National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Sea Storm, August 2012

Dataset ID: NOAA_SS-12-08
Database Version: 20201021-0
Data Provider: NOAA, Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Data Contact: Rooper, Chris: chris.rooper@noaa.gov

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Geographic Range

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

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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: 20201021-0.

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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 and sponge records by lowest taxonomic rank.

Corals

Number of coral records: 327

Taxon rank	Percent of all coral records
order	15 %
suborder	3 %
family	33 %
genus	45 %
species	3 %

Sponges

Number of sponge records: 174

Taxon rank	Percent of all sponge records
class	100 %

Coral Taxa Observed

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

ScientificName	AphiaID	Order	Family	Records
Alaskagorgia aleutiana	289377	Alcyonacea	Plexauridae	7
Alcyonacea	1365	Alcyonacea	NA	4
Alcyoniina	411555	Alcyonacea	NA	10
Antipatharia	22549	Antipatharia	NA	3
Arthrogorgia	267238	Alcyonacea	Primnoidae	23
Calcigorgia	378315	Alcyonacea	Acanthogorgiidae	8
Callogorgia	125317	Alcyonacea	Primnoidae	30
Halipteris	128491	Pennatulacea	Halipteridae	17
Halipteris willemoesi	286626	Pennatulacea	Halipteridae	2
Isididae	125276	Alcyonacea	Isididae	3
Muriceides	125310	Alcyonacea	Plexauridae	7
Paragorgia	125326	Alcyonacea	Paragorgiidae	7
Pennatulacea	1367	Pennatulacea	NA	42
Plexauridae	125277	Alcyonacea	Plexauridae	33
Plumarella	177839	Alcyonacea	Primnoidae	37
Primnoa pacifica	286539	Alcyonacea	Primnoidae	2
Primnoidae	125278	Alcyonacea	Primnoidae	40
Stylasteridae	22805	Anthoathecata	Stylasteridae	33
Swiftia	125314	Alcyonacea	Plexauridae	7
Thouarella	125323	Alcyonacea	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

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Report last ran on 2020-10-30