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Seagrass map, Ship Island, Mississippi, 2021 (ver. 1.1, September 2025)

May 13, 2025

This product depicts the spatial coverage of seagrass beds from 0.5-m color-infrared orthoimagery for Ship Island, Mississippi from early fall of 2021. 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.

First release: May 2025
Revised: September 2025 (ver. 1.1)

Publication Year 2025
Title Seagrass map, Ship Island, Mississippi, 2021 (ver. 1.1, September 2025)
DOI 10.5066/P15IMOR8
Authors Nicholas M Enwright, Madison (Contractor) T Chandler, Jason Dugas
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS)
USGS Organization Wetland and Aquatic Research Center - Gainesville, FL
Rights This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal
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