Abstract:

CTD Data from the cruise BE-1415 in May 2014. The cruise will be sampling to document any residual hydrocarbons from the BP MC252 well eruption and provide time series hydrographic, water chemistry, sediment, and plankton data as a baseline and to document the physical and biological seasonal dynamics for the offshore shelf of the Florida Panhandle Bight at the head of DeSoto Canyon. Samples were collected 2014-05-31 to 2014-06-01.

Suggested Citation:

Snyder, Richard. 2014. BE 1415 CTD, DeSoto Canyon, May 2014. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7MS3QPQ

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:

s.xlsx: Depth saltwater (meters); Sea Temperature ITS-90 (degrees Celsius); Conductivity (S/m); Pressure Strain Gauge (db); Oxygen SBE 43 (ml/l); Oxygen SBE 43 (% saturation); Oxygen Saturation Weiss (ml/l); Salinity Practical (PSU); Fluorescence WET Labs CDOM (mg/m^3); Fluorescence WET Labs ECO-AFL/FL (mg/m^3); Turbidity WET Labs ECO (NTU) .hdr: Latitude (degrees minutes seconds); Longitude (degrees minutes seconds); Time UTC (Month DD YYYY hh:mm:ss)

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