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