Observations of deep coral and sponge assemblages in Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, Washington
Subtitle: cruise report : NOAA Ship McArthur II Cruise AR06-06/07
By: M.S. Brancato ... [et al.].
Contributors: National Marine Sanctuary Program (U.S.)
Series: Marine sanctuaries conservation series -- NMSP-07-04; Marine sanctuaries conservation series -- NMSP-07-04.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Marine Sanctuary Program
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Silver Spring, Md
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Corals; Monitoring; Coral reefs and islands; Coral reef conservation; Sponges; Sidescan sonar; McArthur II (Ship). Cruise 2006); McArthur II (Ship)
Other titles: Cruise report : NOAA Ship McArthur II Cruise AR-06-06/07
Description: Report on research cruise conducted from May 22-June 4, 2006, using the ROPOS Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to conduct dives at targeted sites in Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, to document deep coral and sponge communities. Survey locations included sites both inside and outside the Essential Fish Habitat Conservation Area, and were selected from areas for which the sanctuary had side scan sonar data indicating the presence of hard or complex substrate. The team documented several species of corals and sponges at 14 of the 15 sites surveyed, as well as coral rubble, dead gorgonians, lost fishing gear, and anthropogenic debris.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-48).

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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Objectives; title: Methods; title: Results; title: Discussion; title: Acknowledgments; title: References.