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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Benthic Habitat Cruises

Dataset ID: NOAA_NEFSC_Benthic_Cruises
Database Version: 20251001-0
Data Provider: NOAA, Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Data Contact: Guida, Vince: vincent.guida@noaa.gov

Locator Map

Geographic Range

Ocean: North Atlantic
Fishery Management Council Region(s): Mid-Atlantic
Large Marine Ecosystem(s): Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf
Marine Ecoregion(s): Virginian

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

Minimum Latitude: 36.90983
Maximum Latitude: 39.71608
Minimum Longitude: -74.67292
Maximum Longitude: -72.20533

Overview

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

Number of records: 98
Number of coral records: 68
Number of sponge records: 30
Records with images: 0
Record type(s): specimen, video observation
Minimum depth (meters): 71
Maximum depth (meters): 947
Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
Time frame: 2001 to 2015

Data Set Description: This is a subset of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program’s National Database. The data were provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, from their Benthic Habitat Cruises. Changes to the original dataset may have been made to conform to the National Database Schema and for quality control purposes. Observations are from Hudson Canyon cruises, recording cup corals, sea pens, and demosponges from bottom photos and videos (with good positional data) and from trawls (with more approximate positions): 100-300 m depth. Photos and videos provide density estimates in addition to simple presence/absence information.

Collection methodogy details:

No methods available.
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Data Set Level Citation

NOAA, Northeast Fisheries Science Center. Observation date range: 2001 to 2015. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). Principal investigator: Guida, Vince. DSCRTP Dataset ID: NOAA_NEFSC_Benthic_Cruises. 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: 68

Taxon rank	Percent of all coral records
species	100 %

Sponges

Number of sponge records: 30

Taxon rank	Percent of all sponge records
class	100 %

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
Dasmosmilia lymani	135152	Scleractinia	Caryophylliidae	35
Desmophyllum dianthus	135159	Scleractinia	Caryophylliidae	1
Flabellum (Ulocyathus) alabastrum	135194	Scleractinia	Flabellidae	2
Stylatula elegans	128537	Scleralcyonacea	Virgulariidae	30

Sponge Taxa Observed

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ScientificName	AphiaID	Order	Family	Records
Demospongiae	164811	NA	NA	30

Fish Taxa Observed

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## No fish records in this data set.