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NCCOS spatial modeling of threatened Caribbean corals: presence-only modeling for threatened Orbicella species from the nearshore to the mesophotic from 2007-01-01 to 2018-12-31 (NCEI Accession 0241110)

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This dataset is a compilation of modeled spatial distributions of Threatened corals, Orbicella annularis (lobed star coral) and Orbicella faveolata (mountainous star coral)/Orbicella franksi (boulder star coral). in the shallow and upper mesophotic waters (0 – 60 meters depth) on the eastern Puerto Rico shelf (encompassing St. Thomas and St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands and the partial waters around Culebra and Vieques, Puerto Rico). Models for O. faveolata/O. franksi were combined into one model. All three Orbicella spp. area listed as Threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. The raster datasets contain predicted probability of occurrence and prediction uncertainty for O. annularis and O. faveolata/O. franksi at four different model extents: • 0 – 60 meter depth model: Orbicella spp. models encompassing the entire modeling region, both shallow and mesophotic depths from 0 to 60 meters (capped at 60 meters for Orbicella spp. known depth range in this region) • 0 – 60 meter depth south shore only model: Orbicella spp. models of the south shore only removal of the mesophotic depths of the north shore, north of St. Thomas and St. John, USVI • Shallow only model (0 – 30 meter depth): Orbicella spp. models of the shallow waters only, removal of the mesophotic depths • Mesophotic only model (30 – 60 meter depth: Models of O. faveolata/O. franksi at mesophotic depths only remove of the shallow depths Models were conducted using a presence/background sample model, which involves the use of presence-only data. Maximum entropy modeling was used specifically, initiated through the Java software program, MaxEnt.

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0241110 CORAL biological model output NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science CORAL REEF STUDIES Caribbean Sea North Atlantic Ocean oceanography DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Developing A Benthic Habitat Map for the Insular Shelf South of St. Thomas and St. John National Coral Reef Monitoring Program Implementation: Biological and Socioeconomic Monitoring Seafloor Characterization of the U.S. Caribbean Spatial Predictive Modeling of Threatened ESA Corals in the U.S. Atlantic and Caribbean US Coral Reef Monitoring Data Summary 2018 EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > COASTAL LANDFORMS > CORAL REEFS Marine Spatial Ecology > Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments Derived Data Product Geospatial Model Derived Data Product Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments Geospatial Data Marine Spatial Ecology Model Data Orbicella annularis Orbicella faveolata Orbicella franksi Probability of Occurrence Uncertainty Models/Analyses > Data Analyses > Environmental Modeling NOAA Ship Nancy Foster OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA U.S. States and Territories > Puerto Rico U.S. States and Territories > U.S. Virgin Islands Waterbodies > Caribbean Sea Culebra Puerto Rico St. John St. Thomas U.S. Virgin Islands Vieques MNKXUJ

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spatial -64.571651,17.891265,-66.01531,18.732052
temporal 2007-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/2018-12-31T00:00:00+00:00
title NCCOS spatial modeling of threatened Caribbean corals: presence-only modeling for threatened Orbicella species from the nearshore to the mesophotic from 2007-01-01 to 2018-12-31 (NCEI Accession 0241110)

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