Marine Geomorphology, Evolution, and Habitats
Seafloor resource managers and modelers need seafloor maps that can be combined in GIS, modeling, and statistical analysis environments and related successfully to biologic and oceanographic data. The Marine Geomorphology, Evolution, and Habitats Project encompasses mapping activities and the development of new mapping systems and methodologies. The emphasis is on the role of geologic processes in the evolution of habitats. Interest in USGS habitat maps and habitat change studies remains high.
OBJECTIVES
Develop seafloor habitat map products that directly apply to habitat and offshore energy impact modeling
Improve seafloor maps through combined technologies
Generate USGS map and data publications for California’s State Waters. The California Seafloor Mapping Program (CSMP) is a cooperative program to create a comprehensive coastal/marine geologic and habitat base map series for all of California’s State waters
Determine the geomorphology and seafloor character of the Gulf of Alaska, as a multi-agency cooperative
Generate geo-referenced video mosaics from seafloor video collected by other USGS projects at the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, in cooperation with the University of New Hampshire’s Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping
Understand the processes that control seafloor stability and the resulting modification of continental shelf geomorphology, sediment distribution, and benthic habitats
California Seafloor Mapping Program
Below are data releases associated with this project.
Below are publications associated with this project.
For the California Seafloor Mapping Program (CSMP), click “Map Series” for USGS Open-File Reports (OFR) and “More Map Series” for USGS Scientific Investigations Maps (SIM).
The California Seafloor and Coastal Mapping Program – Providing science and geospatial data for California's State Waters
Seasonal sediment dynamics shape temperate bedrock reef communities
Variability of the internal tide on the southern Monterey Bay continental shelf and associated bottom boundary layer sediment transport
What a drag: Quantifying the global impact of chronic bottom trawling on continental shelf sediment
Environmental controls on spatial patterns in the long-term persistence of giant kelp in central California
Classification of rocky headlands in California with relevance to littoral cell boundary delineation
Southern Salish Sea Habitat Map Series: Admiralty Inlet
Southern Salish Sea Habitat Map Series data catalog
California State Waters Map Series — Offshore of Half Moon Bay, California
Autonomous bed-sediment imaging-systems for revealing temporal variability of grain size
Suspended particulate layers and internal waves over the southern Monterey Bay continental shelf: an important control on shelf mud belts?
Upwelling rebound, ephemeral secondary pycnoclines, and the creation of a near-bottom wave guide over the Monterey Bay continental shelf
Below are news stories associated with this project.
Below are partners associated with this project.
Seafloor resource managers and modelers need seafloor maps that can be combined in GIS, modeling, and statistical analysis environments and related successfully to biologic and oceanographic data. The Marine Geomorphology, Evolution, and Habitats Project encompasses mapping activities and the development of new mapping systems and methodologies. The emphasis is on the role of geologic processes in the evolution of habitats. Interest in USGS habitat maps and habitat change studies remains high.
OBJECTIVES
Develop seafloor habitat map products that directly apply to habitat and offshore energy impact modeling
Improve seafloor maps through combined technologies
Generate USGS map and data publications for California’s State Waters. The California Seafloor Mapping Program (CSMP) is a cooperative program to create a comprehensive coastal/marine geologic and habitat base map series for all of California’s State waters
Determine the geomorphology and seafloor character of the Gulf of Alaska, as a multi-agency cooperative
Generate geo-referenced video mosaics from seafloor video collected by other USGS projects at the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, in cooperation with the University of New Hampshire’s Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping
Understand the processes that control seafloor stability and the resulting modification of continental shelf geomorphology, sediment distribution, and benthic habitats
California Seafloor Mapping Program
Below are data releases associated with this project.
Below are publications associated with this project.
For the California Seafloor Mapping Program (CSMP), click “Map Series” for USGS Open-File Reports (OFR) and “More Map Series” for USGS Scientific Investigations Maps (SIM).
The California Seafloor and Coastal Mapping Program – Providing science and geospatial data for California's State Waters
Seasonal sediment dynamics shape temperate bedrock reef communities
Variability of the internal tide on the southern Monterey Bay continental shelf and associated bottom boundary layer sediment transport
What a drag: Quantifying the global impact of chronic bottom trawling on continental shelf sediment
Environmental controls on spatial patterns in the long-term persistence of giant kelp in central California
Classification of rocky headlands in California with relevance to littoral cell boundary delineation
Southern Salish Sea Habitat Map Series: Admiralty Inlet
Southern Salish Sea Habitat Map Series data catalog
California State Waters Map Series — Offshore of Half Moon Bay, California
Autonomous bed-sediment imaging-systems for revealing temporal variability of grain size
Suspended particulate layers and internal waves over the southern Monterey Bay continental shelf: an important control on shelf mud belts?
Upwelling rebound, ephemeral secondary pycnoclines, and the creation of a near-bottom wave guide over the Monterey Bay continental shelf
Below are news stories associated with this project.
Below are partners associated with this project.