Deep-Sea Coral Observations
Office for Coastal Management (OCM)Data Set (DS) | ID: 54377 | Published / External
Item Identification
Title: | Deep-Sea Coral Observations |
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Short Name: | Deep_Sea_Corals_Obs |
Status: | Completed |
Abstract: |
Deep Sea Coral Presence data from around the United States of America 1842 to 2017. Data extracted from the NOAA Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program (DSCRTP). Please cite the database as: NOAA (2018) National Database for Deep-Sea Corals and Sponges (version 20180329-0). https://deepseacoraldata.noaa.gov/; NOAA Deep Sea Coral Research & Technology Program. |
Purpose: |
To support coastal and ocean planning and other activities pursuant to the Energy Policy Act, Coastal Zone Management Act, Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Rivers and Harbors Act and the Submerged Lands Act. |
Supplemental Information: |
The native coordinate system for this layer is WGS 1984 World Mercator (ESPG: 3395). Please note: all MarineCadastre.gov data served by the NOAA Office for Coastal Management and hosted through Esri REST services are in the WGS 1984 Web Mercator Auxiliary Sphere (EPSG: 3857) projection. |
Keywords
Theme Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords | Earth Science > Human Dimensions > Environmental Governance/Management |
ISO 19115 Topic Category | environment |
ISO 19115 Topic Category | farming |
ISO 19115 Topic Category | oceans |
ISO 19115 Topic Category | planningCadastre |
None | alternative energy planning |
None | coastal energy planning |
None | coral |
None | ecosystem |
None | environment |
None | environmental |
None | environmental energy planning |
None | farming |
None | habitat |
None | marine cadastre |
None | marine spatial planning |
None | national |
None | ocean energy planning |
None | oceans |
None | offshore energy planning |
None | planningCadastre |
None | renewable energy planning |
None | United States |
Spatial Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords | Continent > North America > United States Of America |
None | Atlantic |
None | national |
None | Pacific |
None | United States |
Physical Location
City: | Charleston |
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State/Province: | SC |
Data Set Information
Data Set Scope Code: | Data Set |
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Maintenance Frequency: | As Needed |
Data Presentation Form: | Map (digital) |
Distribution Liability: |
NOAA makes no warranties or representations whatsoever regarding the availability, quality, accuracy, content, completeness or suitability for the user's needs of such information. The services, information, and data made available on the Marine Cadastre web site are provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. These data are intended for coastal and ocean use planning. Not for navigation. http://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html |
Data Set Credit: | ORIGINATORS: Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Office of Habitat Conservation (OHC), Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program (DSCRTP); Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI); Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Ocean Service (NOS), Office for Coastal Management (OCM); Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS); |
Support Roles
Data Steward
Date Effective From: | 2018-06 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Organization): | NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM) |
Address: |
2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston, SC 29405-2413 |
Email Address: | coastal.info@noaa.gov |
Phone: | (843) 740-1202 |
URL: | https://coast.noaa.gov |
Distributor
Date Effective From: | 2018-06 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Organization): | Office for Coastal Management (OCM) |
Address: |
2234 South Hobson Avenue Charleston, SC 29405-2413 |
URL: | https://www.coast.noaa.gov/ |
Metadata Contact
Date Effective From: | 2018-06 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Organization): | NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM) |
Address: |
2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston, SC 29405-2413 |
Email Address: | coastal.info@noaa.gov |
Phone: | (843) 740-1202 |
URL: | https://coast.noaa.gov |
Point of Contact
Date Effective From: | 2018-06 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Organization): | NOAA Office for Coastal Management (NOAA/OCM) |
Address: |
2234 South Hobson Ave Charleston, SC 29405-2413 |
Email Address: | coastal.info@noaa.gov |
Phone: | (843) 740-1202 |
URL: | https://coast.noaa.gov |
Extents
Currentness Reference: | Publication Date |
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Extent Group 1
Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1
W° Bound: | -179.99358 | |
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E° Bound: | 179.994 | |
N° Bound: | 71.59183 | |
S° Bound: | -14.55684 |
Access Information
Security Class: | Unclassified |
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Data Use Constraints: |
NOAA makes no warranties or representations whatsoever regarding the availability, quality, accuracy, content, completeness or suitability for the user's needs of such information. The services, information, and data made available on the Marine Cadastre web site are provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. These data are intended for coastal and ocean use planning. Not for navigation. http://www.marinecadastre.gov/about/disclaimer.html |
Distribution Information
Distribution 1
Download URL: | ftp://ftp.coast.noaa.gov/pub/MSP/ORT/DeepSeaCoralObservations.zip |
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Distributor: | |
File Name: | Deep-Sea Coral Observations |
Description: |
Data access URL |
Distribution 2
Download URL: | https://coast.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/OceanReportingTool/DeepSeaCoralObservations/MapServer |
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Distributor: | |
File Name: | ORT Map Service |
Description: |
Data access URL |
URLs
URL 1
URL: | https://marinecadastre.gov/oceanreports |
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Name: | Ocean Reporting Tool |
URL Type: |
Online Resource
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Description: |
More information and online data visualization. |
Technical Environment
Description: |
Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.5.1.7333 |
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Data Quality
Accuracy: |
The attributes in this dataset are believed to be accurate. |
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Horizontal Positional Accuracy: |
Maximum scale of intended use is 1:80,000. |
Completeness Report: |
Spatial and attribute properties are believed to be complete, although attribute information has been simplified. Geometric thresholds from original data are preserved. No tests have been completed for exhaustiveness. |
Conceptual Consistency: |
These data are believed to be logically consistent. Geometry is topologically clean. |
Lineage
Sources
Deep Sea Coral Observations
Contact Name: | Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Office of Habitat Conservation (OHC), Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program (DSCRTP) |
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Extent Type: | Discrete |
Extent Start Date/Time: | 2018-06-01 |
Citation URL: | ftp://ftp.nodc.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0087/0145037/2.2/ |
Citation URL Name: | Source Online Linkage |
Citation URL Description: |
URL where the source data were originally accessed. |
Source Contribution: |
Feature Catalogue for NOAA National Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Database 1842-Present |
Process Steps
Process Step 1
Description: |
(1) Data opened in Python and the following Columns were extracted (over 114 columns available containing a variety of data to choose from, see: https://ecowatch.ncddc.noaa.gov/erddap/info/deep_sea_corals/index.html Columns Extracted: "Flag", "FlagReason", "VernacularNameCategory", "TaxonRank", "ScientificName", "Latitude", "Longitude", "ObservationDate", "ObservationYear", "DepthInMeters", "DepthMethod", "LocationAccuracy", "SamplingEquipment", "DataProvider" (2) All rows that were “Flagged” were removed – in most cases there was missing data or uncertainty about that particular record. (3) Any data that did not have an ObservationYear were removed (Most of this was removed when the flagged columns were removed, but a few -999 were present and removed) (4) New Field / Column added “SimplifiedCategory”, which contains classifications – to reduce number of categories for display. Rows that had NULL for ‘VernacularNameCategory’ were deleted VernacularNameCategory Simplified Category stony coral (cup coral) Stony Coral stony coral (branching) Stony Coral stony coral (unspecified) Stony Coral black coral black coral gold coral gold coral gorgonian coral gorgonian coral soft coral soft coral sea pen sea pen lace coral lace coral stoloniferan coral stoloniferan coral lithotelestid coral lithotelestid coral longhorn hydrozoan coral Hydrozoan other coral-like hydrozoan Hydrozoan sponge (unspecified) Sponge glass sponge Sponge demosponge Sponge calcareous sponge Sponge homoscleromorph sponge Sponge (5) ObservationDate was dismantled into ObservationMonth, ObservationDay, and converted from text to integers. The reason for this is that Excel has issues storing dates prior to 1900, hence the need to store Day, Month, and Year into separate columns (6) -999 replaced with NULL for DepthInMeters (7) The Flag, Flag Reason, Observation Date columns were deleted and no longer relevant (8) Data extracted by Economic Exclusion Zone boundary and then Projected from WGS 1984 GCS to WGS 1984 World Mercator |
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Process Date/Time: | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 |
Catalog Details
Catalog Item ID: | 54377 |
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Metadata Record Created By: | Anna Verrill |
Metadata Record Created: | 2018-10-25 12:07+0000 |
Metadata Record Last Modified By: | Jesse Brass |
Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2019-09-28 12:35+0000 |
Metadata Record Published: | 2018-10-26 |
Owner Org: | OCM |
Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
Do Not Publish?: | N |
Metadata Next Review Date: | 2019-10-27 |