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 datasetDistribution of Scleractinia (Madrepora oculata and Lophelia pertusa) reported between 1995 and 2013 in the French Mediterranean Sea
Narrative summary of datasetIn 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 date1995-01-01
End date2013-12-31

Responsible organisations

CountryFrance
Organisation nameIfremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea
Role of organisationDataset Holding Organisation
CountryFrance
Organisation nameSEA scieNtific Open data Edition
Role of organisationPublisher
How to citeFabri 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 linkhttps://cloud.emodnet-ingestion.eu/index.php/s/NFTsstSIOWgHc20
Dataset formatDelimited
Public accessNo limitations
License for useCC0 1.0
TypeDataset
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.17882/61347

Locations

Map
Latitude north boundary43.7
Longitude east boundary7.3
Latitude south boundary42
Longitude west boundary3
Sea areaNorth Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean Region
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea, Western Basin
Atlantic Ocean
European mainland
Northeast Atlantic Ocean (40W)

Data types, collection and processing

Observation typeBiota abundance, biomass and diversity
inapplicable
ParameterFauna abundance per unit area of the bed
Concentration of organic matter in sediments
Data quality processing informationQuality controlled data

Process information

Submitting organisationIfremer, Centre de Méditerranée
Submission identifier (UUID)a53ad03f-3631-6313-3133-000000061347
Date of dataset creation2019-06-13
Date of dataset revision2019-11-21
Date of metadata creation2020-1-27
Date of metadata latest revision2021-01-11
Date of publishing2021-01-27
Processing data centreIfremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea
Summary record-ID730