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WB 1305 CTD, R/V Weatherbird, Florida to DeSoto Canyon, 2012-09-22 - 2012-09-29

Authors: MacDonald, Ian

Published On: Apr 09 2014 20:22 UTC

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7266/N7TH8JN6

UDI: R1.x138.076:0003

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Project Information

Funded By:
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative

Funding Cycle:
RFP-I

Research Group:
Deepsea to Coast Connectivity in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (DEEP-C)

Point of Contact

Ian MacDonald
Florida State University / Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science
imacdonald@fsu.edu

Data Collection Period

2012-09-22

2012-09-28

Theme keywords

Geomorphology, Pressure, Temperature, Conductivity, Salinity, Dissolved oxygen, Oxygen saturation, Density, Chlorophyll fluorescence, CDOM fluorescence, Turbidity, Sound velocity, Irradiance, CTD, Photosynthethically Active Radiance (PAR)

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Abstract:

Samples and observations were collected from the R/V Weatherbird II, cruise WB 1305, from the DEEP-C benthic array of sites. Leg I departed St Petersburg 08:00 2012-09-22, changed personnel in Panama City at 08:00 on 30 Sept. Leg 2 returned to Panama City at 08:00 7 October. Equipment requested from FIO: CTD-Rosette, 12kHz depth profiling display, 50x50cm box core (back-up). Equipment requested from USF: 8-barrel multicore and core-processing equipment (Hollander), USBL system (Locker), chest freezer. Equipment provided by FSU: MILET photo platform. Leg 1 prioritized photo survey of all sites with selected multicore collections at the shallow ( < 1000m sites). Leg 2 prioritized multicore and water sample collections with no scheduled seafloor imaging. This dataset contains the data from the CTD casts for this cruise.

Suggested Citation:

MacDonald, Ian. 2014. WB 1305 CTD, R/V Weatherbird, Florida to DeSoto Canyon, 2012-09-22 - 2012-09-29. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7TH8JN6

Purpose:

To evaluate the biological diversity and trophic interactions among organisms ranging from primary producers to apex predators and from the deep-sea benthos to the coast. These data contribute to a food web model used to determine risks to ecosystem structure and function and regional economies following from extreme anthropogenic events (e.g., discharged and background hydrocarbon) and adaptive management strategies.

Data Parameters and Units:

Scan (count), Date (MM/DD/YYYY), Time (HH:MM:SS), Elapsed time (s), Depth (m), Temperature (deg C), Conductivity (S/m), Salinity (psu), sbeox Oxygen (ml/l), oxsat Oxygen (ml/l), Density (kg/m^3), Fluorescence (mg/m^3), Fluorescence (mg/m^3), Turbidity (NTU), Density (kg/m^3), PAR/Irradiance, Altimeter (m), Sound velocity (m/s), (Latitude (decimal degrees), Longitude (decimal degrees)

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