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OAS accession Detail for 0036668
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| Title: | Digital Video taken during Johnson-Sea-Link submersible dive 4910 of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration's Florida Coast Deep Corals 2005 cruise, 2005-11-08 (NCEI Accession 0036668) |
| Abstract: | This video data was recorded during the Florida Coast Deep Corals mission of 2005. The data gathered during this expedition provided a strong foundation of information on the deep-water coral ecosystems off the Florida coast. 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 are undoubtedly described species. There is therefore 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. Since deep water reefs are not visible to the general public, dissemination of information through the media and the education system is vital in order to create empathy for their protection. The overarching objective of this proposal is to increase the current understanding of deep-water coral habitats along Florida's coasts. Unlike shallow water tropical reefs, deep-water reefs are not well known. |
| Date received: | 20061108 |
| Start date: | 20051108 |
| End date: | 20051108 |
| Seanames: | Coastal Waters of Florida, North Atlantic Ocean |
| West boundary: | -83 |
| East boundary: | -79 |
| North boundary: | 29.9 |
| South boundary: | 24.2 |
| Observation types: | biological |
| Instrument types: | video camera |
| Datatypes: | Video Transect Images |
| Submitter: | Brooke, Sandra D. |
| Submitting institution: | US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Office of Ocean Exploration and Research |
| Collecting institutions: | Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Nova Southeastern University, Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Marine Station - Fort Pierce FL, University of Alabama, University of North Carolina Wilmington, University of Oregon; Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, US DOC; NOAA; NOS; ONMS; Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary |
| Contributing projects: | Florida Coast Deep Corals, OER IPT |
| Platforms: | Johnson-Sea-Link I (33J1), Seward Johnson (33SW) |
| Number of observations: | |
| 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. In this accession, NCEI has archived multiple versions of these data. The latest (and best) version of these data has the largest version number. |
| Availability date: | 20090522 |
| Metadata version: | 15 |
| Keydate: | 2007-11-19 19:07:55+00 |
| Editdate: | 2022-01-13 14:41:09+00 |