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Ocean Exploration Trust, Nautilus, June 2014

Dataset ID: OET_NA043
Database Version: 20251001-0
Data Provider: Pennsylvania State University
Data Contact: Fisher, Charles: fisher@psu.edu

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Geographic Range

Ocean: North Atlantic
Fishery Management Council Region(s): Gulf (formerly Gulf of Mexico)
Large Marine Ecosystem(s): Gulf of Mexico
Marine Ecoregion(s): Northern Gulf of Mexico

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

Minimum Latitude: 27.5867
Maximum Latitude: 28.71864
Minimum Longitude: -89.70435
Maximum Longitude: -88.1117

Overview

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

Number of records: 42
Number of coral records: 42
Number of sponge records: 0
Records with images: 42
Record type(s): still image | specimen
Minimum depth (meters): 1,044
Maximum depth (meters): 1,850
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 represent selected observations of deep-sea corals collected by ROV during a June 2014 research cruise aboard the E/V Nautilus in the Gulf of Mexico. The cruise supported the ECOGIG consortium (Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf, funded by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative) to visit benthic communities, primarily deepwater corals, in the vicinity of the Macondo well, the location of the 2010 oil spill following the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drill rig. The goals of the cruise were to understand the effects of both natural seepage and the enduring impacts of the oil spill on deepwater coral communities. Changes to the original dataset may have been made to conform to the National Database Schema and for quality control purposes. Further information can be found at: https://nautiluslive.org/cruise/na043

Collection methodogy details:

See link for methods.
Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320717320116

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Data Set Level Citation

Pennsylvania State University. 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: Fisher, Charles R.. DSCRTP Dataset ID: OET_NA043. Database version: 20251001-0.

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Expedition Details

SurveyID	Vessel	VehicleName	SamplingEquipment	RecordType
NA043	Nautilus E/V	Hercules ROV	ROV	still image \| specimen

Taxonomic Summary

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

Corals

Number of coral records: 42

Taxon rank	Percent of all coral records
order	7 %
family	5 %
genus	86 %
species	2 %

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
Bathypathes	103304	Antipatharia	Schizopathidae	2
Keratoisididae	1544106	Scleralcyonacea	Keratoisididae	2
Lepidisis	125307	Scleralcyonacea	Keratoisididae	2
Paramuricea	125311	Malacalcyonacea	Acanthogorgiidae	25
Paramuricea biscaya	125385	Malacalcyonacea	Acanthogorgiidae	1
Scleractinia	1363	Scleractinia	NA	3
Stichopathes	103308	Antipatharia	Antipathidae	7

Sponge Taxa Observed

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## No sponge records in this data set.

Fish Taxa Observed

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## No fish records in this data set.