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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Fulmar, April 2007

Dataset ID: NOAA_FM-07-05
Database Version: 20260416-1
Data Provider: NOAA, Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Data Contact: Graiff, Kaitlin: kaitlin.graiff@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

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

Minimum Latitude: 37.9176
Maximum Latitude: 38.25255
Minimum Longitude: -123.37949
Maximum Longitude: -123.07706

Overview

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

Number of records: 647
Number of coral records: 647
Number of sponge records: 0
Records with images: 0
Record type(s): video observation
Minimum depth (meters): 56
Maximum depth (meters): 121
Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
Time frame: 2007 to 2007

Data Set Description: This is a subset of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program’s National Database. The data represent observations of sea pens (Halipteris sp.) recorded during camera sled surveys of soft sediment habitats in Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary by the R/V Fulmar in April 2007. Changes to the original dataset may have been made to conform to the National Database Schema and for quality control purposes.

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Data Set Level Citation

NOAA, Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary. Observation date range: 2007 to 2007. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). Principal investigator: Roberts, Dale. DSCRTP Dataset ID: NOAA_FM-07-05. Database version: 20260416-1.

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Expedition Details

SurveyID	Vessel	VehicleName	SamplingEquipment	RecordType
Fulmar/Sled 2007_03	Fulmar R/V	NA	towed camera	video observation

Taxonomic Summary

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

Corals

Number of coral records: 647

Taxon rank	Percent of all coral records
genus	100 %

Sponges

Number of sponge records: 0

## No sponge records in this data set.

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
Balticina	146534	Scleralcyonacea	Balticinidae	647

Sponge Taxa Observed

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## No sponge records in this data set.

Fish Taxa Observed

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

## No fish records in this data set.