Metadata: 
  Identification_Information: 
    Dataset_Identifier: 
      hi_noaa_oahu_benthic_habitats
    Citation: 
      Citation_Information: 
        Originator: 
          NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
        Publication_Date: 
          20171122
        Title: 
          NOAA Shallow-Water Benthic Habitats: Hawaii: Oahu
    Description: 
      Abstract: 
        Benthic habitat maps for the nearshore, shallow (< 30 m) coastal waters 
        of the island of Oahu in the State of Hawaii. NOAA's National Centers 
        for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) produced these data to support coral 
        reef research and management. Habitat regions were digitally 
        identified using visual interpretation of orthorectified satellite 
        imagery with a minimum mapping unit (MMU) of approximately 1 acre. 
        Includes biological cover types, geomorphological structure types, and 
        geographic zones.
        
        Eighteen distinct and non-overlapping biological cover types were 
        identified. Habitats or features that cover areas smaller than the 
        minimal mapping unit of 1 acre were not considered. For example, 
        uncolonized sand halos surrounding coral patch reefs are too small to 
        be mapped independently. Cover type refers only to the predominant 
        biological component colonizing the surface of the feature and does 
        not address location (e.g., on the shelf or in the lagoon). The cover 
        types are defined in a collapsible hierarchy ranging from eight major 
        classes (live coral, seagrass, macroalgae, encrusting/coralline algae, 
        turf algae, emergent vegetation, uncolonized, and unknown), combined 
        with a density modifier representing the percentage of the predominant 
        cover type (10%-<50% sparse, 50%-<90% patchy, 90%-100% continuous).
        
        Similarly, 14 distinct and non-overlapping geomorphological structure 
        types were identified. The structure types are defined in a 
        collapsible hierarchy ranging from four major classes (coral reef and 
        hardbottom, unconsolidated sediment, other delineations, and unknown), 
        to thirteen detailed classes: sand, mud, spur and groove, individual 
        and aggregated patch reef, aggregate reef, scattered coral/rock in 
        unconsolidated sediment, pavement, rock/boulder (volcanic and 
        carbonate), reef rubble, pavement with sand channels, artificial, and 
        unknown.
        
        Lastly, 13 mutually exclusive geographic zones were identified from land 
        to open water corresponding to typical insular shelf and coral reef 
        geomorphology. These zones include: shoreline intertidal, vertical 
        wall (none identified), lagoon, back reef, reef flat, reef crest, fore 
        reef, bank/shelf, bank/shelf escarpment, channel, dredged (since this 
        condition eliminates natural geomorphology), unknown, and land. Zone 
        refers only to each benthic community's location and does not address 
        substrate or cover types within. For example, the lagoon zone may 
        include patch reefs, sand, and seagrass beds; however, these are 
        considered structural elements that may or may not occur within the 
        lagoon zone and therefore, are not used to define it.
      Purpose: 
        PacIOOS provides timely, reliable, and accurate ocean information to 
        support a safe, clean, productive ocean and resilient coastal zone in 
        the U.S. Pacific Islands region.
    Status: 
    Spatial_Domain: 
      Bounding_Coordinates: 
        West_Bounding_Coordinate: 
          -158.315544787097
        East_Bounding_Coordinate: 
          -157.628786769485
        North_Bounding_Coordinate: 
          21.7224235102225
        South_Bounding_Coordinate: 
          21.2348313791791
    Browse_Graphic: 
      Browse_Graphic_File_Name: 
        http://pacioos.org/metadata/browse/hi_noaa_oahu_benthic_habitats.png
      Browse_Graphic_File_Description: 
        Sample image.
      Browse_Graphic_File_Type: 
        PNG
    Keywords: 
      Theme: 
        Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: 
          GCMD Science Keywords
        Theme_Keyword: 
          Earth Science > Biological Classification > Plants > Angiosperms 
          (Flowering Plants) > Monocots > Seagrass
        Theme_Keyword: 
          Earth Science > Biosphere > Aquatic Ecosystems > Benthic Habitat
        Theme_Keyword: 
          Earth Science > Biosphere > Vegetation
        Theme_Keyword: 
          Earth Science > Land Surface > Geomorphology > Coastal 
          Landforms/Processes
        Theme_Keyword: 
          Earth Science > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs
        Theme_Keyword: 
          Earth Science > Solid Earth > Geomorphic Landforms/Processes > Coastal 
          Landforms > Coral Reefs
        Theme_Keyword: 
          Earth Science > Solid Earth > Geomorphic Landforms/Processes > Coastal 
          Landforms > Coral Reefs > Patch Reef
      Place: 
        Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: 
          GCMD Location Keywords
        Place_Keyword: 
          Continent > North America > United States Of America > Hawaii
        Place_Keyword: 
          Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Oahu
    Access_Constraints: 
      None
    Use_Constraints: 
      Use Limitation: The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not 
      intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the 
      data Contributor, University of Hawaii, PacIOOS, NOAA, State of Hawaii 
      nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or 
      contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including 
      warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or 
      assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or 
      usefulness, of this information.
    Point_of_Contact: 
      Contact_Information: 
        Contact_Organization_Primary: 
          Contact_Organization: 
            NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
        Contact_Address: 
          Address_Type: 
            physical and mailing
          Address: 
          City: 
          State_or_Province: 
          Postal_Code: 
        Contact_Voice_Telephone: 
          Unknown
        Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: 
          nccos.webcontent@noaa.gov
    Data_Set_Credit: 
      The Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) is funded through the 
      National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as a Regional 
      Association within the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). 
      PacIOOS is coordinated by the University of Hawaii School of Ocean and 
      Earth Science and Technology (SOEST).
  Distribution_Information: 
    Distributor: 
      Contact_Information: 
        Contact_Organization_Primary: 
          Contact_Organization: 
            Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
          Contact_Person: 
        Contact_Address: 
          Address_Type: 
            physical and mailing
          Address: 
          City: 
          State_or_Province: 
          Postal_Code: 
        Contact_Voice_Telephone: 
          Unknown
        Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: 
          info@pacioos.org
    Distribution_Liability: 
      Unknown
    Standard_Order_Process: 
      Digital_Form: 
        Digital_Transfer_Information: 
          Format_Name: 
            Open Geospatial Consortium Web Feature Service (WFS)
        Digital_Transfer_Option: 
          Online_Option: 
            Computer_Contact_Information: 
              Network_Address: 
                Network_Resource_Name: 
                  http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/PACIOOS/hi_noaa_oahu_benthic_habitats/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetCapabilities
      Digital_Form: 
        Digital_Transfer_Information: 
          Format_Name: 
            Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS)
        Digital_Transfer_Option: 
          Online_Option: 
            Computer_Contact_Information: 
              Network_Address: 
                Network_Resource_Name: 
                  http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/PACIOOS/hi_noaa_oahu_benthic_habitats/ows?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities
      Digital_Form: 
        Digital_Transfer_Information: 
          Format_Name: 
            Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service - Cached (WMS-C)
        Digital_Transfer_Option: 
          Online_Option: 
            Computer_Contact_Information: 
              Network_Address: 
                Network_Resource_Name: 
                  http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/PACIOOS/gwc/service/wms?service=WMS&version=1.1.1&request=GetCapabilities&tiled=true
      Digital_Form: 
        Digital_Transfer_Information: 
          Format_Name: 
            GeoServer
          Format_Information_Content: 
            This URL provides access to this dataset via GeoServer, which offers 
            multiple output formats and an OpenLayers viewer.
        Digital_Transfer_Option: 
          Online_Option: 
            Computer_Contact_Information: 
              Network_Address: 
                Network_Resource_Name: 
                  http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/
      Digital_Form: 
        Digital_Transfer_Information: 
          Format_Name: 
            GeoExplorer
          Format_Information_Content: 
            This URL provides a viewer for this dataset.
        Digital_Transfer_Option: 
          Online_Option: 
            Computer_Contact_Information: 
              Network_Address: 
                Network_Resource_Name: 
                  http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoexplorer/
      Digital_Form: 
        Digital_Transfer_Information: 
          Format_Name: 
            PacIOOS Voyager (Google Maps API)
          Format_Information_Content: 
            This URL provides a viewer and/or data access for this dataset.
        Digital_Transfer_Option: 
          Online_Option: 
            Computer_Contact_Information: 
              Network_Address: 
                Network_Resource_Name: 
                  http://pacioos.org/voyager/index.html?b=21.236891,-158.309883,21.723771,-157.63903&t=h&o=benth:1::d1l0o90
      Digital_Form: 
        Digital_Transfer_Information: 
          Format_Name: 
            Shapefiles: Main Hawaiian Islands
          Format_Information_Content: 
            This NOAA/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Branch website provides 
            documentation and data access to the 2007 benthic habitat 
            Shapefiles for the Main Hawaiian Islands.
        Digital_Transfer_Option: 
          Online_Option: 
            Computer_Contact_Information: 
              Network_Address: 
                Network_Resource_Name: 
                  http://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/benthic/e97hawaii/data2007.aspx
      Fees: 
        None specified
  Metadata_Reference_Information: 
    Metadata_Date: 
      20210330
    Metadata_Contact: 
      Contact_Information: 
        Contact_Person_Primary: 
          Contact_Organization: 
            NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
        Contact_Address: 
          Address_Type: 
            mailing and physical
        Contact_Voice_Telephone: 
          Unknown
        Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: 
          nccos.webcontent@noaa.gov
    Metadata_Standard_Name: 
      Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Extensions for Remote 
      Sensing Metadata
    Metadata_Standard_Version: 
      FGDC-STD-012-2002