Costa, B., Kracker, L., Battista, T., Sautter, W., Mabrouk, A., Edwards, K. 2017. Benthic Habitat Maps for the Insular Shelf South of St. Thomas and St. John. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 241. NOAA, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Silver Spring, MD.

Coastal, Coral reef, Habitat, Modeling, Aquatic community, Benthic, Wildlife, Aquatic ecosystems, Biology, Mapping

This report contains benthic habitat maps for over 650 square kilometers of sea floor along the insular shelf on the southern edge of St. Thomas and St. John islands (U.S. Virgin Islands). The maps were developed using raster imagery and mathematic modeling techniques.