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Data collected in support of the Minerals Management Service-supported Deepwater Program: Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Habitat and Benthic Ecology, 1999 - 2003

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This dataset includes data collected in support of the Minerals Management Service-supported program entitled "The Deepwater Program: Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Habitat and Benthic Ecology". This dataset includes physical, chemical, and biological oceanographic data as well as surveys to characterize the principal components of benthic communities.

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title Data collected in support of the Minerals Management Service-supported Deepwater Program: Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Habitat and Benthic Ecology, 1999 - 2003

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