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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, ROV surveys of Oculina varicosa coral habitat condition, Liberty Star M/V, October 2005

Dataset ID: NOAA_LS-05-01
Database Version: 20251001-0
Data Provider: NOAA, Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Data Contact: Harter, Stacey: stacey.harter@noaa.gov

Locator Map

Geographic Range

Ocean: North Atlantic
Fishery Management Council Region(s): South Atlantic
Large Marine Ecosystem(s): Southeast U.S. Continental Shelf
Marine Ecoregion(s): Floridian

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

Minimum Latitude: 27.60018
Maximum Latitude: 28.49731
Minimum Longitude: -80.03208
Maximum Longitude: -79.97417

Overview

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

Number of records: 19
Number of coral records: 19
Number of sponge records: 0
Records with images: 0
Record type(s): video observation
Minimum depth (meters): 77
Maximum depth (meters): 85
Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
Time frame: 2005 to 2005

Data Set Description: This is a subset of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program’s National Database. The data represent observations of the reef-forming deepwater coral Oculina varicosa from ROV surveys in October 2005. Changes to the original dataset may have been made to conform to the National Database Schema and for quality control purposes. Further information can be found at: https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/coris/library/NOAA/CRCP/project/1755/effectiveness_oculina_hapc.pdf

Collection methodogy details:

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Link: https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/coris/library/NOAA/CRCP/project/1755/effectiveness_oculina_hapc.pdf

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Data Set Level Citation

NOAA, Southeast Fisheries Science Center. Observation date range: 2005 to 2005. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). Principal investigator: NA. DSCRTP Dataset ID: NOAA_LS-05-01. Database version: 20251001-0.

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Expedition Details

SurveyID	Vessel	VehicleName	SamplingEquipment	RecordType
LS-05-01	Liberty Star M/V	Phantom S2 ROV	ROV	video observation

Taxonomic Summary

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

Corals

Number of coral records: 19

Taxon rank	Percent of all coral records
species	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
Oculina varicosa	287102	Scleractinia	Oculinidae	19

Sponge Taxa Observed

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## No sponge records in this data set.

Fish Taxa Observed

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## No fish records in this data set.