This dataset contains a unified backscatter GeoTiff with 1x1 meter cell size representing the 2014 Long Island Sound Benthic Habitat Priority Area of Interest off of Port Jefferson, NY. This backscatter dataset is a mosaic of surveys from the NOAA Ship S-222 Thomas Jefferson and its two inshore launch vessels, the NOAA Ship S-590 Rude, as well as surveys conducted by the University of Rhode Island and Stony Brook University in coordination with the NOAA Biogeography Branch and the Integrated OCean and Coastal Mapping Branch between 2001 and 2013. Backscatter data was collected using multibeam sonars and side scan sonars and mosaiced into a raster using ArcGIS 10.1 and Envi 5.0 software at the Biogeography Branch by a NOAA contractor.

This integrated raster includes bathymetry, curvature, rugosity, slope, slope of slope, and intensity, and is a mosaic of surveys from the NOAA Ship S-222 Thomas Jefferson and its two inshore launch vessels, the NOAA Ship S-590 Rude, as well as surveys conducted by the Stony Brook University R/V Pritchard in coordination with the NOAA Biogeography Branch and the Office of Coastal Services between in the year 2012.

JPG version of ArcGIS maps generated as a compilation of findings from Fall 2012 Seaboss data

'Excel spreadsheet with data that represents the abundance of infaunal species in 0.1m2 samples, identified to the lowest possible taxonomic level'

PDF version of Maps generated as a compliation of findings from all related cruises.

This dataset is comprised of an Excel spreadsheet with species composition, diversity, and ecognition patch type assignments for each image gathered by the Long Island Sound Mapping Collaborative Pilot Study.

This dataset contains shapefiles pertaining to species distribution and abundance in the Long Island Sound Estuary collected during the Long Island Sound Mapping Research Project Pilot Study

TIFF version of maps generated as a compliation of findings from all related cruises.

JPG version of maps generated as a compliation of findings from all related cruises.

PDF version of ArcGIS maps generated as a compilation of findings from Fall 2012 Seaboss data

This data set contains SEABOSS Video/Camera/Sample Logs in 2 volumes of the Long Island Sound Research Mapping Collaborative Spring 2013 Cruise.

Color corrected images

This data set contains shapefiles pertaining to grain size, lithologic information, collection location, and CHN content of sediments collected during the Long Island Sound Research Mapping Collaborative Spring 2013 Cruise.

This data set contains shapefiles pertaining to surficial sediment and CHN content of sediments collected on the Long Island Sound Mapping Research Collaborative Fall 2012 Cruise.