Benthic organism and marine toxic substances and pollutants collected using net and sediment sampler casts from NOAA Ship RESEARCHER in Gulf of Mexico from 23 July 1979 to 13 December 1980 (NODC Accession 8200103)

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive 2016
• Subjects: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; 8200103; AIR TEMPERATURE; BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; BEACH TAR; BEACH TAR - AREA SAMPLED; BEACH TAR - BEACH STATUS; BEACH TAR - INTERTIDAL DISTANCE; BEACH TAR - LENGTH OF SHOREFRONT; BEACH TAR - SEASHORE SURFACE; BEACH TAR - WATERLINE TO SAMPLE DISTANCE; BOTTOM TYPE; CAS (CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS SERVICE) PARAMETER CODES; CURRENT DIRECTION; CURRENT SPEED; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE DESCRIPTION; EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE DISTANCE TO SHORE; EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE IDENTIFIER; EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE POINT; EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE PRIMARY INDUSTRY; EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE QUANTITY; EFFLUENT - ZONE OF INITIAL DILUTION; OXYGEN; SALINITY; SALINITY - BOTTOM WATER; SALINITY - SURFACE WATER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENTS - ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTS - PARTICLE SIZE FRACTIONS; SEDIMENTS - TOTAL CARBON; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - ASH-FREE WEIGHT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - LIFE STAGE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - SEX; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - WET WEIGHT; TAXONOMIC CODE; THERMOCLINE DEPTH; water depth; WATER TEMPERATURE; biota surveys; current meter; hydrometer; laboratory analysis; meteorological sensors; net; salinometer; sediment sampler - corer; sediment sampler - grab; tide gauge; visual analysis; benthic; biological; profile; RESEARCHER; TONYA AND JOE; UNKNOWN; Energy Resources Co. Inc.; IXTOC; Gulf of Mexico; oceanography; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO; North Atlantic
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Benthic organism and marine toxic substances and pollutants were collected using net, sediment sampler, and other instruments from the NOAA Ship RESEARCHER and other platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Data were submitted by the Energy Resources Co., INC. with support from IXTOC project. Data were collected from 23 July 1979 to 13 December 1980. Data has been been processed by NODC to the NODC standard F132- Benthic Organisms and F144- Marine Toxic Substances and Pollutants formats. Full format and format code descriptions are available at http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-datafmts.html. The F132 format contains data from field sampling or surveys of bottom dwelling marine organisms. The data provide information on species abundance, distribution, and biomass; they may have been collected by point sampling (grab or core), by tow (dredge, trawl or net), by photographic surveys, or by other methods. Cruise information such as vessel, start and end dates, investigator, and institution/agency; station numbers, positions and times; and equipment and methods are reported for each survey. Environmental data reported at each sampling site may include meteorological and sea surface conditions; surface and bottom temperature, salinity and dissolved oxygen; and sediment characteristics. Number of individual organisms and total weight of organisms is reported for each species. A text record is available for comments. The F144 contains data on ambient concentrations of toxic substances and other pollutants in the marine environment. The data derive from laboratory analyses of samples of water, sediment, or marine organisms. Samples may have been collected near marine discharge sites or during ocean monitoring surveys of large areas. Field observations of tar deposits on beaches may also be reported. Survey information includes platform type, start and end dates, and investigator and institution. If data are collected near a discharge site, discharge location, depth, distance to shore, average volume, and other characteristics are reported. Position, date, time and environmental conditions are reported for each sample station. Environmental data may include meteorological and sea surface conditions, tide stage and height, depth of the thermocline or mixed layer surface temperature and salinity, and wave height and periods. Sample characteristics, collection methods, and laboratory techniques are reported for each sample collected and analyzed. The data record comprises concentration values (or a code to indicate trace amounts) for each chemical substance analyzed. Chemical substances are identified by codes based on the registry numbers assigned by the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) of the American Chemical Society. Marine organisms from which samples have been taken are identified using the 12-digit NODC Taxonomic Code. A text record is available for optional comments.