Benthic organisms collected using net casts and other instruments from the R/V VENTURE in the Gulf of Mexico from 27 October 1980 and 29 April 1984 (NODC Accession 8600027)

• Format: Dataset
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• 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; 8600027; AIR TEMPERATURE - DRY BULB; AIR TEMPERATURE - WET BULB; BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; BOTTOM TYPE; cloud amount/frequency; cloud types; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; OXYGEN; SALINITY - BOTTOM WATER; SALINITY - SURFACE WATER; SEA DIRECTION; SEA HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SECCHI DEPTH; SEDIMENTS - ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTS - PARTICLE SIZE FRACTIONS; SEDIMENTS - TOTAL CARBON; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - ASH-FREE WEIGHT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - WET WEIGHT; SWELL DIRECTION; SWELL HEIGHT; TAXONOMIC CODE; turbidity; VISIBILITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WEATHER; WIND DIRECTION; WIND SPEED; biota surveys; laboratory analysis; meteorological sensors; net; salinometer; sediment sampler - corer; sediment sampler - grab; benthic; biological; USS VENTURE; Woodward-Clyde Consultants; S.W. FLORIDA SHELF; Gulf of Mexico; oceanography; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED/WIND DIRECTION; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD FREQUENCY; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD TYPES; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > SECCHI DEPTH; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > TURBIDITY; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SWELLS; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE SPEED/DIRECTION; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY; NETS; SALINOMETERS; SEDIMENT CORERS; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO; Woodward; North Atlantic
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Benthic organisms were collected using net, sediment sampler casts, and other instruments from the R/V VENTURE in the Gulf of Mexico from 27 October 1980 to 29 April 1984. Data were submitted by the Woodward - Cycle Consultant with support from the S.W. Florida Shelf project. Data has been been processed by NODC to the NODC standard F132- Benthic Organisms 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.