Publication Date:
2023-08-28
Description:
A series of R/V Prospector, Deep Sea Ventures Inc. cruises to survey ferromanganese nodule deposits at depths of 4000-5200 meters in the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone of the north-eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean resulted in the acquisition of over 70,000 seafloor images. Real-time television, coupled with 35-mm remote controlled still photography, revealed a conspicuous epibenthic invertebrate megafauna of more than 70 species. Approximately 38 species are echinoderms. Porifera and Cnidaria are each represented by approximately 12 species. Several molluscs and arthropods, a bryozoan, a hemichordate, and an ascidian urochordate constitute the remainder.
Keywords:
2P76-05; 2P79-01; 2P89-02; 2P92-01; 2P92-02; 2P92-05; 2P92-06; Comment; Deposit type; Description; Event label; File name; Identification; NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database; NOAA-MMS; Pacific Ocean; Photo/Video; Position; Prospector; Prospector-76; Prospector-79; Prospector-89; Prospector-92; PV; Quantity of deposit; Sediment type; Size; Species; Substrate type; Uniform resource locator/link to image; Visual description
Type:
Dataset
Format:
text/tab-separated-values, 275 data points
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