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OAS accession Detail for 0291324
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| Title: | Organism counts from photo-transects collected during quantitative benthic surveys in Southwest Puerto Rico at 20m during 2013-2014 and 2018-2019 (NCEI Accession 0291324) |
| Abstract: | This dataset contains biological and survey - biological data collected from 2013-09-13 to 2019-03-15. These data include depth, genus, and species. These data were collected by Clark E. Sherman, Ernesto F. Weil, Juan Cruz-Motta, Nikolaos V. Schizas, and Wilford E. Schmidt of University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez as part of the "The impact of Hurricane Maria on the mesophotic reefs of southwest Puerto Rico (Hurricane impacts on deep reefs)" project. The Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) submitted these data to NCEI on 2021-04-22. The following is the text of the dataset description provided by BCO-DMO: Benthic organism counts Dataset Description: Acquisition Description: Quantitative benthic surveys were made during 2013-2014 and 2018-2019 at two outer shelf, spur-and-groove reefs, Buoy (17° 53.380′ N; 66° 59.090′ W) and Weinberg (17° 53.429′ N; 66° 59.320′ W). The two sites are located near the insular slope, 7.2 km offshore. Diving operations involved a team of two divers using NITROX or air. Dives were made to target depths of 20 m at each site. The modified CARICOMP protocol (Weil et al. 2002, 2009) was used to assess the spatial and temporal variability in the number, distribution along 10 × 2 m band permanent transects. Within each band transect, all coral, octocoral, zoanthid and sponge colonies were counted. Only scleractinian corals and a few octocoral species and other reef invertebrates were identified to species level. |
| Date received: | 20210422 |
| Start date: | 20130913 |
| End date: | 20190315 |
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| West boundary: | -66.988667 |
| East boundary: | -66.98483 |
| North boundary: | 17.890483 |
| South boundary: | 17.889667 |
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| Submitting institution: | Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office |
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| Metadata version: | 1 |
| Keydate: | 2024-04-19 17:31:46+00 |
| Editdate: | 2024-04-19 17:32:06+00 |