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General Information

File Identifier:	gov.noaa.nodc:0296716
Metadata Date Stamp:	2025-03
Organization:	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Organization Role:	custodian

Identification Information

Title:

Models of density, presence, and height of deep-sea corals and sponges on the East Bering Sea (NCEI Accession 0296716)

Abstract:

Predictive models of density, presence, and individual height were generated from deep-sea coral and sponge specimen collected during bottom trawl surveys conducted along the East Bering Sea continental slope (<1200 m). The taxonomic resolution was left at coarse levels (corals, sea whips, and sponges) due to uncertainty in identification and the uncommon encounter rate of individuals caught in the trawls. Structure-forming corals were modeled as an individual group while sea whip and sea pens were modeled together collectively as a group called sea whips. All sponges were modeled as a singular group. Environmental layers employed in the modeling process are also available as part of this package except for the sediment parameters which have been previously archived (Smith and McConnaughey 1999). They include the parameters latitude, longitude, bathymetry, max bottom temperature for the region, current speed for the deepest depth bin at each sampling point, ocean color, and seafloor slope. For details on the measurement or computation of each environmental layer, see the journal article Sigler et al. (2015). All models and environmental layers are available as GeoTIFF rasters.

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Data Theme

Theme Topics:

Environment and Conservation, Oceans and Estuaries, Geological and Geophysical, Biology and Ecology

Spatial Domain

West Bounding Longitude:	-169.531
South Bounding Latitude:	57
East Bounding Longitude:	-157.297
North Bounding Latitude:	62.561339

Data Quality Information

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Dataset

Contact Information

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Metadata Reference Information

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