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OAS accession Detail for 0036658
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| Title: | Digital Video taken during Johnson-Sea-Link submersible dive 4922 of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration's Florida Coast Deep Corals 2005 cruise, 2005-11-18 (NCEI Accession 0036658) |
| Abstract: | These video data were recorded during the Florida Coast Deep Corals mission of 2005. Data gathered during this expedition provide a strong foundation of information on several deep-water coral ecosystems along the Florida coast. Unlike shallow water tropical reefs, deep-water reefs are not well known. With the continuing global depletion of coastal fisheries, commercial fishing vessels are moving into deeper water and exploiting fish and crustacean species that are frequently associated with complex coral structures. Deep-sea coral ecosystems (DSCE) exist at numerous locations around the coast of Florida. These coral communities provide habitat for relatively unknown but highly diverse assemblages of fish and invertebrates, many of which may be undescribed species. There is an urgent need to identify these coral habitats, map their distribution and abundance, and document any potentially valuable fishery species associated with them. Resource managers can use this information to develop conservation policy and scientists can use it as a foundation for hypothesis driven ecological and physiological research. |
| Date received: | 20061118 |
| Start date: | 20051118 |
| End date: | 20051118 |
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| West boundary: | -83 |
| East boundary: | -79 |
| North boundary: | 29.9 |
| South boundary: | 24.2 |
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| Submitter: | Brooke, Sandra D. |
| Submitting institution: | US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Office of Ocean Exploration and Research |
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| Supplementary information: | The NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research sponsored the collection of these data. Oceanographic data associated with this cruise is accessible under NCEI accession 0002517. |
| Availability date: | 20090522 |
| Metadata version: | 11 |
| Keydate: | 2007-11-19 16:10:34+00 |
| Editdate: | 2022-01-13 14:40:41+00 |