The State of Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Ecosystems of the United States: 2017

Since NOAA published the 2007 State of Deep Coral Ecosystems report, many deep-sea coral research and management efforts have taken place. This publication presents these exciting advances. Like the 2007 report, we have regional chapters describing the distribution and ecology of the deep-sea coral ecosystems, but we also include sponges in the scope. These are interspersed with spotlight chapters that explore a number of cross-cutting topics in deep-sea coral and sponge research. The prepublication edition of some chapters is now released below.

The State of Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Ecosystems of the United States: 2017 -- Thomas F. Hourigan, Peter J. Etnoyer, Stephen D. Cairns Eds.

• Executive Summary
• Chapter 1: Introduction and National Overview
  by Thomas F. Hourigan, Peter J. Etnoyer, Stephen D. Cairns
• Chapter 2: Spotlight: Species Discovery of Deep-Water Corals and Sponges in US Waters (2007-2016)
  by Stephen D. Cairns, Robert P. Stone, Ewann A. Berntson, and Shirley A. Pomponi
• Chapter 3: State of Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Ecosystems in the Alaska Region
  by Robert P. Stone and Chris N. Rooper
• Chapter 4: Spotlight: Species Discovery of Deep-Water Corals and Spnges in U.S. Waters
  by Christopher N. Rooper, Peter Etnoyer, Kevin Stierhoff, and John V. Olson
• Chapter 5: State of Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Ecosystems of the U.S. West Coast
  by M. Elizabeth Clarke, Curt E. Whitmire and Mary M. Yoklavich
• Chapter 6: Spotlight: An update on recent research and management of Hawaiian black corals
  by Daniel Wagner, Dennis M. Opresko, Anthony D. Montgomery and Frank A. Parrish
• Chapter 7: State of Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Ecosystems of the U.S. Pacific Islands Region
  by Frank A. Parrish, Amy R. Baco, Christopher Kelley and Henry Reiswig
• Chapter 8: Spotlight: Predictive Habitat Modeling for Deep-Sea Corals in U.S. Waters
  by John M. Guinotte, Brian P. Kinlan, Andrew Davies
• Chapter 9: State of Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Ecosystems of the U.S. Northeast Region
  by David B. Packer, Martha S. Nizinski, Michelle S. Bachman, Amy F. Drohan, Matthew Poti, and Brian P. Kinlan
• Chapter 10: Spotlight: Age, Growth Rates, and Paleoclimate Studies
  by Nancy G. Prouty, E. Brendan Roark, Allen Andrews, Laura Robinson, Tessa Hill, Owen Sherwood, Branwen Williams, Thomas Guilderson, and Stewart Fallon
• Chapter 11: State of Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Exosystems of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico
  by Greg Boland, Peter Etnoyer, Charles Fisher, and Emma Hickerson
• Chapter 12: Spotlight: Population Connectivity of Deep-Sea Corals
  by Cheryl L. Morrison, Amy R. Baco, Martha S. Nizinski, D. Katharine Coykendall, Amanda W.J. Demopoulos, Walter Cho, Timothy M. Shank
• Chapter 13: State of Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Ecosystems of the U.S. Southeast Region
  by Thomas F. Hourigan, John Reed, Shirley Pomponi, Steve W. Ross, Andrew W. David, and Stacey Harter

Regional Deep-sea Coral Species Lists:

• Comprehensive List of Deep-Sea Coral Taxa in all Regions of the United States
  by Stephen D. Cairns and Thomas F. Hourigan
• Deep-sea Coral Taxa in the Alaska Region: Depth and Geographical Distribution
  by Robert P. Stone and Stephen D. Cairns
• Deep-sea Coral Taxa in the West Coast Region: Depth and Geographical Distribution
  by Curt E. Whitmire, M. Elizabeth Clarke, Mary M. Yoklavich, Meredith V. Everett, Thomas F. Hourigan, and Stephen D. Cairns
• Deep-sea Coral Taxa in the Pacific Islands Region: Depth and Geographical Distribution
  by Frank A. Parrish, Amy R. Baco, Christopher Kelley, Stephen D Cairns, and Thomas F. Hourigan
• Deep-sea Coral Taxa in the U.S. Northeast Region: Depth and Geographical Distribution
  by David B. Packer, Martha S. Nizinski, Stephen D. Cairns, and Thomas F. Hourigan
• Deep-sea Coral Taxa in the Gulf of Mexico Region: Depth and Geographical Distribution
  by Peter J. Etnoyer and Stephen D. Cairns
• Deep-sea Coral Taxa in the U.S. Southeast Region: Depth and Geographical Distribution
  by Thomas F. Hourigan, Stephen D. Cairns, John Reed, and Steve W. Ross
• Deep-sea Coral Taxa in the U.S. Caribbean Region: Depth and Geographical Distribution
  by Stephen D. Cairns

For additional information contact:
deepseacoraldata@noaa.gov