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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Shearwater, July 2010
- Dataset ID: NOAA_SW-10-07
- Database Version: 20240325-0
- Data Provider: NOAA, Southwest Fisheries Science Center
- Data Contact: Yoklavich, Mary: mary.yoklavich@noaa.gov
Locator Map
Geographic Range
- Ocean: North Pacific
- Fishery Management Council Region(s): Pacific
- Large Marine Ecosystem(s): California Current
- Marine Ecoregion(s): Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Vancouver Coast and Shelf
Bounding box
Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326
- Minimum Latitude: 38.93741
- Maximum Latitude: 40.49517
- Minimum Longitude: -124.53043
- Maximum Longitude: -123.70786
Overview
Note: The numbers below only reflect published records. Additional records may be retained by the Program for further review.
- Number of records: 1,767
- Number of coral records: 1,168
- Number of sponge records: 599
- Records with images: 0
- Record type(s): video observation
- Minimum depth (meters): 19
- Maximum depth (meters): 127
- Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 932
- Time frame: 2010 to 2010
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, Shearwater, July 2010 and was provided by Yoklavich, Mary: mary.yoklavich@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, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Santa Cruz records collected by towed camera conducted from 2010-2010 in the California Current. Further information can be found at: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1890/ES11-00295.1
Collection methodogy details:
See link for methods.
Link: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1890/ES11-00295.1
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Data Set Level Citation
NOAA, Southwest Fisheries Science Center. Observation date range: 2010 to 2010. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). Principal investigator: Johnson, S. | Cochrane, G. | Yoklavich, Mary. DSCRTP Dataset ID: NOAA_SW-10-07. Database version: 20240325-0.
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Expedition Details
SurveyID | Vessel | VehicleName | SamplingEquipment | RecordType |
---|---|---|---|---|
California Seafloor Mapping Project | Shearwater R/V | Coral Sea R/V | USGS towed camera sled | towed camera | video observation |
Taxonomic Summary
Percent of coral, sponge, and fish records by lowest taxonomic rank.
Corals
Number of coral records: 1,168
Taxon rank | Percent of all coral records |
---|---|
subclass | 28 % |
order | 56 % |
genus | 2 % |
species | 5 % |
NA | 9 % |
Sponges
Number of sponge records: 599
Taxon rank | Percent of all sponge records |
---|---|
phylum | 67 % |
family | 30 % |
species | 3 % |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Octocorallia | 1341 | NA | NA | 332 |
Pennatuloidea | 1609360 | Scleralcyonacea | NA | 102 |
Ptilosarcus | 267795 | Scleralcyonacea | Pennatulidae | 23 |
Scleractinia | 1363 | Scleractinia | NA | 656 |
Stylaster californicus | 285860 | Anthoathecata | Stylasteridae | 55 |
Sponge Taxa Observed
Note: Nothing will appear here if no sponge taxa were observed.
ScientificName | AphiaID | Order | Family | Records |
---|---|---|---|---|
Craniella arb | 171324 | Tetractinellida | Tetillidae | 20 |
Porifera | 558 | NA | NA | 400 |
Tethyidae | 131677 | Tethyida | Tethyidae | 179 |