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).
Characterization of deep coral and sponge communities in the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: Rittenburg Bank, Cochrane Bank and the Farallon Escarpment.
California State Waters Map Series Data Catalog
Seafloor mapping and benthic habitat GIS for southern California, volume III
Exploring rippled scour depressions offshore Huntington Beach, CA
Nearshore benthic habitat GIS for the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Southern California State Fisheries Reserves, volume II
Multibeam bathymetry and backscatter data: Northeastern Channel Islands region, southern California
Nearshore benthic habitat GIS for the Channel Islands National Sanctuary and southern California State Fisheries Reserves. Volume 1
Rippled scour depressions on the inner continental shelf off central California
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).
Characterization of deep coral and sponge communities in the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: Rittenburg Bank, Cochrane Bank and the Farallon Escarpment.
California State Waters Map Series Data Catalog
Seafloor mapping and benthic habitat GIS for southern California, volume III
Exploring rippled scour depressions offshore Huntington Beach, CA
Nearshore benthic habitat GIS for the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Southern California State Fisheries Reserves, volume II
Multibeam bathymetry and backscatter data: Northeastern Channel Islands region, southern California
Nearshore benthic habitat GIS for the Channel Islands National Sanctuary and southern California State Fisheries Reserves. Volume 1
Rippled scour depressions on the inner continental shelf off central California
Below are news stories associated with this project.
Below are partners associated with this project.