Data provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Coastal Program of Delaware's Division of Soil and Water conservation (DNREC), the University of Delaware, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection have partnered and are carrying out a bottom and sub-bottom imaging project to identify and map the benthic habitat and sub-bottom sediments of Delaware Bay and River. This project was initiated to better understand the distribution of bottom sediment types, habitat biodiversity, and most importantly, human's impact on the bay bottom and its living resources. The project integrates the use of three types of acoustical systems: Roxann Seabed classification system, chirp sub-bottom profiling, and multi-beam bathymetric mapping. Verification of the acoustic data with bottom and sub-bottom sediments is performed through the collection of bra banc core samples and underwater video images.
Original contact information:
Contact Org: NOAA Office for Coastal Management
Phone: 843-740-1202
Email: [email protected]
About this Dataset
Updated: 2025-04-21
Metadata Last Updated:
2025-04-04T13:47:55.980Z
Date Created:
N/A
Data Provided by:
Dataset Owner:
N/A
| Title | Delaware Bay, Delaware Benthic Habitats 2010 Substrate |
|---|---|
| Description | The Coastal Program of Delaware's Division of Soil and Water conservation (DNREC), the University of Delaware, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection have partnered and are carrying out a bottom and sub-bottom imaging project to identify and map the benthic habitat and sub-bottom sediments of Delaware Bay and River. This project was initiated to better understand the distribution of bottom sediment types, habitat biodiversity, and most importantly, human's impact on the bay bottom and its living resources. The project integrates the use of three types of acoustical systems: Roxann Seabed classification system, chirp sub-bottom profiling, and multi-beam bathymetric mapping. Verification of the acoustic data with bottom and sub-bottom sediments is performed through the collection of bra banc core samples and underwater video images. Original contact information: Contact Org: NOAA Office for Coastal Management Phone: 843-740-1202 Email: [email protected] |
| Modified | 2025-04-04T13:47:55.980Z |
| Publisher Name | N/A |
| Contact | N/A |
| Keywords | EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC , EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL , EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > ESTUARY , CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > DELAWARE , Benthic Habitat , Bottom Sediments , CMECS , Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard , Environmental Monitoring , SAV , Shellfish Beds , Substrate Component , Delaware , Delaware Bay , Delaware River , State of Delaware , State of New Jersey , USA , Sediment Water Interface , Surface Sediment Mapping , DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCM > Office of Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , Benthic , environment |
{
"identifier": "gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:47870",
"accessLevel": "public",
"contactPoint": {
"@type": "vcard:Contact",
"fn": "Your contact point",
"hasEmail": "mailto:[email protected]"
},
"programCode": [
"010:000"
],
"landingPage": "",
"title": "Delaware Bay, Delaware Benthic Habitats 2010 Substrate",
"description": "The Coastal Program of Delaware's Division of Soil and Water conservation (DNREC), the University of Delaware, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection have partnered and are carrying out a bottom and sub-bottom imaging project to identify and map the benthic habitat and sub-bottom sediments of Delaware Bay and River. This project was initiated to better understand the distribution of bottom sediment types, habitat biodiversity, and most importantly, human's impact on the bay bottom and its living resources. The project integrates the use of three types of acoustical systems: Roxann Seabed classification system, chirp sub-bottom profiling, and multi-beam bathymetric mapping. Verification of the acoustic data with bottom and sub-bottom sediments is performed through the collection of bra banc core samples and underwater video images.\nOriginal contact information: \n Contact Org: NOAA Office for Coastal Management\n Phone: 843-740-1202\n Email: [email protected]",
"language": "",
"distribution": [
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"mediaType": "application\/json",
"accessURL": "https:\/\/www.ncei.noaa.gov\/metadata\/geoportal\/\/rest\/metadata\/item\/gov.noaa.nmfs.inport%3A47870"
},
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"mediaType": "text\/html",
"accessURL": "https:\/\/www.ncei.noaa.gov\/metadata\/geoportal\/\/rest\/metadata\/item\/gov.noaa.nmfs.inport%3A47870\/html"
},
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"mediaType": "application\/xml",
"accessURL": "https:\/\/www.ncei.noaa.gov\/metadata\/geoportal\/\/rest\/metadata\/item\/gov.noaa.nmfs.inport%3A47870\/xml"
},
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"mediaType": "application\/octet-stream",
"accessURL": "https:\/\/coast.noaa.gov\/data\/Images\/Collections\/BenthicCover_thumbnail.jpg"
}
],
"bureauCode": [
"010:04"
],
"modified": "2025-04-04T13:47:55.980Z",
"publisher": {
"@type": "org:Organization",
"name": "Your Publisher"
},
"theme": "",
"keyword": [
"EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC",
"EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL",
"EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > ESTUARY",
"CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > DELAWARE",
"Benthic Habitat",
"Bottom Sediments",
"CMECS",
"Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard",
"Environmental Monitoring",
"SAV",
"Shellfish Beds",
"Substrate Component",
"Delaware",
"Delaware Bay",
"Delaware River",
"State of Delaware",
"State of New Jersey",
"USA",
"Sediment Water Interface",
"Surface Sediment Mapping",
"DOC\/NOAA\/NOS\/OCM > Office of Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
"Benthic",
"environment"
]
}
