Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Manta, September 2012

• Dataset ID: BOEM_PSBF3
• Database Version: 20190418-0
• Data Provider: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
• Data Contact: Nuttall, Marissa: marissa.nuttall@noaa.gov

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Geographic Range

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

Overview

Note: The numbers below only reflect published records. Additional records may be retained by the Program for further review (see “Data Quality” section below).

• Number of records: 14
• Number of coral records: 14
• Number of sponge records: 0
• Records with images: 0
• Record type(s): specimen
• Minimum depth (meters): 86
• Maximum depth (meters): 124
• Number of records flagged as <50 meters depth: 0
• Time frame: 2012 to 2012

Data Set Description: This is a subset of the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program’s National Database. The data were acquired for the National Database from the research cruise Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Manta, September 2012 and was provided by Nuttall, Marissa: marissa.nuttall@noaa.gov. 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 Bureau of Ocean Energy Management records collected by ROV conducted from 2012-2012 in the Gulf of Mexico. Further information can be found at https://flowergarden.noaa.gov/science/psbfii.html

Data Set Level Citation

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. Observation date range: 2012 to 2012. Coral or sponge occurrence observations submitted to the NOAA National Database for Deep Sea Corals and Sponges (www.deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov). Principal investigator: Nuttall, Marissa. DSCRTP Dataset ID: BOEM_PSBF3. Database version: 20190418-0.

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Expedition Details

Data Quality

• Records flagged for potential data quality issues (not released to the public): 0

Taxonomic Summary

Percent of coral and sponge records by lowest taxonomic rank.

## No sponge records in this data set.

Coral Taxa Observed

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

Sponge Taxa Observed

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

## No sponge records in this data set.