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#1 Federal

The NOAA NCEI Global Marine Microplastics Data Collection (1972-present)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: May 04, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Microplastics (i.e., plastics measuring less than 5mm) pollution is a growing problem affecting coastal communities, marine ecosystems, aquatic life, and human health. The widespread occurrence of...

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#2 Federal

The NOAA NCEI Global Marine Microplastics Harmonized Database during 1972-04-20 to present (NCEI Accession 0306475)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: August 07, 2025 at 12:00 AM

This database contains a harmonized subset of variables from the NOAA NCEI Marine Microplastics collection, which is used to generate the accompanying ArcGIS map. It includes microplastic...

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#3 Federal

Hydrocarbon concentration, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry characterization, mass-to-charge ratio and monoisotopic intensity, short-lived radioisotope, benthic infauna, sediment texture and composition data collected aboard R/V Justo Sierra cruise JS-0815 in the southern Gulf of Mexico from 2015-07-31 to 2015-08-08 (NCEI Accession 0226973)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: April 14, 2021 at 12:00 AM

This dataset contains the concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs) and biomarkers (hopanes, steranes, alkanes) in marine sediment cores using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry...

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#4 Federal

Comprehensive Dataset and Reports of the Mamala Bay Study during 1993-1995 on Oahu, Hawaii

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: May 13, 2026 at 12:00 AM

This collection contains comprehensive datasets and reports collected in support of the Mamala Bay Study during 1993-1995. Physical, chemical, biological, and geological datasets and reports are...

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#5 Federal

Physical, chemical and biological data from the NOAA Marine EcoSystems Analysis Program (MESA) New York Bight project from 1957 through 1984

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: January 03, 2026 at 12:00 AM

This collection consists of physical, chemical, meteorological, and biological data collected for the NOAA Marine EcoSystems Analysis Program (MESA) New York Bight project, between 1973 and 1984....

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#6 Federal

Physical and biochemical oceanographic data from the Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT) program collected by University of Hawaii at Station ALOHA in the Pacific Ocean 100 miles north of Oahu, Hawaii, since 1988

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: March 25, 2026 at 12:00 AM

This dataset includes physical and biochemical oceanographic observational data from the Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT) Program, including thermosalinograph, CTD, bottle and biochemical data. The...

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#7 Federal

NCCOS Mapping: Collaborative Benthic Habitat Mapping in the Nearshore Waters of the Great Lakes Basin – Data collected during cruise GL-25-02 in Lake Superior, offshore of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin 2025-07-14 to 2025-08-01

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: February 03, 2026 at 12:00 AM

This data collection includes information and environmental data collected during the GL-25-02 mapping cruise by an assortment of equipment including a drop camera, remotely operated vehicle...

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#8 Federal

Marine biodiversity data collected in support of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) project from 2015 to 2020

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: March 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM

This dataset includes marine biodiversity data collected in support of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) project from 2015 to 2020. These data include fish, seabird and...

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#9 Federal

CTD, water quality, plankton species abundance, quantitative phytoplankton profiles and chlorophyll a and b concentrations in sediment samples data collected from R/V Bellows cruise BE-1212 in the northern Gulf of Mexico from 2011-05-21 to 2013-09-16 (NCEI Accession 0175053)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: December 07, 2018 at 12:00 AM

This dataset contains CTD, water quality, plankton species abundance, quantitative phytoplankton profiles, and chlorophyll a and b concentrations in sediment samples data collected from R/V...

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#10 Federal

Physical, chemical and biological data from the NOAA Marine EcoSystems Analysis Program (MESA) Puget Sound project from 1965 through 1986

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: December 07, 2023 at 12:00 AM

This collection consists of physical, chemical, meteorological, and biological data collected in Puget Sound, Washington, between 1965 and 1986. These data were collected from numerous platforms...

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#11 Federal

Trace metals and other data from GILLISS and other platforms from 1975-10-23 to 1976-09-08 (NCEI Accession 7700446)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: September 09, 2022 at 12:00 AM

This dataset includes marine toxic substances and pollutants data from CAPE HENLOPEN, COLUMBUS ISELIN, G. W. PIERCE, USNS James M. Gilliss, and VIRGINIAN SEA in the North Atlantic Ocean and South...

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#12 Federal

Abundance, biomass, and density of benthic macroinvertebrates collected from R/V Lake Guardian in Lake Michigan, Great Lakes from 2015-07-20 to 2015-07-29 (NCEI Accession 0209222)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: January 23, 2021 at 12:00 AM

Raw data from the benthic macroinvertebrate lake wide surveys conducted in Lake Michigan in 2015. These basic benthic survey data provide the number of each taxon in each replicate sample...

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#13 Federal

Current meter and marine toxic substances data from moored current meter casts and other instruments in the North Pacific Ocean as part of the Deep Ocean Mining and Environmental Study (DOMES) project, 1975-08-29 to 1977-12-01 (NCEI Accession 7800741)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: September 13, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Current meter and marine toxic substances data were collected using moored current meter casts and other instruments in the North Pacific Ocean from August 29, 1975 to December 1, 1977. Data were...

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#14 Federal

Data from the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) Time Series and Process Studies, 1992 to 1997

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: March 23, 2026 at 12:00 AM

This dataset includes physical, chemical, meteorological, and biological data, including zooplankton abundance, primary production, carotenoids, phaeophytin, fluorescence, phaeopigments, fatty...

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#15 Federal

Zooplankton species identities and other data from the KNORR and other platforms as part of the International Decade of Ocean Exploration (IDOE) from 1969-09-01 to 1971-12-01 (NCEI Accession 7300577)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: September 03, 2021 at 12:00 AM

Zooplankton species identities and other data were collected from the KNORR and other platforms the from 01 September 1969 to 01 December 1971. Data were collected by the Skidaway Institute of...

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#16 Federal

Oceanic Environmental data from the ALAMINOS and other platforms from the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean as part of the International Decade of Ocean Exploration (IDOE) from 1971-02-01 to 1971-12-01 (NCEI Accession 7200737)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: July 25, 2022 at 12:00 AM

Oceanic Environmental data were collected from the ALAMINOS and other platforms from 01 February 1971 to 01 December 1971. Data were collected in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean by Texas A&M...

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#17 Federal

The Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Outer Continental Shelf Baseline Environmental Survey, MAFLA 1977-1978

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: December 05, 2023 at 12:00 AM

This dataset includes oceanographic data collected in support of the MAFLA project, including ocean station, bathythermograph (XBT), high-resolution CTD/STD, chemistry, fish/shell-fish surveys,...

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#18 Federal

FISHERY SURVEY - FISHING DURATION and Other Data from JIM LYTAL from 1980-05-29 to 1980-10-09 (NCEI Accession 8300001)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: February 09, 2023 at 12:00 AM

This dataset includes fish/shell-fish surveys data from JIM LYTAL in the Gulf of Mexico from 1980-05-29 to 1980-10-09. Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Fish/Shell-fish Surveys...

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#19 Federal

Sediment distribution maps of for the Gulf of Mexico and US South Atlantic using compositional kriging of public datasets collected between 1959-01-01 to 2003-12-31 (NCEI Accession 0291056)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: May 10, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Maps of sediment fractions for the US Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and the US South Atlantic (SA) are provided as csv files. The spatial resolution of each output file is 1km and uses compositional...

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#20 Federal

NOAA RESTORE Science Program: Linking Community and Food-web Approaches to Restoration: Carbon, nitrogen and sulfur stable isotope values of organisms from created and natural marsh of Lake Hermitage, West Point a la Hache, and Bay Batiste, Louisiana, May 2019 (NCEI Accession 0304324)

Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Dataset Last Updated: May 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM

This dataset contains bulk tissue carbon (delta-13C), nitrogen (delta-15N), and sulfur (delta-34S) stable isotope values from sediment samples, marsh primary producers, marsh invertebrates, and...

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