High-resolution nearshore benthic seawater temperature from around McMurdo Sound, Antarctica (2017-2019)

• Main Author: Cziko, Paul
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) Data Center 2021
• Subjects: seawater measurements; CTD; Benthic Ecology; Oceanography; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; Supercooling; Tides; Depth; Pressure; Salinity; Seawater Temperature; Physical Oceanography; Cryosphere; Oceans; Antarctica; McMurdo Sound; McMurdo Station; Cape Evans; New Harbor; Granite Harbor; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15784/601420; https://www.usap-dc.org/view/dataset/601420

Nearshore benthic seawater temperature (plus pressure and salinity for some sites) in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica for 2017-2019. Data includes those from standalone temperature (sometimes pressure) for several sites around McMurdo Sound as well as data from the cabled McMurdo Oceanographic Observatory moored conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) sensor at the McMurdo Station seawater intake jetty. Data are from high precision SeaBird sensors (SBE56, SBE39, SBE19Plus and SBE37), with sample intervals from 90 sec to 15 min, depending on site. Sampled sites include Explorer's Cove at New Harbor, Cape Evans, Granite Harbor, and the McMurdo Station jetty. All sensors were deployed near or on the benthos at 20-25 m deep, in typical nearshore benthic fish and invertebrate habitat.