Recent and Future Seafloor Mapping Plans of the

USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Team

and

The Consortium for California Coastal Geologic and Habitat Mapping

Guy Cochrane

USGS Coastal and Marine Geology

gcochrane@usgs.gov

831-427-4754

Species-specific Habitat MapsSpecies-specific Habitat Maps

Seafloor Facies

Rock

Boulder/Cobble

Sediment

Sediment

Bocaccio (fish/m2)

Cylinder: 1.0 - 9.9 x 10-3

Cross: 1.0 - 9.9 x 10-4

Circle: 1.0 - 9.9 x 10-3

Bocaccio

Pete Dartnell, Linda Snook, Mary Yoklavich, Milton Love

Organize an open forum to communicate marine seafloor mapping efforts, uses for data, data availability, and data voids, including periodic workshops,

Develop mapping priorities and funding approaches that emphasize joint multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional partners,

Facilitate the creation of standards and protocols for data acquistion, analysis, and display. Data includes sonar, lidar, video, and still photographs.

Generate, and publish quad based geologic and habitat maps through a web-based system, using digital and paper media, for scientists, industry, NGOs, and the general public.

Maintain an online database of data holdings showing data types, coverage, quality of data, and citation of data-release publications.

Consortium for California Coastal Geologic and Habitat Mapping

Objectives

Topo-BathyBasemap for paper mapsGrid for GIS

Geologic unitas a drape over bathymetryas a polygon attribute

Hazards and resources active areas such as landslides as polygon attributeaggregates (sand and gravel) as polygon attributegeologic structure as line featuresepicenters as point features?

Surficial seafloor substrateas a polygon attributethickness?

HabitatsGreene et al. classificationas polygon attribute

Physical processesA difference grid where new bathy-topo data is availableA predicted temporal and magnitude change polygon attribute?

Legal boundariesState jurisdictionMPAsFederal JurisdictionShoreline

Consortium for California Coastal Geologic and Habitat Mapping

Prototype GIS Map Features

Consortium for California Coastal Geologic and Habitat Mapping

Agency Roles

California Department of Fish and Game – priorities, funding, data acquisition, standards. California State Coastal Conservancy – priorities, fundingCalifornia Geological Survey – priorities, funding, data acquisition, analysis, production, standards, sales.California State Boating Works – priorities, funding, standards.California State University Monterey Bay Seafloor Mapping Lab – data acquisition, analysis, standards.California State University Moss Landing Marine Lab – data acquisition, analysis, standards.Minerals Management Service – priorities, funding, standards.Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute – data acquisition, analysis, standards.National Park Service – priorities, funding, standards.NOAA MPA Center – priorities, funding, standards.NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries – priorities, funding, standards.NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service – priorities, funding, data acquisition, analysis, standardsNOAA Ocean Service – priorities, funding, data acquisition, standards.Oregon State University – data acquisition, analysis, standards.USGS Coastal and Marine Geology – priorities, funding, data acquisition, analysis, standards.USGS Geography – funding, production, standards, sales.USGS Geology – priorities, funding, data acquisition, analysis, standards.

Recent and Future Seafloor Mapping Plans of the

USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Team

and

The Consortium for California Coastal Geologic and Habitat Mapping

Guy Cochrane

USGS Coastal and Marine Geology

gcochrane@usgs.gov

831-427-4754