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Cordell Bank Habitat Characterization and Biological Monitoring. 2004_05
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2004
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Alternative Title:Cordell Bank NMS video collection 2004_05;CB NMS video collection 2004_05;CBNMS_2004_05 cruise;
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Description:"NOAA proposed National Marine Sanctuary status for Cordell Bank in part because 'Cordell Bank supports an extraordinarily diverse and abundant community of marine life.' In 2002, sanctuary staff and collaborators initiated a program to quantify the diversity, distribution and abundance of habitats, fishes and invertebrates on and around Cordell Bank and follow these parameters over time. Underwater surveys of macrofauna (fish and invertebrates) and habitats are conducted using direct observation and video transects from an occupied submersible (Delta). Initially, the data has provided Cordell Bank sanctuary with a species inventory of fishes and benthic invertebrates associated with the Bank. Analyses to date have examined fish-habitat relationships as well as the role of structure-forming invertebrates as habitat for fish in the region of the Bank. Transects have been repeatedly sampled in 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005. Long term data will be used to evaluate change in population characteristics (e.g., abundance, individual size, distribution) over time. The results of this study illustrate that Cordell Bank includes a diverse array of seafloor habitats that support rich benthic communities. The bank has also been shown to be a locus for rockfish recruitment"--Project's home page.
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Content Notes:[U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Marine Sanctuaries, Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Sanctuary Integrated Monitoring Network (SIMoN)].
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Collection of digital videos, highlight video, still images, image highlights, websites, and related documents in various formats.
Collection compiled and organized by Dale Roberts of Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary.
Collection includes total of 53 MiniDV tapes (ca. 53 hours) of digital video footage captured during the 19 dives of Delta submersible, with the out right (tapes B) and forward (tapes C) looking cameras, August 2 - 9, 2004. Tapes C captured with low light camera (black & white).
Accompanied by the video highlights, entitled: Exploring Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary / Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary ; Kip F. Evans, Mountain Sea Production ; music, Beth Burnett, Puddle Wonderful (MOV ; 3 min., 40 sec. ; 8.4 MB).
Original video collection in MiniDV format is available for viewing at the NOAA Central Library.
Principal Investigators, Dale Roberts (Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary), Lisa Etherington (Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary), Tara Anderson (Geoscience Australia).
Mode of access for online items: World Wide Web ( for online products and documents).
System requirements: Internet browser; Adobe Acrobat Reader; QuickTime player; Microsoft Word; MiniDV player.
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Rights Information:Public Domain
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