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Citation for the document:Etnoyer, P., S. D. Cairns, J. A. Sanchez, J. K. Reed, J.V. Lopez, W.W. Schroeder, S. D. Brooke,L. Watling, A. Baco-Taylor, G. C. Williams, A. Lindner, S. C. France, and A.W. Bruckner. 2006.Deep-Sea Coral Collection Protocols. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-OPR-28, SilverSpring, MD. 53 pp.AcknowledgementsSpecial thanks to NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration for supporting this work, to Liam Antrim forcompiling information on shipping deep-sea coral material. Lance Morgan and Elliott Norse of theMarine Conservation Biology Institute helped to launch the project early on. Margaret Pizer and FanTsao provided editing assistance. Several NOAA personnel provided valuable insights andencouragement to this document, notably John McDonough, Andrew Shepard, Kim Pugliese, and BradBarr. A mini-grant from The Census of Marine Life project CenSeam (a global census of marine life onseamounts) helped to bring this project to completion. The authors are grateful for constructivecomments provided by Frank Parish, Bob Stone, Nicolas Alvarado and two other anonymousreviewers. Funding for printing was provided by NOAA Fisheries, Office of Habitat Conservation.Tom Hourigan and Andy Bruckner from NOAA’s Office of Habitat Conservation brought thisdocument to press.For more information:Additional copies of this publication can be obtained from: Andrew Bruckner, NOAA Fisheries, Officeof Habitat Conservation, Ecosystem Assessment Division, 1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring,MD 20910. 301-713-3459.DISCLAIMER:This publication does not constitute an endorsement of any commercial product or intend to be anopinion beyond scientific methodologies and results compiled by the authors. The opinions and viewsexpressed in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the NationalMarine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or the U.S. Government.i
DEEP-SEA CORAL COLLECTION PROTOCOLSA synthesis of field experience from deep-sea coral researchers,designed to build our national capacity to document deep-sea coral diversityEtnoyer, P., S. D. Cairns, J. A. Sanchez, J. K. Reed, J.V. Lopez, W.W. Schroeder, S. D. Brooke,L. Watling, A. Baco-Taylor, G. C. Williams, A. Lindner, S. C. France, and A.W. BrucknerOffice of Habitat Conservation, Rm 15829NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service1315 East-West HighwaySilver Spring, MD 20910-3282NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-OPR-28August 2006U.S. Department of CommerceCarlos Gutierrez, SecretaryThe sea pen Pteroeides sp., 9-320 mNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationVice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., USN (Ret.)Under Secretary for Oceans and AtmosphereNational Marine Fisheries ServiceWilliam T. Hogarth, Assistant Administrator for Fisheriesi
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Page 5 and 6: Table of ContentsForward ………
Page 8 and 9: Deep-sea coral habitat and rangeby
Page 10 and 11: Branching patterns in octocoralsby
Page 12 and 13: Fig. 9. Examples of deep-water cora
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Page 18 and 19: Reproduction in deep-sea colonial c
Page 20 and 21: Although the focus of this chapter
Page 22 and 23: Genetic methods for species identif
Page 24 and 25: Handling procedures adopted by the
Page 26 and 27: Specimen deterioration. We have see
Page 28 and 29: Documenting deep-sea coral collecti
Page 30 and 31: Video protocol (cont.)Video transec
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Page 34 and 35: CollectingThere is a broad range of
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Page 40 and 41: LabelingThe significance of proper
Page 42 and 43: References and further readingAbbia
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Page 46 and 47: McFadden, C.S., and M.B. Hutchinson
Page 48 and 49: Van Oppen, M.J.H., B.L. Willis, and
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Appendix 2. Deep-sea coral Panel of
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Appendix 3. Deep-sea corals onlineN
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