Black coral occurrences on the Azores shelves (central north Atlantic) from 1991 to 2019

Black corals are antipatharian corals that occur from sublittoral to abyssal depths on hard, mixed and soft substrates. Under favourable conditions, some black coral species form dense stands known as black coral gardens which create habitat for a variety of associated species.

Data and Resources

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Additional Info

Field	Value
Source	http://www.gbif.org/dataset/ac1624fa-a663-4f62-ad1b-f048c94a3c2e
Last Updated	August 20, 2024, 13:27 (UTC)
Created	August 20, 2024, 13:27 (UTC)
Dataset type	SAMPLING_EVENT
Source DarwinCore Archive	https://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/archive.do?r=antipatharia_azores
GBIF UUID	ac1624fa-a663-4f62-ad1b-f048c94a3c2e
Administrative contact	Fernando Tempera
Metadata author	Fernando Tempera