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NOAA Shallow-Water Benthic Habitats: American Samoa: Swains

Identification Information

Citation:

Citation Information:

Title: NOAA Shallow-Water Benthic Habitats: American Samoa: Swains

Date:

Date: November 22, 2017
Date Type: creation (CI_DateTypeCode)
Identifier:
Code: as_noaa_swa_benthic_habitats
Authority: org.pacioos

Responsible Party:

Organization Name: NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
Contact:

Contact Address:

Email: nccos.webcontent@noaa.gov

Online Resource:

Linkage: http://coastalscience.noaa.gov
Protocol: http
Function: information (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)
Contact Role: originator (CI_RoleCode)

Responsible Party:

Organization Name: Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
Contact:

Contact Address:

Email: info@pacioos.org

Online Resource:

Linkage: http://pacioos.org
Protocol: http
Function: information (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)
Contact Role: publisher (CI_RoleCode)

Suggested data citation: NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS). 2017. NOAA Shallow-Water Benthic Habitats: American Samoa: Swains. Distributed by the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS). http://pacioos.org/metadata/as_noaa_swa_benthic_habitats.html. Accessed [date].

Abstract:

Benthic habitat maps for the nearshore, shallow (< 30 m) coastal waters of Swains Island in American Samoa. 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.

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).

Point of Contact:

Responsible Party:

Organization Name: NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
Contact:

Contact Address:

Email: nccos.webcontent@noaa.gov

Online Resource:

Linkage: http://coastalscience.noaa.gov
Protocol: http
Function: information (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)
Contact Role: pointOfContact (CI_RoleCode)

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Image File: http://www.pacioos.hawaii.edu/metadata/browse/as_noaa_swa_benthic_habitats.png

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Descriptive Keywords:

Keywords:

Keyword Type: theme (MD_KeywordTypeCode)

Keyword: Earth Science Biological Classification Plants Angiosperms (Flowering Plants) Monocots Seagrass
Keyword: Earth Science Biosphere Aquatic Ecosystems Benthic Habitat
Keyword: Earth Science Biosphere Vegetation
Keyword: Earth Science Land Surface Geomorphology Coastal Landforms/Processes
Keyword: Earth Science Oceans Coastal Processes Coral Reefs
Keyword: Earth Science Solid Earth Geomorphic Landforms/Processes Coastal Landforms Coral Reefs
Keyword: Earth Science Solid Earth Geomorphic Landforms/Processes Coastal Landforms Coral Reefs Patch Reef

Keyword Thesaurus:

Citation Information:

Title: GCMD Science Keywords

Keywords:

Keyword Type: place (MD_KeywordTypeCode)

Keyword: Ocean Pacific Ocean South Pacific Ocean Polynesia American Samoa Swains

Keyword Thesaurus:

Citation Information:

Title: GCMD Location Keywords

Keywords:

Keyword Type: project (MD_KeywordTypeCode)

Keyword: PacIOOS Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System

Keyword Thesaurus:

Citation Information:

Title: GCMD Project Keywords

Keywords:

Keyword Type: dataCenter (MD_KeywordTypeCode)

Keyword: PacIOOS Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System

Keyword Thesaurus:

Citation Information:

Title: GCMD Data Center Keywords

Aggregation Information:

Aggregate Dataset Name:

Citation Information:

Title: Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)

Association Type: largerWorkCitation (DS_AssociationTypeCode)

Initiative Type: project (DS_InitiativeTypeCode)

Resource Constraints:

Legal 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.

Language:

eng

Topic Categories (MD_TopicCategoryCode):

Topic Category: biota
Topic Category: oceans

Extent Information:

Spatial Temporal Extent:

Geographic Element:

Bounding Coordinates:

 
Westbound Longitude: -171.09637°
Eastbound Longitude: -171.06048°
Southbound Latitude: -11.07146°
Northbound Latitude: -11.04172°

Services:

Service Identification:

Identifier: OGC-WFS

Service Type: Open Geospatial Consortium Web Feature Service (WFS)

Contains Operation:

Operation Name: GetCapabilities

Online Resource:

Linkage: http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/PACIOOS/as_noaa_swa_benthic_habitats/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetCapabilities
Name: OGC-WFS
Protocol: OGC:WFS
Description: Open Geospatial Consortium Web Feature Service (WFS). Supported WFS versions include 1.0.0, 1.1.0, and 2.0.0. Supported output formats include CSV, GeoJSON, GeoJSON-P, GML, KML, and Shapefile (Zipped).
Function: download (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)

Services:

Service Identification:

Identifier: OGC-WMS

Service Type: Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS)

Contains Operation:

Operation Name: GetCapabilities

Online Resource:

Linkage: http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/PACIOOS/as_noaa_swa_benthic_habitats/ows?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities
Name: OGC-WMS
Protocol: OGC:WMS
Description: Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS). Supported WMS versions include 1.1.1 and 1.3.0. Supported map formats include AtomPub, GeoRSS, GeoTIFF, GIF, JPEG, KML/KMZ, PDF, PNG, SVG, and TIFF. Supported info formats include GeoJSON, GeoJSON-P, GML, HTML, and plain text.
Function: download (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)

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Data Quality Information

Scope:

dataset

Lineage:

Statement:

2017-11-22T00:00:00Z OGC web services (WMS and WFS) enabled by PacIOOS via GeoServer. Original data from source provider may have been reformatted, reprojected, or adjusted in other ways to optimize these capabilities.

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Spatial Representation Information

Number Of Dimensions:

2

Axis Dimension Properties:

Dimension:

Dimension Name: column (MD_DimensionNameTypeCode)

Dimension:

Dimension Name: row (MD_DimensionNameTypeCode)

Cell Geometry:

area (MD_CellGeometryCode)

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Content Information

Coverage Description:

Dimensions:

Dimension:

Attribute Name: acres
Attribute Type: double
Units: acre
Descriptor:

Area of benthic habitat polygons in acres.

Dimension:

Attribute Name: area
Attribute Type: double
Units: m2
Descriptor:

Area of benthic habitat polygons in square meters.

Dimension:

Attribute Name: cover
Attribute Type: string
Descriptor:

Concatenated field of major cover and percent cover used.

Dimension:

Attribute Name: d_struct
Attribute Type: string
Descriptor:

Detailed reef structure.

Dimension:

Attribute Name: geom
Attribute Type: gml:MultiSurfacePropertyType

Dimension:

Attribute Name: id
Attribute Type: int

Dimension:

Attribute Name: island
Attribute Type: string

Dimension:

Attribute Name: m_cover
Attribute Type: string
Descriptor:

Major biological cover.

Dimension:

Attribute Name: m_struct
Attribute Type: string
Descriptor:

Major reef structure.

Dimension:

Attribute Name: p_cover
Attribute Type: string
Units: %
Descriptor:

Percent biological cover of major cover type.

Dimension:

Attribute Name: perimeter
Attribute Type: double
Units: m
Descriptor:

Perimeter of benthic habitat polygons in meters.

Dimension:

Attribute Name: polygonid
Attribute Type: int
Descriptor:

Polygon identifier: an incremental value generated for QA/QC adjacency testing.

Dimension:

Attribute Name: uniqueid
Attribute Type: double
Descriptor:

A four-digit numerical value representing a unique habitat combination of structure and cover attributes.

Dimension:

Attribute Name: zone
Attribute Type: string
Descriptor:

Geomorphologic zone.

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Distribution Information

Distributor:

Distributor Contact:

Responsible Party:

Organization Name: Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
Contact:

Contact Address:

Email: info@pacioos.org

Online Resource:

Linkage: http://pacioos.org
Protocol: http
Function: information (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)
Contact Role: publisher (CI_RoleCode)

Distributor Transfer Options:

Online Resource:

Linkage: http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoserver/
Name: GeoServer
Protocol: http
Description: This URL provides access to this dataset via GeoServer, which offers multiple output formats and an OpenLayers viewer.
Function: download (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)

Online Resource:

Linkage: http://geo.pacioos.hawaii.edu/geoexplorer/
Name: GeoExplorer
Protocol: http
Description: This URL provides a viewer for this dataset.
Function: download (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)

Online Resource:

Linkage: http://pacioos.org/voyager/index.html?b=-11.069217,-171.09335,-11.044746,-171.062923&t=h&o=benth:1::d11l0o90
Name: PacIOOS Voyager (Google Maps API)
Protocol: http
Description: This URL provides a viewer and/or data access for this dataset.
Function: download (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)

Online Resource:

Linkage: http://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/benthic/e99us_pac/
Name: Shapefiles: American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Protocol: http
Description: This NOAA/NCCOS/CCMA Biogeography Branch website provides documentation and data access to the original benthic habitat Shapefiles for American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).
Function: download (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)

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Metadata Reference Information

File Identifier:

http://pacioos.org/metadata/iso/as_noaa_swa_benthic_habitats.xml

Language:

eng

Character Set:

UTF8 (MD_CharacterSetCode)

Hierarchy Level:

dataset (MD_ScopeCode)

Hierarchy Level:

service (MD_ScopeCode)

Contact:

Responsible Party:

Organization Name: NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS)
Contact:

Contact Address:

Email: nccos.webcontent@noaa.gov

Online Resource:

Linkage: http://coastalscience.noaa.gov
Protocol: http
Function: information (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)
Contact Role: pointOfContact (CI_RoleCode)

Date Stamp:

October 9, 2024

Metadata Maintenance Information:

Maintenance And Update Frequency: unknown

Maintenance Note:

This record was translated and enhanced from GeoServer OGC Web Services (OWS) using PacIOOS software.

Metadata Standard Name:

ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data

Metadata Standard Version:

ISO 19115-2:2009(E)

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