Datasets / Coastal Bend Texas Benthic Habitat Mapping Upper Laguna Madre Bay (NODC Accession 0070784)


Coastal Bend Texas Benthic Habitat Mapping Upper Laguna Madre Bay (NODC Accession 0070784)

Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Issued oltre 9 anni ago

US
beta

Summary

Type of release
ongoing release of a series of related datasets

Data Licence
Not Applicable

Content Licence
Creative Commons CCZero

Verification
automatically awarded

Description

In 2006 and 2007 the NOAA Coastal Services Center purchased services to process existing digital multi-spectral imagery (ADS-40) and create digital benthic habitat data from this imagery for selected Texas coastal bend bays.The Center worked cooperatively with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and the Texas A and M University Center for Coastal Studies to develop benthic habitat data, primarily Submerged Aquatic Vegetation(SAV) for several coastal bays. This data will support the state's recently adopted Seagrass Monitoring Program which calls for regional mapping of SAV for status and trends assessment. The Center, Texas A and M, and TPWD have coordinated on the requirements of this project.