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

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: August 03, 2026 at 08:03 AM | 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, zooplankton, benthic organisms, and marine toxic substances and pollutants data. In 1974, the U.S. Department of the Interior initiated comprehensive marine environmental surveys of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) off Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida (MAFLA). Data were collected for three years to establish a baseline from which to evaluate effects of oil and gas activities in the MAFLA region.

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  "EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED",
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  "EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD TYPES",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION",
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  "EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > MOLLUSKS > BIVALVES",
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  "EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > BIOMASS",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > ATMOSPHERIC/OCEAN INDICATORS > SURFACE SALINITY",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > BATHYMETRY",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN ACOUSTICS > ACOUSTIC VELOCITY",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > AMMONIA",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CARBON",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CHLOROPHYLL",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > HYDROCARBONS",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRATE",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRITE",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITROGEN",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ORGANIC CARBON",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PH",
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  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES",
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  "BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS",
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  "HYDROMETERS > HYDROMETERS",
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  "SEDIMENT CORERS > SEDIMENT CORERS",
  "THERMISTORS > THERMISTORS",
  "THERMOMETERS > THERMOMETERS",
  "TIDE GAUGES > TIDE GAUGES",
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  "OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA",
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license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
modified 2023-12-05T00:00:00.000+00:00
publisher 
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rights otherRestrictions
spatial -70.03,10.13,-97.33,30.48
temporal 1961-10-20T00:00:00+00:00/1985-07-17T00:00:00+00:00
theme 
[
  "geospatial"
]
title The Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Outer Continental Shelf Baseline Environmental Survey, MAFLA 1977-1978

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