NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program

NOAA’s Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program (DSC-RTP) has compiled a national database of the known locations of deep-sea corals and sponges in U.S. territorial waters and beyond. The database is comprehensive, standardized, quality controlled, and networked to outside resources. The database schema accommodates both linear (trawls, transects) and point (samples, observations) data. The structure of the database is tailored to occurrence records of all the azooxanthellate corals, a subset of all corals, and all sponge species. Fish records are also included when annotated along with coral and sponge occurrences. Records shallower than 50 m are generally excluded in order to focus on predominantly deep-water species – the mandate of the DSC-RTP. The intention is to limit the overlap with light-dependent (and mostly shallow-water) corals. Query, visualize, and download data in its native format by visiting our map and data portal:

Deep-Sea Corals Map Portal
ERDDAP Data Access Form
NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Data

美国国家海洋和大气管理局（NOAA）深海珊瑚研究与技术项目（Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program, DSC-RTP）汇编了一份覆盖美国领海及外域的已知深海珊瑚与海绵分布位置的国家级数据库。
该数据库兼具全面性、规范性与质量管控性，并与外部资源实现互联互通。数据库架构可兼容线性（拖网、断面调查）与点状（采样、观测）两类数据。
数据库结构专为无虫黄藻珊瑚（azooxanthellate corals）——所有珊瑚的一个子类——以及所有海绵物种的出现记录量身定制。
当鱼类记录与珊瑚、海绵出现记录一并标注时，也可纳入该数据库。
为聚焦于深水物种——这也是DSC-RTP的项目宗旨——通常会剔除水深小于50米的记录，以避免与依赖光照（且多为浅海）的珊瑚数据集产生过多重叠。
用户可通过访问以下地图与数据门户，以原始格式查询、可视化并下载数据：
深海珊瑚地图门户（Deep-Sea Corals Map Portal）
ERDDAP数据访问表单（ERDDAP Data Access Form）
NOAA深海珊瑚数据（NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Data）