The Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA) conducted the third year of an ongoing scientific research mission on board NOAA Ship NANCY FOSTER. The purpose of this cruise is to support the benthic characterization of coral reef habitat in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The mission explored, surveyed, and mapped moderate depth bathymetry (30 – 1000 meters) with NOAA Ship NANCY FOSTER’s Simrad EM1002 multibeam system for natural resource management and seafloor characterization. Multibeam bathymetry and backscatter was collected along with Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) underwater video. Priority areas for 2006 included the deep water portion of the Buck Island Reef National Monument north of St. Croix and the La Parguera region along the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico. Additional multibeam data was collected to merge with pre-existing shallow water bathymetry from previous CCMA cruises in the Buck Island vicinity.
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| Title | Water depth and acoustic backscatter data collected from NOAA Ship Nancy Foster in Caribbean Sea, Buck Island Reef and Virgin Islands National Coral Reef Monuments, U.S. Virgin Islands from 2006-03-21 to 2006-04-02 (NCEI Accession 0131851) |
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| Description | The Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA) conducted the third year of an ongoing scientific research mission on board NOAA Ship NANCY FOSTER. The purpose of this cruise is to support the benthic characterization of coral reef habitat in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The mission explored, surveyed, and mapped moderate depth bathymetry (30 – 1000 meters) with NOAA Ship NANCY FOSTER’s Simrad EM1002 multibeam system for natural resource management and seafloor characterization. Multibeam bathymetry and backscatter was collected along with Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) underwater video. Priority areas for 2006 included the deep water portion of the Buck Island Reef National Monument north of St. Croix and the La Parguera region along the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico. Additional multibeam data was collected to merge with pre-existing shallow water bathymetry from previous CCMA cruises in the Buck Island vicinity. |
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| Keywords | 0131851 , BATHYMETRY , BOTTOM TYPE , DEPTH - BOTTOM , DEPTH - SENSOR , water depth , multibeam sonar , in situ , NOAA Ship Nancy Foster , US DOC/NOAA/NOS/National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science/Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment , US DOC/NOAA/NOS/National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science/Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment , Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) , CORAL REEF STUDIES , Caribbean Sea , oceanography , DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , Geographic Information > Bathymetry , EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat > Description , EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Bathymetry , EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > BATHYMETRY , EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH , Bathymetry/Topography , Environmental Monitoring , Acoustic , BIRNM , Backscatter , Bathymetry , Benthic , Biogeography , Biological Cover , Buck , Coral , GIS , Geomorphological Structure , Geotiff , Groundtruthing , Habitat , IOCM , Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping , La Parguera , MBES , Mapping , Mosaic , Multibeam , NF-06-03 , NOAA , NPS , NURP , Nancy Foster , Phantom S2 , Puerto Rico , ROV , Raster , Reef , Remotely Operated Vehicle , SWMB , Seafloor , Simrad 1002 , Simrad EM 1002 , Sonar , St. Croix , St. Thomas , Substrate , Transect , US Virgin Islands , USVI , Underwater Video , Video , MBES > Multibeam Mapping System , Ships , NANCY FOSTER (call sign: WTER, ICES code: 33NF, 2004-) , COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > La Parguera > La Parguera (17N067W0002) , COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. Croix > Buck Island (17N064W0006) , OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > La Parguera > La Parguera (17N067W0002) , OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Buck Island > Buck Island (17N064W0006) , OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA , BIRNM , Buck , Buck Island , Buck Island Reef National Monument , La Parguera , Puerto Rico , St. Croix , US Virgin Islands , USVI , VICRNM , Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument , 2006 , 200603 , J0JLF6 , environment , oceans , geoscientificInformation |
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