Coral and sponge observations in deep sea canyons and on seamounts in the Northwest Atlantic

Jennifer Dijkstra; Kristen Mello-Rafter

doi:10.15468/3u8vf7

Coral and sponge observations in deep sea canyons and on seamounts in the Northwest Atlantic

Citation

Dijkstra J, Mello-Rafter K (2021). Coral and sponge observations in deep sea canyons and on seamounts in the Northwest Atlantic. Version 1.1. United States Geological Survey. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/3u8vf7 accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-03-01.

Description

Observations of porifera and cnidarian on the New England Seamount Chain and in deep sea canyons in the Northwestern Atlantic continental margin. Observations were made using underwater video footage collected by the Okeanos Explorers’ ROV Deep Discoverer on cruise legs EX1404L1, EX1404L2 and EX1404L3. Individuals were classified to the lowest possible taxonomic unit and matched to equal or lowest level of taxon in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). This dataset describes the site and identifies the location and depth of taxonomic observations. Funding to standardize these data to the Darwin Core for sharing through the Ocean Biodiversity Information System was from NOAA grant NA15NOA4000200. This dataset provides 1749 machine-readable observations of deep sea sponges and corals.

Additional info

marine, harvested by OBIS

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Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Jennifer Dijkstra
originator
position: Research Assistant Professor
Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, University of New Hampshire
email: jdijkstra@ccom.unh.edu

Kristen Mello-Rafter
originator
position: Project Specialist 1
Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, University of New Hampshire

Jennifer Dijkstra
metadata author
position: Research Assistant Professor
Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, University of New Hampshire
email: jdijkstra@ccom.unh.edu

Abby Benson
publisher
position: Biologist
U.S. Geological Survey
email: albenson@usgs.gov
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-107X

Jennifer Dijkstra
administrative point of contact
position: Research Assistant Professor
Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, University of New Hampshire
email: jdijkstra@ccom.unh.edu