The Habitat & Ecosystem Subcommittee is a group with expertise in seafloor characterization, benthic ecology, oceanography, hydrodynamics, and pelagic processes and biota across Atlantic ecosystems that share information about ongoing and planned research, identify key data gaps, and help maintain alignment and coordination among research and data collection teams.
The Subcommittee meets multiple times per year. All are welcome to participate. Subscribe to the RWSC newsletter to receive monthly reminders and calendar invitations. View the latest Habitat & Ecosystem Subcommittee Meeting materials.
Contact the Habitat & Ecosystem Subcommittee Coordinator, Nikelene Mclean.
SEAFLOOR DATA
The Habitat & Ecosystem Subcommittee, with NROC and MARCO, established a Seafloor Data Repository to make datasets collected by states and private entities more accessible and usable in regional data products
The purpose of the Seafloor Data Repository is to catalog and make available seafloor datasets in U.S. Atlantic waters collected by a variety of entities and purposes that can eventually be used to develop regional-scale seafloor habitat data products (e.g., bathymetry maps, benthic habitat maps, surficial seafloor geology maps) for wider use and dissemination via the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal and Northeast Ocean Data Portal, and other mapping platforms.
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