Abstract:

This dataset contains images of cold water corals collected at Mississippi Canyon (MC) 294, November 2010-March 2012. Corals were identified to the genus and species level. This dataset supports the publication: Hsing P, Fu B, Larcom EA, Berlet SP, Shank TM, et al. 2013. Evidence of lasting impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on a deep Gulf of Mexico coral community. Elem. Sci. Anth. 1: 000012. doi: 10.12952/journal.elementa.000012. Data record on Dryad: http://datadryad.org/resource/doi:10.5061/dryad.73tj5.

Suggested Citation:

Fisher, Charles. 2016. Dataset for: Evidence of lasting impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on a deep Gulf of Mexico coral community. Distributed by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7NG4NJP

Publications:

Fisher, C. R., Demopoulos, A. W. J., Cordes, E. E., Baums, I. B., White, H. K., & Bourque, J. R. (2014). Coral Communities as Indicators of Ecosystem-Level Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Spill. BioScience, 64(9), 796–807. doi:10.1093/biosci/biu129

Hsing, P.-Y., Fu, B., Larcom, E. A., Berlet, S. P., Shank, T. M., Govindarajan, A. F., … Fisher, C. R. (2013). Evidence of lasting impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on a deep Gulf of Mexico coral community. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 1, 000012. doi:10.12952/journal.elementa.000012

Girard, F., Fu, B., & Fisher, C. (2016). Mutualistic symbiosis with ophiuroids limited the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on deep-sea octocorals. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 549, 89–98. doi:10.3354/meps11697

Fisher, C., Montagna, P., & Sutton, T. (2016). How Did the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Impact Deep-Sea Ecosystems? Oceanography, 29(3), 182–195. doi:10.5670/oceanog.2016.82

Purpose:

To identify the coral community southwest of the Deepwater Horizon site after the oil spill.

Data Parameters and Units:

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EX1202L2_IMG_20120331T185723Z_ROVHD_MC294_A5_A13_00.jpg A13 Paramuricea skeleton? EX1202L2_IMG_20120331T190003Z_ROVHD_MC294_A7_00.jpg A7 Paramuricea biscaya EX1202L2_IMG_20120331T190823Z_ROVHD_MC294_A6_A17_00.jpg A6 Paramuricea biscaya EX1202L2_IMG_20120331T190823Z_ROVHD_MC294_A6_A17_00.jpg A17 Paramuricea biscaya EX1202L2_IMG_20120331T192345Z_ROVHD_MC294_A10_A14_00.jpg A10 Paramuricea biscaya EX1202L2_IMG_20120331T192345Z_ROVHD_MC294_A10_A14_00.jpg A14 Paramuricea biscaya EX1202L2_IMG_20120331T193553Z_ROVHD_MC294_A3_00.jpg A3 Paramuricea biscaya EX1202L2_IMG_20120331T195804Z_ROVHD_MC294_B5_00.jpg B5 Paramuricea biscaya B2 EX1202L2_IMG_20120331T202555Z_ROVHD_MC294_E1_00.jpg E1 Plexauridae EX1202L2_IMG_20120331T203954Z_ROVHD_MC294_NEW_E_COR_00.jpg E4 Paramuricea skeleton? 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