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Oceana, Derek M. Baylis, August 2010

Dataset ID: Oceana
Database Version: 20260416-1
Data Provider: Oceana
Data Contact: Shester, Geoff: gshester@stanford.edu

Locator Map

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: 36.52414
Maximum Latitude: 36.85957
Minimum Longitude: -122.00343
Maximum Longitude: -121.88285

Overview

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

Number of records: 36
Number of coral records: 36
Number of sponge records: 0
Records with images: 0
Record type(s): video observation
Minimum depth (meters): 34
Maximum depth (meters): 160
Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 11
Time frame: 2010 to 2010

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 Oceana, Derek M. Baylis, August 2010 and was provided by Shester, Geoff: gshester@stanford.edu. 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 Oceana records collected by ROV conducted from 2010-2010 in the California Current, NA. Further information can be found at: https://oceana.org/reports/important-ecological-areas-monterey-bay

Collection methodogy details:

See link for methods.
Link: https://oceana.org/reports/important-ecological-areas-monterey-bay

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Data Set Level Citation

Oceana. Observation date range: 2010 to 2010. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). Principal investigator: Shester, Geoff. DSCRTP Dataset ID: Oceana. Database version: 20260416-1.

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Expedition Details

SurveyID	Vessel	VehicleName	SamplingEquipment	RecordType
NA	Derek M. Baylis	Mariscope FO-II ROV	ROV	video observation

Taxonomic Summary

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

Corals

Number of coral records: 36

Taxon rank	Percent of all coral records
class	33 %
order	28 %
family	19 %
NA	19 %

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

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ScientificName	AphiaID	Order	Family	Records
Octocorallia	1341	NA	NA	12
Pennatuloidea	1609360	Scleralcyonacea	NA	7
Scleractinia	1363	Scleractinia	NA	10
Stylasteridae	22805	Anthoathecata	Stylasteridae	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.