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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Benthic Inventory

Dataset ID: NOAA_NBI
Database Version: 20251001-0
Data Provider: NOAA, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment
Data Contact: Balthis, Len: len.balthis@noaa.gov

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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: 37.708
Maximum Latitude: 37.912
Minimum Longitude: -123.425
Maximum Longitude: -123.125

Overview

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

Number of records: 6
Number of coral records: 6
Number of sponge records: 0
Records with images: 0
Record type(s): specimen
Minimum depth (meters): 110
Maximum depth (meters): 137
Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
Time frame: 2006 to 2006

Data Set Description: This is a subset of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program’s National Database. The data were acquired from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Benthic Inventory. The NBI consists of a dynamic quantitative database on benthic species distributions and a corresponding taxonomic voucher collection of preserved benthic specimens obtained from studies conducted by NOAA and partnering institutions in estuarine and other coastal-ocean areas around the country. Changes to the original dataset may have been made to conform to the National Database Schema and for quality control purposes. Data were collected with grab conducted from 2006-2006 in the California Current. Further information can be found at: https://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/nbi/

Collection methodogy details:

See link for methods.
Link: https://products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/nbi/

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Data Set Level Citation

NOAA, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment. Observation date range: 2006 to 2006. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). DSCRTP Dataset ID: NOAA_NBI. Database version: 20251001-0.

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Taxonomic Summary

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

Corals

Number of coral records: 6

Taxon rank	Percent of all coral records
species	67 %
NA	33 %

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 willemoesi	1393616	Scleralcyonacea	Balticinidae	4
Pennatuloidea	1609360	Scleralcyonacea	NA	2

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.