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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Shearwater, August 2016

Dataset ID: NOAA_SW-16-08
Database Version: 20251001-0
Data Provider: NOAA, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment
Data Contact: Etnoyer, Peter: peter.etnoyer@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: 33.83186
Maximum Latitude: 34.08268
Minimum Longitude: -120.28863
Maximum Longitude: -119.9591

Overview

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

Number of records: 255
Number of coral records: 180
Number of sponge records: 75
Records with images: 0
Record type(s): video observation
Minimum depth (meters): 56
Maximum depth (meters): 103
Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
Time frame: 2016 to 2016

Data Set Description: This is a subset of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program’s National Database. The data was acquired for the National Database from the research cruise National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Shearwater, August 2016 and was provided by Etnoyer, Peter: peter.etnoyer@noaa.gov. Changes to the original dataset may have been made to conform to the National Database Schema and for quality control purposes. This is a collection of NOAA, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment records collected by ROV conducted from 2016-2016 in the California Current. Further information can be found at: https://www.coastalscience.noaa.gov/publications/detail.aspx?resource=UOGGJVA4arM/ST102T8nr6xDfc5YOls3piqXHDhf690=

Collection methodogy details:

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Link: https://www.coastalscience.noaa.gov/publications/detail.aspx?resource=UOGGJVA4arM/ST102T8nr6xDfc5YOls3piqXHDhf690=

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Data Set Level Citation

NOAA, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment. Observation date range: 2016 to 2016. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). Principal investigator: Etnoyer, Peter. DSCRTP Dataset ID: NOAA_SW-16-08. Database version: 20251001-0.

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Expedition Details

SurveyID	Vessel	VehicleName	SamplingEquipment	RecordType
SW-16-08	Shearwater R/V	Beagle ROV	ROV	video observation

Taxonomic Summary

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

Corals

Number of coral records: 180

Taxon rank	Percent of all coral records
genus	2 %
species	68 %
NA	31 %

Sponges

Number of sponge records: 75

Taxon rank	Percent of all sponge records
phylum	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
Adelogorgia phyllosclera	289357	Malacalcyonacea	Gorgoniidae	51
Eugorgia rubens	289935	Malacalcyonacea	Gorgoniidae	57
Leptogorgia chilensis	286222	Malacalcyonacea	Gorgoniidae	14
Pennatuloidea	1609360	Scleralcyonacea	NA	55
Plumarella	177839	Scleralcyonacea	Primnoidae	3

Sponge Taxa Observed

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ScientificName	AphiaID	Order	Family	Records
Porifera	558	NA	NA	75

Fish Taxa Observed

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

## No fish records in this data set.