Details of Distribution of Scleractinia (Madrepora oculata and Lophelia pertusa) reported between 1995 and 2013 in the French Mediterranean Sea
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Title of dataset | Distribution of Scleractinia (Madrepora oculata and Lophelia pertusa) reported between 1995 and 2013 in the French Mediterranean Sea |
Narrative summary of dataset | In the Mediterranean deep-sea two scleractinian species, Lophelia pertusa (= Desmophyllum pertusum) and Madrepora oculata, make up the dominant structure-forming corals. The Lacaze-Duthiers canyon is the only French Mediterranean canyon where the two species L. pertusa and M. oculata have been observed living together in large quantities, the situation generally described for the biocoenosis of cold-water corals (CWC). In this canyon large colonies (more than 40 cm) of both species of scleractinians were observed at depths ranging from 246 m to 541 m at the head of the canyon and its western flank. The second canyon is the Cassidaigne canyon, where M. oculata seems to be the only structure-forming scleractinian there. The largest concentration of M. oculata colonies was observed on the west flank of the canyon along a crest at depths ranging from 200 to 210 m. Mature M. oculata colonies attained heights up to 40 cm. M. oculata were observed in three other canyons: Bourcart, Sicié and Var. In the Bourcart canyon, M. oculata was observed on a shelf of hard substratum at 331 m depth. Several single branches protruded from a slab. In the Sicié canyon a 15-cm colony of M. oculata was observed at 255 m depth, while in the Var canyon, three young branches 2 cm long were seen growing at 350 m depth on a wall of hard rock. Important Note: This submission has been initially submitted to SEA scieNtific Open data Edition (SEANOE) publication service and received the recorded DOI. The metadata elements have been further processed (refined) in EMODnet Ingestion Service in order to conform with the Data Submission Service specifications. |
Start date | 1995-01-01 |
End date | 2013-12-31 |
Responsible organisations
Country | France |
Organisation name | Ifremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea |
Role of organisation | Dataset Holding Organisation |
Country | France |
Organisation name | SEA scieNtific Open data Edition |
Role of organisation | Publisher |
How to cite | Fabri Marie-Claire, Pedel Laura, Bargain Annaelle (2019). Distribution of Scleractinia (Madrepora oculata and Lophelia pertusa) reported between 1995 and 2013 in the French Mediterranean Sea. SEANOE. https://doi.org/10.17882/61347 In addition to properly cite this dataset, it would be appreciated that the following work(s) be cited too, when using this dataset in a publication : Fabri Marie-Claire, Bargain Annaelle, Pairaud Ivane, Pedel Laura, Taupier-Letage I. (2017). Cold-water coral ecosystems in Cassidaigne Canyon: An assessment of their environmental living conditions. Deep-sea Research Part Ii-topical Studies In Oceanography, 137, 436-453. Publisher's official version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00343/45373/ Fabri Marie-Claire, Pedel Laura, Beuck L., Galgani Francois, Hebbeln D., Freiwald A. (2014). Megafauna of vulnerable marine ecosystems in French mediterranean submarine canyons: Spatial distribution and anthropogenic impacts. Deep-sea Research Part Ii-topical Studies In Oceanography, 104, 184-207. Publisher's official version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00154/26513/ |
Dataset availability
Original dataset download link | https://cloud.emodnet-ingestion.eu/index.php/s/NFTsstSIOWgHc20 |
Dataset format | Delimited |
Public access | No limitations |
License for use | CC0 1.0 |
Type | Dataset |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.17882/61347 |
Locations
Map | © OpenStreetMap contributors |
Latitude north boundary | 43.7 |
Longitude east boundary | 7.3 |
Latitude south boundary | 42 |
Longitude west boundary | 3 |
Sea area | North Atlantic Ocean |
Mediterranean Region | |
Mediterranean Sea | |
Mediterranean Sea, Western Basin | |
Atlantic Ocean | |
European mainland | |
Northeast Atlantic Ocean (40W) |
Data types, collection and processing
Observation type | Biota abundance, biomass and diversity |
inapplicable | |
Parameter | Fauna abundance per unit area of the bed |
Concentration of organic matter in sediments | |
Data quality processing information | Quality controlled data |
Process information
Submitting organisation | Ifremer, Centre de Méditerranée |
Submission identifier (UUID) | a53ad03f-3631-6313-3133-000000061347 |
Date of dataset creation | 2019-06-13 |
Date of dataset revision | 2019-11-21 |
Date of metadata creation | 2020-1-27 |
Date of metadata latest revision | 2021-01-11 |
Date of publishing | 2021-01-27 |
Processing data centre | Ifremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea |
Summary record-ID | 730 |