This project was a cooperative effort between the National Ocean Service and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Florida Marine Research Institute (now called the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute). The goal of the effort was to produce shallow-water (from 0 to approximately 30 m water depth) benthic habitat maps of the Florida Keys and adjacent waters.
The maps were generated by expert visual interpretation of 1:48,000 scale color aerial photography and subsequent photogrammetric, stereo, digital compilation of interpreted habitat polygon boundaries from aerial photography. The Minimum mapping unit = 0.4 hectare (4,047 sq m; 1 acre) for all habitat. Patch reefs may be HTML Markup Was Removed
About this Dataset
| Title | Benthic Habitats of the Florida Keys derived from color aerial photography collected between 1991-12 and March 1992 (NCEI Accession 0143928) |
|---|---|
| Description | This project was a cooperative effort between the National Ocean Service and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Florida Marine Research Institute (now called the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute). The goal of the effort was to produce shallow-water (from 0 to approximately 30 m water depth) benthic habitat maps of the Florida Keys and adjacent waters. The maps were generated by expert visual interpretation of 1:48,000 scale color aerial photography and subsequent photogrammetric, stereo, digital compilation of interpreted habitat polygon boundaries from aerial photography. The Minimum mapping unit = 0.4 hectare (4,047 sq m; 1 acre) for all habitat. Patch reefs may be HTML Markup Was Removed |
| Modified | 2025-11-19T15:43:58.512Z |
| Publisher Name | N/A |
| Contact | N/A |
| Keywords | 0143928 , BENTHIC COMMUNITIES , CORAL , SEA GRASSES - DENSITY , camera , benthic , Fish and Wildlife Research Institute , NOAA National Ocean Service , NOAA National Ocean Service , CORAL REEF STUDIES , Coastal Waters of Florida , Gulf of Mexico , North Atlantic Ocean , oceanography , DOC/NOAA/NOS > National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , Geographic Information > Ecological Characterization , EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat , EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat > Description , EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment , EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef monitoring and assessment > In situ biological , EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs , EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral reef ecology > Habitats , EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS > ANGIOSPERMS (FLOWERING PLANTS) > MONOCOTS > SEAGRASS , EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC , EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > COASTAL LANDFORMS > CORAL REEFS , aquatic vegetation , coral reef , coralline algae , cover , habitat , macroalgae , point , reef , seagrass , structure , submerged , unconsolidated sediments , zone , CAMERA > CAMERA , COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida , COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Monroe County > Alligator Reef (24N080W0001) , COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Monroe County > Big Pine Key (24N081W0004) , COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Monroe County > Key Largo (25N080W0010) , COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Monroe County > Key West (25N080W0016) , COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Monroe County > Looe Key Reef (24N081W0002) , COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Monroe County > Marathon (24N081W0001) , COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Monroe County > Molasses Reef (25N080W0003) , COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Monroe County > Rodrigues Key (25N080W0025) , COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Monroe County > Summerland Key (24N081W0005) , COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Monroe County > Western Sambos (24N081W0014) , OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida , OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract > Lower Florida Keys > Key West (25N080W0016) , OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract > Lower Florida Keys > Marquesas Key (24N082W0002) , OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract > Lower Florida Keys > Summerland Key (24N081W0005) , OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract > Lower Florida Keys > Western Sambos (24N081W0014) , OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN , OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA , OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO , United States , environment , oceans , location , geoscientificInformation , biota |
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