Imaging surveys of select areas in the northern Gulf of Maine for deep-sea corals and sponges during 2013-2014 : report to the New England Fishery Management Council, 30 October 2014

Auster, Peter J.; Packer, David B.; Waller, Rhian; Auscavitch, Steven; Kilgour, Morgan J.; Watling, Les; Nizinski, Martha S.; Babb, Ivar; Johnson, Donna (Donna L.); Pessutti, Jeffrey; Drohan, Amy F.; Kinlan, Brian P. (Brian Patrick)

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Imaging surveys of select areas in the northern Gulf of Maine for deep-sea corals and sponges during 2013-2014 : report to the New England Fishery Management Council, 30 October 2014

2014
By Auster, Peter J. ; Packer, David B. ; Waller, Rhian ; ...

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Report to the New England Fishery Management Council, 30 October 2014
Personal Author:

Auster, Peter J. ; Packer, David B. ; Waller, Rhian ; Auscavitch, Steven ; Kilgour, Morgan J. ; Watling, Les ; Nizinski, Martha S. ; Babb, Ivar ; Johnson, Donna (Donna L.) ; Pessutti, Jeffrey ; Drohan, Amy F. ; Kinlan, Brian P. (Brian Patrick)
Corporate Authors:

United States, National Marine Fisheries Service, ; United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research ; United States, ; NOAA Ocean Exploration Program (U.S.) ; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, ; Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
NOAA Program & Office:

NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; Ocean Exploration Program ; CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Description:

"To inform discussions of deep-sea coral management and fish habitat usage, we are providing the New England Fishery Management Council with a brief review of research surveys conducted in 2013 and 2014. These surveys identified coral-dominated communities in U.S deep waters (200-250 m depth) of the northern Gulf of Maine. This report focuses only on geographic distributions of octocorals based on direct observations. Detailed analyses of imagery to determine fine-scale attributes of coral and sponge distributions in relation to geology, benthic community composition, species associations, and coral size structure are ongoing. Additionally, coral samples were collected for taxonomic, reproductive biology, age-size, and population genetics studies. Results from all projects will be reported as they are completed"--Page 2.
Keywords:

Deep Sea Corals Geographical Distribution Habitat Imaging Multibeam Mapping Octocorallia Sponges Deep Sea Corals Geographical Distribution Multibeam Mapping
Document Type:

Non-series Report
Funding:

Grant nos. NA13NMF4720187 ; NA14OAR4320158 Contract no. EA-133F-14-SE-3060
Place as Subject:

Maine, Gulf of
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Public Domain
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Submitted
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