Go back to data set index page: LINK

Please send feedback if you notice any problems with this data set.

United States Geological Survey, Seward Johnson, September 2009

Dataset ID: USGS_SJ-09-09
Database Version: 20260416-1
Data Provider: United States Geological Survey, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Data Contact: Demopoulos, Amanda: ademopoulos@usgs.gov, Quattrini, Andrea: aquattrini@g.hmc.edu

Locator Map

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, Floridian

Bounding box

Coordinates are in WGS 84: EPSG:4326

Minimum Latitude: 26.20515
Maximum Latitude: 29.16978
Minimum Longitude: -89.80147
Maximum Longitude: -84.7138

Overview

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

Number of records: 13
Number of coral records: 13
Number of sponge records: 0
Records with images: 0
Record type(s): specimen, still image
Minimum depth (meters): 317
Maximum depth (meters): 518
Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
Time frame: 2009 to 2009

Data Set Description: This is a subset of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program’s National Database. The data represent selected samples of deep-sea corals collected by submersible during a September 2009 United States Geological Survey (USGS) research cruise aboard the R/V Seward Johnson in the Gulf of Mexico. This was part of the USGS contribution to the Lophelia II Project. 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://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr20171139

Collection methodogy details:

See link for methods.
Link: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr20171139

Download comma delimited (CSV) file: LINK

Download data dictionary: LINK

Note: When importing CSV files into Excel, use the data import wizard (under the ‘data’ tab) and set all column types to ‘text’ to avoid data tranformation issues. This step will prevent the automated alteration of dates in Excel.

Download ISO metadata as xml: LINK

Data Set Level Citation

United States Geological Survey. Observation date range: 2009 to 2009. 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: USGS_SJ-09-09. 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
SJ-09-GOM; Lophelia II USGS Discovre GOM 2009	Seward Johnson R/V	Johnson Sea Link II DSR/V	submersible	specimen, still image

Taxonomic Summary

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

Corals

Number of coral records: 13

Taxon rank	Percent of all coral records
genus	8 %
species	92 %

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
Callogorgia americana	177832	Scleralcyonacea	Primnoidae	2
Desmophyllum pertusum	1245747	Scleractinia	Caryophylliidae	10
Leiopathes	103305	Antipatharia	Leiopathidae	1

Sponge Taxa Observed

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

## No sponge records in this data set.

Fish Taxa Observed

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

## No fish records in this data set.