Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (U.S.)

Provides a benthic habitat classification manual, a benthic habitat map for the nearshore waters of the main Hawaiian Islands, and supplemental geospatial data. Twenty-seven distinct benthic habitat types within eleven zones were mapped directly into a geographic information system (GIS) using visual interpretation of orthorectified aerial photographs and hyperspectral imagery. Benthic features were mapped that covered an area of 790 km². In all,...

Twenty-one distinct benthic habitat types within 8 zones mapped directly into a GIS. CD shows how data was collected and helps users replicate it for comparative purposes at a later date.