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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Sea Storm, August 2012

Dataset ID: NOAA_SS-12-08
Database Version: 20240325-0
Data Provider: NOAA, Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Data Contact: Rooper, Chris: chris.rooper@noaa.gov

Locator Map

Geographic Range

Ocean: North Pacific
Fishery Management Council Region(s): North Pacific
Large Marine Ecosystem(s): Aleutian Islands, East Bering Sea
Marine Ecoregion(s): Aleutian Islands

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

Minimum Latitude: 51.29813
Maximum Latitude: 54.86198
Minimum Longitude: -179.90651
Maximum Longitude: 179.89983

Overview

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

Number of records: 501
Number of coral records: 327
Number of sponge records: 174
Records with images: 0
Record type(s): still image transect
Minimum depth (meters): 49
Maximum depth (meters): 869
Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 5
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, Sea Storm, August 2012 and was provided by Rooper, Chris: chris.rooper@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, Alaska Fisheries Science Center records collected by towed camera conducted from 2012-2012 in the Aleutian Islands, East Bering Sea, NA. Further information can be found at: http://aquaticcommons.org/8750/

Collection methodogy details:

See link for methods.
Link: http://aquaticcommons.org/8750/

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Data Set Level Citation

NOAA, Alaska Fisheries Science Center. 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: Rooper, Chris. DSCRTP Dataset ID: NOAA_SS-12-08. Database version: 20240325-0.

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Expedition Details

SurveyID	Vessel	VehicleName	SamplingEquipment	RecordType
SS-12-08	Sea Storm R/V	Drop Camera	drop camera	still image transect

Taxonomic Summary

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

Corals

Number of coral records: 327

Taxon rank	Percent of all coral records
subclass	1 %
order	13 %
family	24 %
genus	45 %
species	3 %
NA	13 %

Sponges

Number of sponge records: 174

Taxon rank	Percent of all sponge records
class	100 %

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
Alaskagorgia aleutiana	289377	Malacalcyonacea	Malacalcyonacea incertae sedis	7
Antipatharia	22549	Antipatharia	NA	3
Arthrogorgia	267238	Scleralcyonacea	Primnoidae	23
Balticina	146534	Scleralcyonacea	Balticinidae	17
Balticina willemoesi	1393616	Scleralcyonacea	Balticinidae	2
Calcigorgia	378315	Malacalcyonacea	Malacalcyonacea incertae sedis	8
Callogorgia	125317	Scleralcyonacea	Primnoidae	30
Keratoisididae	1544106	Scleralcyonacea	Keratoisididae	3
Malacalcyonacea	1609357	Malacalcyonacea	NA	41
Muriceides	125310	Malacalcyonacea	Paramuriceidae	7
Octocorallia	1341	NA	NA	4
Paragorgia	125326	Scleralcyonacea	Coralliidae	7
Pennatuloidea	1609360	Scleralcyonacea	NA	42
Plexauridae	125277	Malacalcyonacea	Plexauridae	2
Plumarella	177839	Scleralcyonacea	Primnoidae	37
Primnoa pacifica	286539	Scleralcyonacea	Primnoidae	2
Primnoidae	125278	Scleralcyonacea	Primnoidae	40
Stylasteridae	22805	Anthoathecata	Stylasteridae	33
Swiftia	125314	Malacalcyonacea	Plexauridae	7
Thouarella	125323	Scleralcyonacea	Primnoidae	12

Sponge Taxa Observed

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

ScientificName	AphiaID	Order	Family	Records
Calcarea	559	NA	NA	4
Demospongiae	164811	NA	NA	122
Hexactinellida	22612	NA	NA	48

Fish Taxa Observed

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

## No fish records in this data set.