Palm Beach County FL 2007 Seagrass GIS Maps and Trends Analysis (NODC Accession 0061752)

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive 2014
• Subjects: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; 0061752; 61752; BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; SEA GRASSES - DENSITY; camera; photograph; aerial photography; benthic; biological; GIS product; survey - biological; US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Regional Office; Habitat Conservation Division; Atlantic Branch; West Palm Beach, FL Field Office; Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS); Coastal Waters of Florida; North Atlantic Ocean; oceanography; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/{86DF60FE-3898-48CC-A7B5-4EA4B5AFFC06}

Geographic Information System (GIS) coverage of Palm Beach County seagrasses, mangrove habitat, oyster reef, and spartina. The mapped area is the Lake Worth Lagoon system and the ICW throughout Palm Beach County. Purpose: A major objective of the Lake Worth Lagoon Management Plan is to restore, preserve and create seagrass beds, oyster bars and other submerged benthic habitat. Aerial surveys will enable Palm Beach County Department of Environmental Resources Management to determine the aerial extent of seagrass beds, mangrove habitat, oyster reefs, and spartina within the Lake Worth Lagoon and Intracoastal Waterway, while the fixed transect survey will reveal whether selected seagrass beds are stable, expanding or receding.