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NOAA Office for Coastal Management Benthic Habitat Data, Long Island Sound, Jamaica Bay, and Lower Bay of NY/NJ Harbor, NY, 1994-2002 (NCEI Accession 0089467)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 26, 2026 | Last Modified: 2012-07-13T00:00:00.000+00:00
These data are a collection of benthic habitat data from studies conducted in the coastal Long Island Sound, NY region in GIS shapefile (.shp, .dbf, .shx, and .prj files) with associated Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) metadata. Generalized browse graphics were generated by the NODC and are included with the data. Individual subdirectories include data as follows - 2002 Long Island South Shore Estuary Benthic Habitat Polygon Data Set, 1995 benthic grab, sediment grab, and sediment profile image GIS point data files from inland harbor bays (Jamaica Bay), and 1994-1995 benthic grab, sediment grab, and sediment profile image GIS point data files from lower inland harbor bays.

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0089467 BENTHIC COMMUNITIES biological data BOTTOM TYPE HABITAT HABITAT - BENTHIC MACROALGAE SEA GRASSES - DENSITY SEDIMENTS SHORELINE acoustic sensor camera sediment sampler - grab benthic biological composition & location derived products GIS product imagery survey - biological US DOC/NOAA/NOS/Coastal Services Center US DOC/NOAA/NOS/Coastal Services Center COASTAL Long Island Sound Mid-Atlantic Bight New York Bight North American Coastline-North North Atlantic Ocean oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NOS/CSC > Coastal Services Center, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS > ANGIOSPERMS (FLOWERING PLANTS) > MONOCOTS > SEAGRASS EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS > MACROALGAE (SEAWEEDS) EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > SHORELINES EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS CSC Benthic Habitat Mapping Environmental Monitoring GIS NOAA SAV SPI benthic data benthic grab benthic habitat benthic mapping geographic information system sediment sediment grab sediment organics sediment profile imagery submerged aquatic vegetation ACOUSTIC RECEIVERS CAMERA > CAMERA GRAB SAMPLERS OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > LONG ISLAND SOUND Bowery Bay Flushing Bay Jamaica Bay Long Island Long Island South Shore Estuary Reserve Lower Bay New Jersey New York New York Harbor Newark Bay Northeastern U. S. Raritan Bay Sandy Hook Bay United States Upper Bay

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