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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, AUV Surveys to Characterize Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Communities, R/V McArthur II, June 2010, Leg 1

Dataset ID: NOAA_M2-10-06-L1-AUV
Database Version: 20260416-1
Data Provider: NOAA, Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Data Contact: Clarke, Elizabeth: elizabeth.clarke@noaa.gov

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Geographic Range

Ocean: North Pacific
Fishery Management Council Region(s): Pacific
Large Marine Ecosystem(s): Gulf of Alaska
Marine Ecoregion(s): Oregon, Washington, Vancouver Coast and Shelf

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

Minimum Latitude: 48.19231
Maximum Latitude: 48.22138
Minimum Longitude: -125.26957
Maximum Longitude: -125.18606

Overview

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

Number of records: 234
Number of coral records: 234
Number of sponge records: 0
Records with images: 0
Record type(s): still image
Minimum depth (meters): 118
Maximum depth (meters): 133
Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
Time frame: 2010 to 2010

Data Set Description: This is a subset of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program’s National Database. The data represent records of deep-sea corals recorded in images caprtured by an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) in Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary during a 2010 cruise aboard NOAA Ship McArthur II. Changes to the original dataset may have been made to conform to the National Database Schema and for quality control purposes. The data are part of the West Coast Deep-Sea Coral Initiative of NOAA’s Deep Sea Coral Research & Technology Program. Further information can be found at: Olympic Coast NMS Surveys: https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/coris/library/NOAA/DSCRTP/Other/OCNMS2010-M2_10_02_Leg1_AUV_DiveReport_final.pdf;

Collection methodogy details:

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Link: https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/coris/library/NOAA/DSCRTP/Other/OCNMS2010-M2_10_02_Leg1_AUV_DiveReport_final.pdf

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Data Set Level Citation

NOAA, Northwest Fisheries Science Center. Observation date range: 2010 to 2010. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). Principal investigator: Bowlby, Ed. DSCRTP Dataset ID: NOAA_M2-10-06-L1-AUV. Database version: 20260416-1.

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Expedition Details

SurveyID	Vessel	VehicleName	SamplingEquipment	RecordType
M2-10-06	McArthur II R/V	Lucille SeaBED AUV	AUV	still image

Taxonomic Summary

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

Corals

Number of coral records: 234

Taxon rank	Percent of all coral records
genus	1 %
NA	99 %

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
Calcigorgia	378315	Malacalcyonacea	Malacalcyonacea incertae sedis	2
Pennatuloidea	1609360	Scleralcyonacea	NA	232

Sponge Taxa Observed

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

## 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.