Description
Occurrences of macrofauna identified in sediment cores. Study areas were located in the northern Gulf of Mexico on the continental slope off Louisiana and Mississippi; encompassing a geographic range of 450 kilometers and an overall depth range of 263-1095 m. Infaunal communities were examined adjacent to three coral types: two scleractinian corals, Lophelia pertusa and Madrepora oculata, and octocorals. Sediment push cores were collected to assess diversity, composition, numerical abundance, and functional traits of macrofauna (>300 μm) adjacent to deep-sea coral habitats.
Data Records
The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 390 records.
2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Bourque J R, Demopoulos A (2024). Sediment macrofaunal composition and sediment grain size of multiple deep-sea coral habitats in the Gulf of Mexico, 2009-2014. Version 1.5. United States Geological Survey. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt-obis.gbif.us/resource?r=gomx_sediment_macrofauna&v=1.5
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GBIF Registration
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Keywords
Samplingevent; biota; Benthos; GULF OF MEXICO [75fab119-51a6-4b59-9711-f6c3cd3139db]; null; deep-sea; macrofauna; coral
Contacts
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Geographic Coverage
Study areas were located in the northern GOM on the continental slope off Louisiana and Mississippi; encompassing a geographic range of 450 kilometers and an overall depth range of 263-1095 m.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [27.586, -92.231], North East [29.171, -88.01] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
No Description available
| Kingdom | Animalia |
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| Phylum | Arthropoda, Nemertea, Annelida, Chordata, Echinodermata, Mollusca, Porifera, Platyhelminthes, Chaetognatha, Cnidaria, Bryozoa |
| Class | Holothuroidea, Hydrozoa, Clitellata, Polychaeta, Arachnida, Bivalvia, Octocorallia, Pycnogonida, Solenogastres, Caudofoveata, Gastropoda, Scaphopoda, Thecostraca, Ophiuroidea, Malacostraca |
| Order | Amphipoda, Decapoda, Spionida, Amphinomida, Scalpellomorpha, Sabellida, Tubificida, Sipuncula, Cumacea, Mysida, Pantopoda, Phyllodocida, Tanaidacea, Eunicida, Terebellida, Chaetodermatida, Trombidiformes, Isopoda |
| Family | Naididae, Trichobranchidae, Thambematidae, Serpulidae, Janiridae, Hesionidae, Synopiidae, Leuconidae, Cossuridae, Eunicidae, Apseudidae, Oweniidae, Sabellidae, Fabriciidae, Amphinomidae, Melitidae, Desmosomatidae, Agathotanaidae, Onuphidae, Chaetopteridae, Akanthophoreidae, Phoxocephalidae, Sphaerodoridae, Spionidae, Gnathiidae, Ampithoidae, Scalpellidae, Cirratulidae, Lacydoniidae, Orbiniidae, Glyceridae, Paraonidae, Ischnomesidae, Platyischnopidae, Nannastacidae, Nephtyidae, Nerillidae, Pilargidae, Chaetodermatidae, Maldanidae, Capitellidae, Nannoniscidae, Ampeliscidae, Leptognathiidae, Sigalionidae, Sabellariidae, Halacaridae, Scalibregmatidae, Callipallenidae, Ampharetidae, Mysidae, Limifossoridae, Fauveliopsidae, Podoceridae, Longosomatidae, Aberrantidae, Chrysopetalidae, Sphyrapodidae, Nototanaidae, Munnopsidae, Oedicerotidae, Prochaetodermatidae, Poecilochaetidae, Polynoidae, Paralacydoniidae, Amphilochidae, Aoridae, Opheliidae, Typhlotanaidae, Pardaliscidae, Tanaellidae, Acrocirridae, Macrostylidae, Phyllodocidae, Siboglinidae, Caprellidae, Lumbrineridae, Syllidae, Colletteidae, Terebellidae, Pseudotanaidae, Stilipedidae, Hyssuridae, Paramunnidae, Anarthruridae, Dorvilleidae, Leptocheliidae, Nereididae, Flabelligeridae, Paratanaoidea incertae sedis, Diastylidae |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2009-08-24 / 2014-06-27 |
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Sampling Methods
As needed, see: Bourque, J.R., and Demopoulos, A.W.J., 2018, The influence of different deep-sea coral habitats on sediment macrofaunal community structure and function: PeerJ, Aquatic Biology, v. 6, art. e5276, https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5276.
| Study Extent | As needed, see : Bourque, J.R., and Demopoulos, A.W.J., 2018, The influence of different deep-sea coral habitats on sediment macrofaunal community structure and function: PeerJ, Aquatic Biology, v. 6, art. e5276, https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5276. |
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| Quality Control | As needed, see: Bourque, J.R., and Demopoulos, A.W.J., 2018, The influence of different deep-sea coral habitats on sediment macrofaunal community structure and function: PeerJ, Aquatic Biology, v. 6, art. e5276, https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5276. |
Method step description:
- As needed, see: Bourque, J.R., and Demopoulos, A.W.J., 2018, The influence of different deep-sea coral habitats on sediment macrofaunal community structure and function: PeerJ, Aquatic Biology, v. 6, art. e5276, https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5276.
Bibliographic Citations
- Bourque, J.R., and Demopoulos, A.W.J., 2018, The influence of different deep-sea coral habitats on sediment macrofaunal community structure and function: PeerJ, Aquatic Biology, v. 6, art. e5276 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5276
Additional Metadata
| Purpose | Data were obtained in order to assess benthic macrofaunal community structure and function, and sediment geochemistry near multiple deep-sea coral habitats in the Gulf of Mexico to inform conservation and management decisions. Deep-sea corals can create a highly complex, three-dimensional structure that facilitates sediment accumulation and influences adjacent sediment environments through altered hydrodynamic regimes. Infaunal communities adjacent to different coral types, including reef-building scleractinian corals and individual colonies of octocorals, are known to differ from background non-coral soft-sediment communities, often exhibiting higher macrofaunal densities and distinct community structure. However, the coral types have different morphologies, which may modify the adjacent sediment communities in discrete ways. Here we address two main questions: 1) how infaunal communities adjacent to deep-sea corals and their associated sediment geochemistry compare among coral types and 2) do infaunal communities adjacent to coral habitats exhibit typical regional and depth-related patterns expected for the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). |
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| Maintenance Description | As needed |
| Alternative Identifiers | f41e070d-14ed-4386-b3f1-9b89b584eb92 |
| https://obis.org/dataset/8eafe8eb-6215-4de8-b38d-aef644768e6f | |
| https://ipt-obis.gbif.us/resource?r=gomx_sediment_macrofauna |