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NOAA Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program (DSCRTP)

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Vesteraalen, August 2014

  • Dataset ID: NOAA_VA-14-08
  • Database Version: 20260416-1
  • Data Provider: NOAA, Alaska Fisheries Science Center
  • Data Contact: Rooper, Chris:

Locator Map

Geographic Range

  • Ocean: North Pacific
  • Fishery Management Council Region(s): North Pacific
  • Large Marine Ecosystem(s): East Bering Sea
  • Marine Ecoregion(s): Eastern Bering Sea

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

  • Minimum Latitude: 54.41125
  • Maximum Latitude: 59.46539
  • Minimum Longitude: -178.47911
  • Maximum Longitude: -165.51647

Overview

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

  • Number of records: 348
  • Number of coral records: 163
  • Number of sponge records: 185
  • Records with images: 0
  • Record type(s): still image transect
  • Minimum depth (meters): 89
  • Maximum depth (meters): 772
  • Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
  • Time frame: 2014 to 2014

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, Vesteraalen, August 2014 and was provided by Rooper, Chris: . 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, Alaska Fisheries Science Center records collected by towed camera conducted from 2014-2014 in the East Bering Sea. Further information can be found at: https://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/AFSC-TM/NOAA-TM-AFSC-313.pdf

Collection methodogy details:

See link for methods.
Link: https://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/AFSC-TM/NOAA-TM-AFSC-313.pdf

Data Set Level Citation

NOAA, Alaska Fisheries Science Center. Observation date range: 2014 to 2014. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). Principal investigator: Rooper, Chris. DSCRTP Dataset ID: NOAA_VA-14-08. Database version: 20260416-1.

Note: Individual records within a data set may have additional citations in the ‘Citation’ field.

Expedition Details

SurveyID Vessel VehicleName SamplingEquipment RecordType
NOAA_VA-14-08 Vesteraalen F/V Drop Camera drop camera still image transect

Taxonomic Summary

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

Corals

Number of coral records: 163

Taxon rank Percent of all
coral records
class 1 %
order 3 %
family 8 %
genus 87 %
species 1 %

Sponges

Number of sponge records: 185

Taxon rank Percent of all
sponge records
phylum 11 %
class 89 %

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 146534 Scleralcyonacea Balticinidae 99
Gersemia 146953 Malacalcyonacea Alcyoniidae 2
Keratoisididae 1544106 Scleralcyonacea Keratoisididae 7
Malacalcyonacea 1609357 Malacalcyonacea NA 5
Octocorallia 1341 NA NA 1
Plumarella 177839 Scleralcyonacea Primnoidae 22
Plumarella aleutiana 574236 Scleralcyonacea Primnoidae 2
Primnoidae 125278 Scleralcyonacea Primnoidae 6
Swiftia 125314 Malacalcyonacea Plexauridae 19

Sponge Taxa Observed

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

ScientificName AphiaID Order Family Records
Calcarea 559 NA NA 4
Demospongiae 164811 NA NA 105
Hexactinellida 22612 NA NA 56
Porifera 558 NA NA 20

Fish Taxa Observed

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

## No fish records in this data set.

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