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NCCOS Assessment: Predicted habitat suitability for Leiopathes glaberrima in the US Gulf of Mexico, 2016-01-17 to 2017-09-30 (NCEI Accession 0276866)

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This data collection contains outputs from spatial predictive models of habitat suitability for the black coral Leiopathes glaberrima in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The models were derived from records of Leiopathes glaberrima occurrence and environmental and oceanographic variables describing conditions that may influence the distribution of deep-sea corals, including measures of depth, steepness, and complexity of the seafloor, composition of sediments on the seafloor, and ocean productivity.

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0276866 CORAL HABITAT - BENTHIC PRODUCTIVITY SEDIMENTS water depth model output NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Coastal Waters of Alabama Coastal Waters of Florida Coastal Waters of Gulf of Mexico Coastal Waters of Louisiana Coastal Waters of Mississippi Coastal Waters of Texas Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Gulf of Mexico oceanography DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > COASTAL LANDFORMS > CORAL REEFS Marine Spatial Ecology > Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments Geospatial Model Habitat Suitability Leiopathes glaberrima black corals deep sea corals Models/Analyses > Data Analysis > Environmental Modeling OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO U.S. States and Territories > Alabama U.S. States and Territories > Florida U.S. States and Territories > Louisiana U.S. States and Territories > Mississippi U.S. States and Territories > Texas Waterbodies > Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Continental Shelf BR43JR

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title NCCOS Assessment: Predicted habitat suitability for Leiopathes glaberrima in the US Gulf of Mexico, 2016-01-17 to 2017-09-30 (NCEI Accession 0276866)

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