Sebastes fasciatus abundance and associated seabed environmental conditions in a Vazella pourtalesii sponge ground in the Sambro Bank (Scotian Shelf)

• Main Authors: Grinyó, Jordi, Aguzzi, Jacopo, Kenchington, Ellen L, Costa, Corrado, Hanz, Ulrike, Mienis, Furu
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2023
• Subjects: behavior; benthic lander; Current direction; current velocity; DATE/TIME; Deep-sea Sponge Grounds Ecosystems of the North Atlantic; Identification; Lander; Multiparametric video-lander; ALBEX; coupled with CTD sensor; Sea-Bird [SBE37SM-RS232]; Oxygen; dissolved; Oxygen concentration; Salinity; Sambro_Bank; Scotian Shelf; Sebastes fasciatus; Sponge Conservation Areas (SCAs); sponge grounds; SponGES; Temperature; water; Velocity; Visual analysis (video); North Atlantic; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.962464; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.962464

The genus Sebastes is a morphologically and ecologically diverse genus of rockfish characterized by high longevity, late-maturity, and low natural mortality. On the northwest Atlantic continental shelf, the Acadian redfish (Sebastes fasciatus) is the most common rockfish species above 300 m depth. T...