AIS data and transformed using a custom-built R script to measure sum length (m) of ship tracks within 100 m pixels. Line segments with an elapsed time greater than 1 hour or average speed greater than 50 km were not included. The AIS data were log transformed and rescaled between 0 and 1.
Description: Dataset Shows the location of the ship groundings North East of Puerto Rico. Ships groundings were compiled from the USCG reports from 2009 to 2015.
Description: Dataset developed as one componant of the Puerto Rico Environmental Senstivity Index ESI. The shoreline is classified based upon coastal geomorphology. It contains information on the location, size and if it is exposed or sheltered or riprap for manmade structures on the shoreline.
Copyright Text: NOAA/NOS/Office of Response and Restoration
Description: Dataset contains information on the coastal infrastructures North East of Puerto Rico. The dataset classified the different infrastructures in to; Boat Ramp, Buoy, Cruise Port, Dock, Marina, Port and Vessel Use.
Description: Map of cumulative human impact attributes. Eight distinct human impacts to ecologically important resources were identified; vessel activity, coastal infrastructure, light pollution, coral bleaching, marine based pollution, agricultural pollution, Urban pollution and coastal pollution. They were mapped and combined into a single comparable estimate of cumulative human impact.Scores were defined by the number of overlapping ecological attributes. The score classes were divided into quintiles and areas in darker red have higher scores. We used a standardized, quantitative method, which builds on work by Halpern et al. (2008), Selkoe et al. (2009) and Reefs at Risk Revisited (2011), to map human impacts.
Description: Datasets contains information on the special ecological places and threats based on the local scientific expert knowledge.Eight local scientific experts were identified based on their widely-known experience conducting research or working in the coastal and marine environment of the area of interest.
Description: Seven different ecosystem threats are included in this layer: anchoring, coastal development, fishing, vessel grounding, other human use, thermal stress, and low water quality. Experts identifeid priority sites for conservation or mangement action, and indicated potential threats to these areas based on their experience and prior observations. The attribute table contains a column for each of these threats, with "1" indicating presence of that feature as desribed by experts. A sum of all features is in the "all_threats" column. This information does not indicate if more than one expert indicated the presence of the feature in a grid cell, only that at least one expert indicated the presence of a given threat.
Description: Six different ecological criteria included in this layer: high coral and fish abundance, presence of Acroporid spp., high biodiversity, sea turtle nesting and feeding areas, spawning and nursery sites, large-bodied fish. The attribute table contains a column for each of these features, with "1" indicating presence of that feature as desribed by experts. A sum of all features is in the "all_ecological" column. This information does not indicate if more than one expert indicated the presence of the feature in a grid cell, only that at least one expert indicated the presence of a given ecological criterion.
Description: Dataset contains two subgroups of geospatial data identifying areas of special interests using the Marxan analysis and the ecological integration analysis.
Description: Dataset contains information on boundaries and the location of the areas of special interest northeast of Puerto Rico. Areas of special interest were determined by integrating biophysical data that describes the distribution of important ecological attributes with priority sites defined by experts. Relatively large (>10 km2) contiguous areas with the greatest relative number of ecologically important resources were encircled and highlighted as “areas of special interest”.
Description: Is a systematic planning approach for prioritizing sites for conservation Northeast Puerto Rico, using Marxan (Ball and Possingham, 2000; Possingham et al., 2000). We present a selection of scenarios computed using a range of different sets of conservation priorities and threats. we developed five different scenarios with different selection criteria. For each of the proposed scenarios, Marxan generated 100,000,000 alternative solution sets in each of 100 independent tests. We then identified the single efficient solution (the most efficient network of priority areas for conservation) from among the 100 independent tests.
Description: Information on Cumulative Significance is obtained by running the Marxan decisions support system 100 independent times using a static set of representation criteria. Cumulative Significance is measured by counting the number of times any given area is included in a most efficient solution.
Description: Dataset contains information on the Basic Cumulative Significance areas Northeast of Puerto Rico. Basic Cumulative Significance is measured by counting the number of times any given area is included in a most efficient solution. We set the selection criteria of coral cover >50%, endangered coral species and fish spawning aggregation at 80% with a constant cost for all the planning units.
Description: Dataset contains information on the Required Resource Cumulative Significance areas Northeast of Puerto Rico. Required Resources Cumulative Significance is measured by counting the number of times any given area is included in a most efficient solution. Selection criteria were set to 100% for endangered coral species, turtle nesting and hotspot and fish spawning aggregation.
Description: Dataset contains information on the Human Impact Cumulative Significance areas Northeast of Puerto Rico. Human Impact Cumulative Significance is measured by counting the number of times any given area is included in a most efficient solution. Selection criteria were set to 80% for coral cover >50%, endangered coral species and fish spawning aggregation.
Description: Dataset contains information on the Coral Centric Cumulative Significance areas Northeast of Puerto Rico. Coral Centric Cumulative Significance is measured by counting the number of times any given area is included in a most efficient solution. The Coral Centric scenario takes into account only four conservation features, which are associated with coral habitats (hard bottom, high topographic, 10% coral cover and 50% coral cover). Targets for these four resources are taken from the standard conservation objectives and a constant cost for all the planning units was used.
Description: Dataset contains information on the No Manatees Cumulative Significance areas Northeast of Puerto Rico. No Manatees Cumulative Significance is measured by counting the number of times any given area is included in a most efficient solution. Selection criteria were set to 0% for Manatees hotspots.
Description: The Efficient Solution result generated by the Marxan decision support system represents the most efficient solution for any given scenario based on statistical sampling using an objective function. A specified number of independent iterations is sampled and compared with a function based on specified representation goals, area, and perimeter.
Description: Dataset contains information on the most efficient solution areas for the basic scenario Northeast of Puerto Rico. The “Basic” scenario selected 1697 planning units to build the single efficient solution. We set the selection criteria of coral cover >50%, endangered coral species and fish spawning aggregation at 80% with a constant cost for all the planning units.
Description: Dataset contains information on the most efficient solution areas for the "Required Resources" scenario Northeast of Puerto Rico. The Required Resource Scenario set the Selection criteria to 100% for endangered coral species, turtle nesting and hotspot and fish spawning aggregation and the remaining conservation targets are taken from the "Basic" scenario.
Description: Dataset contains information on the most efficient solution areas for the “Human Impact” scenario Northeast of Puerto Rico. The Human Impact scenario was the same as the “Basic” scenario but we incorporated the cumulative human impacts (vessel damage, coastal infrastructure, light pollution, coral bleaching, marine-based pollution, agricultural pollution, urban pollution and coastal population).
Description: Dataset contains information on the most efficient solution areas for the “Coral Centric” scenario Northeast of Puerto Rico. The Coral Centric scenario takes into account only four conservation features, which are associated with coral habitats (hard bottom, high topographic, 10% coral cover and 50% coral cover). Targets for these four resources are taken from the standard conservation objectives and a constant cost for all the planning units was used.
Description: Dataset contains information on the most efficient solution areas for the “No Manatees” scenario” Northeast of Puerto Rico. The No Manatees scenario was the same as the “Basic” scenario except manatees was not included in the conservation features.
Description: Datasets contain information on the ecological resources identified by the experts knowledge and the biophysical data Northeast of Puerto Rico.
Description: Dataset contains information on areas with equal and greater than 2 ecological resources identified by biophysical data and are offshore North East of Puerto Rico. Hexagonal polygons with 20 hectares each was used to define these areas.
Name: Ecological Resources By Biophysical Data and Experts
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Description: Dataset contains information on areas with equal and greater than 5 ecological resources identified by biophysical data and with equal and greater than 1 ecological resources identified by expert knowledge North East of Puerto Rico. Hexagonal polygons with 20 hectares each was used to define these areas.
Description: Dataset contains information on areas with equal and greater than 1 ecological resources identified by expert knowledge North East of Puerto Rico. Hexagonal polygons with 20 hectares each was used to define these areas.
Description: Dataset contains information on areas with equal and greater than 5 ecological resources identified by biophysical data North East of Puerto Rico. Hexagonal polygons with 20 hectares each was used to define these areas.
Description: Data set contains information on the seafloor habitat Northeast of Puerto Rico, using different approaches (aerial photography, high resolution satellite imagery, LiDAR and multibeam).
Description: This habitat map was developed using a combination of semi-automated and manual classification methods. Habitats were interpreted based on aerial photographs, high resolution satellite imagery and a new depth model developed from recent hydrographic surveys (Lidar and Multibeam) and historical data. The benthic habitat map covered approximately 744 km2 of seafloor in and around North East Puerto Rico and Culebra and included 250 km of detailed shoreline along with 210 islands and smaller rock outcrops.
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Description: This GeoTiff is a bathymetry model of the seafloor of Northeast Puerto Rico that contains the shallow and deep water areas of the Northeast Ecological Reserve. The bathymetry model was created by integrating soundings from several different sources (1900-2013), including high resolution coastal LiDAR, NOAA Single-beam and multibeam bathymetry, and historical lead line soundings. In order to combine the many different data sources and densities, the model consists of three different resolutions (4m, 20m and 100m).
Description: This image shows the seafloor complexity in the surveyed areas using the multi-beam sonar (2012-2013) with 4m resolution North East of Puerto Rico.
Description: Group of layers contain information on some of the coastal water physical parameters (wave energy and turbidity) Northeast of Puerto Rico to help understand the hydrodynamic connectivity and the dispersion of plants, animals and energy within the region.
Description: An image shows the turbidity levels North East Puerto Rico. It is using a multi-year (2003-2011) synthesis or climatology representing relative exposure of coral reefs to turbidity derived from runoff and re-suspension of sediments. The turbidity data are from the MERIS (Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer) ocean color satellite. The climatology was created by computing the 90% quantile value (i.e., the mean of the highest values) for all the MERIS images in a year, across all years.
Description: Raster based products of land cover inventories for North East of Puerto Rico 2010, 20 classes of land cover are mapped. Data is based upon high resolution (1 to 5 meter) aerial and satellite imagery.
Description: Raster based products of land cover inventories by NOAA's Coastal Change Analysis Program(C-CAP) for Puerto Rico East 2010, 20 classes of land cover are mapped. Data is based upon high resolution (1 to 5 meter) aerial and satellite imagery.
Source link:https://coast.noaa.gov/ccapftp/#/