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## USGS Cold-Water Coral Geographic Database—Gulf of Mexico and Western North Atlantic Ocean, Version 1.0

#### **By Kathryn M. Scanlon,1 Rhian G. Waller,2,3  Alexander R. Sirotek,1,4 Julia M. Knisel,1,5 John J. O'Malley,1 and  Stian Alesandrini1,6**

1 U.S.  Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA2 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods  Hole, MA3 Present address: University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI4 Present address: CDM, Boston, MA5 Present address: Massachusetts Coastal Zone  Management, Boston, MA6 Present address: Raytheon Corporation, Denver, CO

| ABSTRACT
The USGS Cold-Water Coral Geographic Database (CoWCoG) provides a tool for researchers and managers interested in studying, protecting, and/or utilizing cold-water coral habitats in the Gulf of Mexico and western North Atlantic Ocean.  The database makes information about the locations and taxonomy of cold-water corals available to the public in an easy-to-access form while preserving the scientific integrity of the data.  The database includes over 1700****entries, mostly from published scientific literature, museum collections, and other databases.  The CoWCoG database is easy to search in a variety of ways, and data can be quickly displayed in table form and on a map by using only the software included with this publication.  Subsets of the database can be selected on the basis of geographic location, taxonomy, or other criteria and exported to one of several available file formats.  Future versions of the database are being planned to cover a larger geographic area and additional taxa. | Posted August 2010
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### Suggested citation:

Scanlon, K.M., Waller, R.G., Sirotek, A.R., Knisel, J.M., O’Malley, J.J., and Alesandrini, Stian, 2010, USGS cold-water coral geographic database—Gulf of Mexico and western North Atlantic Ocean, version 1.0: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008–1351, CD-ROM. (Also available  at https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1351/).

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### Contents

Abstract

Introduction and Purpose

Methods

Download and Use the Database

Discussion

Future Versions

How to Cite this Database

Acknowledgments

References Cited

Appendix 1: Citations of Data Sources

Appendix 2: The Database in Other Formats

Appendix 3: Output Maps of Family Distributions

Appendix 4: Species List

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