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General Information

File Identifier:	gov.noaa.nodc:0297219
Metadata Date Stamp:	2025-07
Organization:	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Organization Role:	custodian

Identification Information

Title:

Predicted deep-sea coral habitat suitability for the U.S. West Coast (NCEI Accession 0297219)

Abstract:

Predictive habitat models for deep-sea corals within the U.S. West Coast Exclusive Economic Zone were developed to aid future research and spatial mapping. Models were built at a 500 x 500 m spatial resolution with a range of physical, chemical, and environmental variables thought to influence the distribution of deep-sea corals. Models were generated using records, from a variety of sources, reliably identified at the order and suborder levels including Alcyoniina, Antipatharia, Calcaxonia, Holaxonia, and Scleraxonia under the MaxEnt framework with a spatial spatial partitioning cross-validation approach. Further, models were generated for all taxa records with thresholded predicted outputs at the 0.5 and 0.75 cutoff presence/absence value. For more details on the construction of the models, see Guinotte and Davies (2014). All models are present in GeoTIFF format.

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Data Theme

Theme Topics:

Environment and Conservation, Oceans and Estuaries, Biology and Ecology

Spatial Domain

West Bounding Longitude:	-129.16
South Bounding Latitude:	30
East Bounding Longitude:	-115
North Bounding Latitude:	49

Data Quality Information

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Dataset

Contact Information

Email:	ncei.info@noaa.gov
Contact Website:	https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact

Metadata Reference Information

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