Bering Sea and Slope Dropcam Survey of Deep Sea Corals and Sponges for 2014

The Bering Sea and Slope Dropcam Survey of Deep Sea Corals and Sponges for 2014 dataset includes approximately 2160 GB of image files from the 2014 underwater camera surveys of the Bering Sea continental shelf and slope conducted by NOAA AFSC of deep-sea coral and sponge grounds. Images were collected across two hundred fifty transects and were successfully completed in an area which extended from the Bering Canyon Island to Pervenets Canyon in the north on the continental slope and shelf. Various corals, sponges, hydrocorals, sea pens, sea whips, crustacean fauna, and demersal fish were imaged using a stereo drop camera with two machine-vision cameras spaced approximately 30 cm apart in underwater housings were connected via Ethernet cables to a computer also in an underwater housing. One of the paired cameras recorded 1.45 megapixel monochromatic still images, while the other camera collected 1.73 megapixel color still images.