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NCCOS spatial modeling of threatened Caribbean corals: process-based models for Acropora palmata (elkhorn coral) distributions in the U.S. Virgin Islands (NCEI Accession 0220087)

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This dataset is a compilation of modeled current and future density distributions of threatened elkhorn corals Acropora palmata in the shallow water (bottom depth ≥ -20 m) off St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. The raster data sets contain predicted distributions of species density and the prediction uncertainty in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2035 and 2055 estimated using process-based random forest (RF) and dynamic range models (DRM). These predictions were generated to inform Caribbean A. palmata restoration plans in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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0220087 CORAL LIDAR GIS product model output NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Caribbean Sea oceanography DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce NCCOS Project #180: National Coral Reef Monitoring Program Implementation: Biological and Socioeconomic Monitoring NCCOS Project #292: Spatial Predictive Modeling of Threatened ESA Corals in the U.S. Atlantic and Caribbean EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > COASTAL LANDFORMS > CORAL REEFS Coastal Change > Climate Impacts on Ecosystems Marine Spatial Ecology > Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments Derived Data Product Geospatial Model Acropora palmata Density Elkhorn corals Uncertainty LIDAR > Light Detection and Ranging Models/Analyses > Data Analysis > Environmental Modeling OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA U.S. States and Territories > U.S. Virgin Islands Waterbodies > Caribbean Sea Caribbean Sea St. Croix St. John St. Thomas U.S. Virgin Islands 47HBUC

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issued 2020-09-26T00:00:00.000+00:00
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temporal 2013-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/2055-12-31T00:00:00+00:00
title NCCOS spatial modeling of threatened Caribbean corals: process-based models for Acropora palmata (elkhorn coral) distributions in the U.S. Virgin Islands (NCEI Accession 0220087)

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