Abstract:

Samples were collected during cruise OC468 using a CTD-rosette, a MOCNESS, and ring nets aboard the R/V Oceanus. Our objectives were to collect water particle and zooplankton samples in the Northern Gulf of Mexico immediately following the Deepwater Horizon incident. This cruise was funded by the Biological Oceanography Program at NSF and was repurposed to explore the impacts of the spill and to provide a platform for investigators with rapid response funding from NSF. The ship departed Gulfport MS on 08/21/2010 and collected samples at sites near the wellhead as well as to the south and southwest of the wellhead before returning to Gulfport on 09/16/2010.

Suggested Citation:

Montoya, Joseph. 2016. Particle and zooplankton sample elemental (C, N) and isotopic (13C, 15N) data from Cruise OC468, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama Self Break, August and September, 2010. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7X06521

Publications:

Fernández-Carrera, A., Rogers, K. L., Weber, S. C., Chanton, J. P., & Montoya, J. P. (2016). Deep Water Horizon oil and methane carbon entered the food web in the Gulf of Mexico. Limnology and Oceanography, 61(S1), S387–S400. doi:10.1002/lno.10440

Purpose:

This cruise was funded by the Biological Oceanography Program at NSF and was repurposed to explore the impacts of the spill and to provide a platform for investigators with rapid response funding from NSF.

Data Parameters and Units:

Cruise, Station, Day, Month, Year, Time (local, HH:MM:SS), latitude (decimal degrees), longitude (decimal degrees), depth (meters), d15N (delta-15N: per mil deviation from atmospheric N2), d13C (delta-13C: per mil deviation from VPDB; C:N (carbon to nitrogen ratio); Total N (uM); Total C (uM)

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