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Digital video, still imagery and dive narratives from the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration's South Atlantic Bight 2001 cruises from 2001-08-29 to 2001-09-07

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This collection contains digital video imagery, digital still imagery, and dive narratives from the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration's South Atlantic Bight cruises, part of the Islands in the Stream 2001 expedition.

Islands in the Stream 2001 is a three-month scientific expedition to marine protected areas and other habitats being considered for protection from offshore of Belize in Central America to North Carolina's continental shelf. "Islands” are the coral reefs and hard-bottom (also called "hard substrate") biological communities found along the course of a massive "stream" of ocean currents connecting the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, and the western Atlantic off North America. This expedition emphasizes habitat characterization and an understanding of these islands' "connection" as parts of an interrelated ecosystem. Though separated by large expanses of ocean water, the fishes, corals, and invertebrates common to these islands may demonstrate that the health and vitality of "downstream" islands are linked closely to those located "upstream."

From August to October 2001, scientists explored the deep reef and hard-bottom communities of the South Atlantic Bight, from the east coast of Florida through the North Carolina Shelf. Leg One of this mission, lasting from August 29 to September 7, visited the Oculina Bank, situated 30 km (18 mi) east of the northern Florida coast. Oculina Bank was the first deep-water site in federal waters off the U.S. Eastern Seaboard to be closed to fishing. Once, this area was covered with dense thickets of the ivory tree coral, Oculina varicosa, which provided excellent habitat for reef fish, such as grouper and wreckfish, and feeding grounds for migratory pelagic (deep-sea) species. However, fishing activities destroyed approximately two-thirds of the bank. A fragile and slow-growing coral, deep-water Oculina only grows about one-half inch per year. These and other damaged coral reefs will take many years, even decades, to recover. To aid in the recovery process, a significant portion of the area was closed to fishing in 1994. NOAA has since funded efforts to assess the banks and to attempt to restore the damaged areas. In July 2000, the National Marine Fisheries Service approved plans to expand the protected area, with the goal of saving the remaining ivory tree coral. Much of the protected area is deeper than 100 m (328 ft), rugged, and can only be studied using advanced undersea technologies. The mission will use the HBOI submersible Clelia and an ROV to study the recovery of the reserve. In addition to habitat characterization work, visual observations of artificial-reef restoration structures deployed on the banks beginning in 1995 will help to determine species' rates of recruitment. Scientists will also test a hydrophone array to determine its utility for monitoring grouper spawning.
  • Cite as: Shepard, Andrew N.; NOAA Ocean Exploration (2020). Digital video, still imagery and dive narratives from the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration's South Atlantic Bight 2001 cruises from 2001-08-29 to 2001-09-07. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/OER-Cruise-SAB2001. Accessed [date].
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Distributor NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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Time Period 2001-08-29 to 2001-09-07
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -80.023
East: -79.7341
South: 27.537
North: 31.5374
Spatial Coverage Map
General Documentation
Associated Resources
  • Islands in the Stream
  • Islands in the Stream 2001; NOAA Ocean Explorer. Islands in the Stream 2001, May 10 - October 4, 2001 electronic resource / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Ocean Exploration; Silver Spring, Md.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Ocean Exploration, 2002-
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2020
  • revision: 2023-06-30
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency As needed
Purpose This expedition emphasizes habitat characterization and an understanding of these islands' "connection" as parts of an interrelated ecosystem. Though separated by large expanses of ocean water, the fishes, corals, and invertebrates common to these islands may demonstrate that the health and vitality of "downstream" islands are linked closely to those located "upstream".
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Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Shepard, Andrew N.; NOAA Ocean Exploration (2020). Digital video, still imagery and dive narratives from the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration's South Atlantic Bight 2001 cruises from 2001-08-29 to 2001-09-07. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/OER-Cruise-SAB2001. Accessed [date].
Cited Authors
Principal Investigators
  • Sylvia Earle
    National Geographic Society
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Theme keywords NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS WMO_CategoryCode
  • oceanography
CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
  • Numeric Data Sets > Biology
  • Visual Images > Biology
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat > Description
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Deep-water corals
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Damage Assessment > Destructive Fishing practices
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Benthos Analysis > Transect Monitoring > Video Transect
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Benthos Analysis > Transect monitoring
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Damage Assessment > Visual
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > GIS
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > In Situ Biological
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Mapping > Habitat Mapping
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals > Reef Monitoring and Assessment > Reef Fish Census > Linear Transect
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Habitats
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Coral Reef Ecology > Hard Coral Cover
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs > Marine Protected Areas
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish > Fish Assemblages
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish > Fish Census
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates > Macroinvertebrates
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords Taxonomy Keywords
  • Coral
  • Coral reefs
  • Deep water corals
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Zoology > Corals
  • EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs
  • Fishes
  • Gorgonians
  • Hard corals
  • Invertebrates
  • Octocorals
  • Oculina
  • Reef fish
  • Soft corals
Data Center keywords NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
Platform keywords NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes
Instrument keywords NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
Place keywords NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS CoRIS Place Thesaurus
  • COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > St. Lucie County > Oculina Deepwater Reef (27N080W0002)
  • OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract > Oculina Deepwater Reef (27N080W0002)
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
Project keywords NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS
Keywords NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER
Use Constraints
  • Cite as: Shepard, Andrew N.; NOAA Ocean Exploration (2020). Digital video, still imagery and dive narratives from the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration's South Atlantic Bight 2001 cruises from 2001-08-29 to 2001-09-07. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/OER-Cruise-SAB2001. Accessed [date].
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  • Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
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Processing Steps
  • 2007-12-12T14:56:09Z - NCEI Accession 0037156 v1.1 was published.
  • 2017-01-03T16:23:29Z - NCEI Accession 0039739 v1.1 was published.
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  • 2017-02-03T17:50:30Z - NCEI Accession 0037122 v1.1 was published.
  • 2017-02-03T18:28:27Z - NCEI Accession 0039739 was revised and v1.2 was published.
  • 2017-02-06T14:56:55Z - NCEI Accession 0037158 v1.1 was published.
  • 2017-02-06T17:03:35Z - NCEI Accession 0037157 v1.1 was published.
  • 2017-02-07T21:15:19Z - NCEI Accession 0037126 v1.1 was published.
  • 2017-02-14T20:45:37Z - NCEI Accession 0039974 v1.1 was published.
  • 2017-02-14T23:33:32Z - NCEI Accession 0041370 v1.1 was published.
  • 2017-02-15T12:59:59Z - NCEI Accession 0041593 v1.1 was published.
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  • 2017-02-16T19:31:47Z - NCEI Accession 0041700 v1.1 was published.
  • 2017-02-16T20:33:27Z - NCEI Accession 0041848 v1.1 was published.
  • 2017-02-16T22:32:55Z - NCEI Accession 0039430 v1.1 was published.
  • 2017-02-21T18:12:11Z - NCEI Accession 0041969 v1.1 was published.
  • 2023-06-30T13:43:44Z - NCEI Accession 0047190 v1.1 was published.
Acquisition Information (collection)
Instrument
  • camera
  • trap
  • video camera
Platform
  • R/V Seward Johnson
  • R/V Seward Johnson II
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