Benthic organisms collected using sediment sampler from the EXCELLENCE and other platforms in the Gulf of Mexico from 1981-12-09 to 1985-08-26 (NODC Accession 8400043)

• 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; 8400043; BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; BENTHIC SPECIES; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION; INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - AGE; INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - FIN ROT; INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - LENGTH; INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - WEIGHT; MEIOFAUNA; OXYGEN; SALINITY; SALINITY - BOTTOM WATER; SALINITY - SURFACE WATER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENTS - PARTICLE SIZE FRACTIONS; SEDIMENTS - PERCENT COVER; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - ASH-FREE WEIGHT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - WET WEIGHT; WATER TEMPERATURE; biota surveys; current meter; hydrometer; laboratory analysis; meteorological sensors; net; salinometer; sediment sampler - corer; sediment sampler - grab; thermometer; tide gauge; visual analysis; benthic; biological; laboratory analyses; meteorological; profile; site samples; surface measurements; survey; tows; trawl; CAPT JACK; EXCELLENCE; QUEST; Texas A&M University; BRINE DISPOSAL; Gulf of Mexico; oceanography; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY; CURRENT METERS; HYDROMETERS; NETS; SALINOMETERS; SEDIMENT CORERS; THERMOMETERS; TIDE GAUGES; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO; North Atlantic
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Benthic organisms were collected using sediment sampler casts from the EXCELLENCE and other platforms in the Gulf of Mexico from 09 December 1981 to 26 August 1985. Data were submitted by the Texas A&M University with support from the Brine Disposal project. The F132 format contains data from fi...