This product depicts the spatial coverage of seagrass beds from 0.5-m color-infrared orthoimagery for Cat Island and Ship Island, Mississippi from early fall of 2011. Specifically, the map includes presence and absence of seagrass beds within a potential seagrass extent that was based on topobathymetric data. A minimum mapping unit of 4 square meters was used for this mapping effort.
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2022 |
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| Title | Seagrass map, Cat Island and Ship Island, Mississippi, 2011 |
| DOI | 10.5066/P9TO5P3R |
| Authors | Nicholas M Enwright, Wyatt C Cheney, Rosemary Mouton, Spencer J Stelly |
| Product Type | Data Release |
| Record Source | USGS Digital Object Identifier Catalog |
| USGS Organization | Wetland and Aquatic Research Center |