Distribution and abundance of selected corals and sponges in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary as determined from ROV video imagery

Lindholm, James, 1968-; Cramer, Alli N.; Braddock, Aimee M

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Distribution and abundance of selected corals and sponges in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary as determined from ROV video imagery

2013
By Lindholm, James, 1968- ; Cramer, Alli N. ; Braddock, Aimee M

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Personal Author:

Lindholm, James, 1968- ; Cramer, Alli N. ; Braddock, Aimee M
Corporate Authors:

United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, ; Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.) ; National Marine Sanctuary (Agency : U.S.) ; Channel Islands ; California State University, Monterey Bay
NOAA Program & Office:

CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Description:

"Deep sea coral and sponge communities are considered important benthic resources due to their vulnerability to alteration by bottom-contact fishing gear and their potential importance as habitat for demersal fish species. Efforts have been undertaken to specifically locate, map, and characterize deep-sea coral and sponge communities in numerous National Marine Sanctuaries (NOAA 2010, GFNMS 2010). The most recent of these efforts was at the Channel Islands NMS, in June of 2013. The Institute for Applied Marine Ecology (IfAME) at CSU Monterey Bay was contracted to conduct a 'first pass' through the video imagery to quantify the abundance/density of selected organisms.The following summarizes the results of analyses conducted on ROV imagery from the 2013 CINMS survey to quantify deep-sea coral and sponge communities, as well as investigate the role of habitat availability in organism distribution"--Page [3].
Keywords:

Benthos Coral Communities Coral Reef Ecology Corals Deep-sea Ecology Habitat Research Sponges Underwater Exploration Coral Communities Coral Reef Ecology Deep-sea Ecology Underwater Exploration
Document Type:

Professional Paper
Funding:

Project no. NCND6022-12-02931
Place as Subject:

California ; Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
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Public Domain
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