Deep-Sea Soft Coral Habitat Suitability

Description

Deep-sea corals, also known as cold water corals, create complex communities that provide habitat for a variety of invertebrate and fish species, such as grouper, snapper, and sea bass. The map depicts the relative likelihood of finding suitable habitat for soft corals at a given location and is a prediction based on a statistical model relating several environmental characteristics to the presence of soft corals using observations of soft coral. Soft corals, unlike stony corals, do not form calcium-based skeletons. A common example of a soft coral is a sea fan. Please also reference the "Deep-Sea Stony Coral Habitat Suitability" layer. Predictions from these habitat suitability models can be used to support conservation and management of deep-sea corals and to assist with targeting areas for mapping and exploration.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Marine Cadastre Data Registry https://marinecadastre.gov/data/
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
57 DeepSeaSoftCoralHabitatSuitability.zip https://marinecadastre.gov/downloads/data/mc/DeepSeaSoftCoralHabitatSuitability.zip
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/48877
0 NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page https://coast.noaa.gov
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/ocm/dmp/pdf/48877.pdf

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  • human dimensions
  • united states of america
  • office of coastal management
  • exclusive economic zone
  • environmental governance/management
  • national ocean service
  • continent
  • noaa
  • planning
  • territorial sea
  • north america
  • doc/noaa/nos/ocm
  • coastal
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • renewable energy
  • outer continental shelf
  • marinecadastre

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