Abstract: NOAA's efforts to map extent, health and condition of deep sea corals and sponges and their habitat on the banks and island slopes of Southern California (2015 AGU Fall Meeting)

NOAA's efforts to map extent, health and condition of deep sea corals and sponges and their habitat on the banks and island slopes of Southern California

Peter John Etnoyer¹, Enrique Salgado², Kevin Stierhoff³, Leslie Wickes⁴, Stephanie E. Nehasil⁵, Laura Kracker⁶, Andy Lauermann⁷, Dirk David Rosen⁷ and Chris Caldow⁸, (1)NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Marine Spatial Ecology Division, Charleston, SC, United States, (2)CSS, Inc. under contract to NOAA, Orlando, United States, (3)NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Advanced Survey Technologies Group, La Jolla, CA, United States, (4)NOAA Affiliate, JHT, Inc., National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Charleston, SC, United States, (5)NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Marine Mammal and Turtle Division, La Jolla, CA, United States, (6)NOAA Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (7)Marine Applied Research and Education, Richmond, CA, United States, (8)NOAA National Ocean Service, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

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