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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Nancy Foster, March 2012

Dataset ID: NOAA_NF-12-01
Database Version: 20240325-0
Data Provider: NOAA, Coral Reef Conservation Program
Data Contact: Battista, Tim: tim.battista@noaa.gov

Locator Map

Geographic Range

Ocean: North Atlantic
Fishery Management Council Region(s): Caribbean
Large Marine Ecosystem(s):
Marine Ecoregion(s): Greater Antilles

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

Minimum Latitude: 18.47773
Maximum Latitude: 18.52187
Minimum Longitude: -65.4865
Maximum Longitude: -65.3489

Overview

Note: The numbers below only reflect published records. Additional records may be retained by the Program for further review.

Number of records: 127
Number of coral records: 127
Number of sponge records: 0
Records with images: 106
Record type(s): still image
Minimum depth (meters): 100
Maximum depth (meters): 251
Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
Time frame: 2012 to 2012

Data Set Description: This is a subset of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program’s National Database. The data was acquired for the National Database from the research cruise National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Nancy Foster, March 2012 and was provided by Battista, Tim: tim.battista@noaa.gov. Changes to the original dataset may have been made to conform to the National Database Schema and for quality control purposes. This is a collection of NOAA, Coral Reef Conservation Program records collected by ROV conducted from 2012-2012 in the NA. Further information can be found at: https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/seafloor-characterization-caribbean/

Collection methodogy details:

See link for methods.
Link: https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/seafloor-characterization-caribbean/

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Data Set Level Citation

NOAA, Coral Reef Conservation Program. Observation date range: 2012 to 2012. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). Principal investigator: Battista, Tim. DSCRTP Dataset ID: NOAA_NF-12-01. Database version: 20240325-0.

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Expedition Details

SurveyID	Vessel	VehicleName	SamplingEquipment	RecordType
NF-12-01	Nancy Foster R/V	Phantom S2 ROV	ROV	still image

Taxonomic Summary

Percent of coral, sponge, and fish records by lowest taxonomic rank.

Corals

Number of coral records: 127

Taxon rank	Percent of all coral records
order	27 %
family	3 %
genus	57 %
species	13 %

Sponges

Number of sponge records: 0

## No sponge records in this data set.

Fishes

Number of fish records: 0

## No fish records in this data set.

Coral Taxa Observed

Note: Nothing will appear here if no coral taxa were observed.

ScientificName	AphiaID	Order	Family	Records
Antipatharia	22549	Antipatharia	NA	34
Antipathes	103302	Antipatharia	Antipathidae	7
Antipathes furcata	103312	Antipatharia	Antipathidae	8
Callogorgia gracilis	286489	Scleralcyonacea	Primnoidae	1
Nicella deichmannae	286166	Scleralcyonacea	Ellisellidae	7
Paramuriceidae	151540	Malacalcyonacea	Paramuriceidae	4
Stichopathes	103308	Antipatharia	Antipathidae	66

Sponge Taxa Observed

Note: Nothing will appear here if no sponge taxa were observed.

## No sponge records in this data set.

Fish Taxa Observed

Note: Nothing will appear here if no fish taxa were observed.

## No fish records in this data set.