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Wolff Texas A&M University (TAMU) gary@gerg.tamu.edu https://www.tamu.edu/ HTTPS Texas A&M University (TAMU) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Texas A&M University (TAMU) https://www.tamu.edu/ HTTPS Texas A&M University (TAMU) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Gilbert T. Rowe Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) roweg@tamug.edu http://gerg.tamu.edu/ HTTP Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Mahlon C. Kennicutt II Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) http://gerg.tamu.edu/ HTTP Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Bob J. Presley Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) http://gerg.tamu.edu/ HTTP Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Gary A. Wolff Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) gary@gerg.tamu.edu http://gerg.tamu.edu/ HTTP Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Joan Bernhard Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) http://gerg.tamu.edu/ HTTP Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator John W. Morse Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) morse@ocean.tamu.edu http://gerg.tamu.edu/ HTTP Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Paul Montagna Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) http://gerg.tamu.edu/ HTTP Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Worth D. Nowlin Jr. Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) http://gerg.tamu.edu/ HTTP Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator William Bryant Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) http://gerg.tamu.edu/ HTTP Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Terry L. Wade Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) http://gerg.tamu.edu/ HTTP Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator John McEachran Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) http://gerg.tamu.edu/ HTTP Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Mary Wicksten Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) http://gerg.tamu.edu/ HTTP Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Texas A&M University (TAMU) https://www.tamu.edu/ HTTPS Texas A&M University (TAMU) website Institution web page information contributor Wolff, Gary A. Texas A&M University (TAMU) gary@gerg.tamu.edu https://www.tamu.edu/ HTTPS Texas A&M University (TAMU) website Institution web page information author Texas A&M University https://www.tamu.edu/ HTTPS Texas A&M University (TAMU) website Institution web page information author tableDigital 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. To gain better knowledge of the benthic communities of the deep Gulf of Mexico. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian accessLevel: public otherRestrictions Cite as: Wolff, Gary A.; Texas A&M University (2005). Data collected in support of the Minerals Management Service-supported Deepwater Program: Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Habitat and Benthic Ecology, 1999 - 2003. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/MMS-Deepwater-Program. Accessed [date]. Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives. otherRestrictions Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose. Rowe GT, Kennicutt MC II (Texas A&M University, College Station, TX). 2002. Deepwater program: northern Gulf of Mexico continental slope habitats and benthic ecology; interim report, Year 2. New Orleans (LA): US Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service. 153 p. Obligation No.: 1435-01-99-CT-30991. Report No.: OCS Study MMS 2002-063. URL: https://espis.boem.gov/Final%20Reports/3086.pdf 2002 publication https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GOVPUB-I-534a4ea57d3631107d4c7dba39d8159f HTTPS https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GOVPUB-I-534a4ea57d3631107d4c7dba39d8159f program report information Rowe, GT Texas A&M University, College Station, TX author Kennicutt MC II Texas A&M University, College Station, TX author US Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service publisher documentDigital OCS Study MMS 2002-063 153 p. Obligation No.: 1435-01-99-CT-30991 crossReference program Wolff G, Rowe G, Kennicutt M, Presley B, Bernhard J, Morse J, Montagna P, Nowlin W, Bryant W, Wade T (2023). The Deepwater Program: Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Habitat and Benthic Ecology - DgoMB: Isopods. Version 1.0. United States Geological Survey. Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt-obis.gbif.us/resource?r=dgomb_isopods&v=1.0 2023 publication Version 1.0 dgomb_isopods&v=1.0 https://ipt-obis.gbif.us/resource?r=dgomb_isopods&v=1.0 HTTPS https://ipt-obis.gbif.us/resource?r=dgomb_isopods&v=1.0 related dataset download Gilbert T. Rowe Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) roweg@tamug.edu http://gerg.tamu.edu/ HTTP Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Mahlon C. Kennicutt II Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) http://gerg.tamu.edu/ HTTP Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Bob J. Presley Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) http://gerg.tamu.edu/ HTTP Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Gary A. Wolff Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) gary@gerg.tamu.edu http://gerg.tamu.edu/ HTTP Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Joan Bernhard Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) http://gerg.tamu.edu/ HTTP Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator John W. Morse Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) morse@ocean.tamu.edu http://gerg.tamu.edu/ HTTP Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Paul Montagna Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) http://gerg.tamu.edu/ HTTP Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Worth D. Nowlin Jr. Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) http://gerg.tamu.edu/ HTTP Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator William Bryant Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) http://gerg.tamu.edu/ HTTP Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Terry L. Wade Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) http://gerg.tamu.edu/ HTTP Texas A&M Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (TAMU GERG) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator United States Geological Survey publisher Samplingevent dataset crossReference program Rowe, G. T., & Kennicutt, M. C. (2008). Introduction to the Deep Gulf of Mexico Benthos Program. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 55(24–26), 2536–2540. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.09.002 2008-12 publication International DOI Foundation (IDF) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.09.002 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.09.002 HTTPS https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.09.002 related journal article information Rowe, Gilbert T. author Kennicutt, Mahlon C. author Elsevier BV publisher documentDigital Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 55(24-26) ISSN 0967-0645, pp. 2536-2540 crossReference sciencePaper eng; USA utf8 environment oceans geoscientificInformation biota -98.42 -85 23.4 37.5 1999-08-01 2003-08-01 Note: Preliminary metadata for this dataset was extracted from a legacy database maintained by the U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). The design of the database did not exactly reflect the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM). 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NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015. 2015-04-22T00:00:00 asNeeded Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian ADCP ADCP Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler The Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measures currents beneath a ship while underway. Sound signals sent from the moving ship bounce back to receivers aboard the ship. This provides a profile of water movement relative to the ship-precise modern navigation, allowing the ship's motion to be subtracted from the data. These devices are also used on moorings and profilers and, along with acoustic backscattering, measure animal biomass. Particles in the path of the sound waves, mostly plankton, reflect a small part of the sound energy back toward receivers, allowing researchers to make remote estimates of the sizes and numbers of animals present in the water column. Before the 1970's, the most technologically advanced instrument used to measure water velocity was known as a Doppler speed log. This evolved into the first commercial ADCP, produced in the mid-1970's, which used averaging. Later in the 1970's, the first vessel-mounted ADCP was developed to measure water velocity more accurately and to allow measurement in range cells over a depth profile. As instruments evolved, so did new techniques in Doppler signal processing. Initially, Doppler speed logs used simple analog signal processing methods, which are still used in some commercial speed logs today. However, the first ADCPs incorporated analog-to-digital signal conversion over a narrow communication bandwidth. Around 1990, this technique was developed into broadband signal processing. Since then, broadband ADCPs have been able to generate very accurate, real-time velocity measurements. bottle bottle any type of water bottle sampling device Generic name for water collection device; usually used to determine temperature, salinity and provide water aliquots for measurement of a wide range of parameters; often referred to by a specific type of water sampling bottle, such as a Nansen or Niskin bottle. buoy - moored buoy buoy - moored buoy a moored buoy does not measure anything. it is a platform for instruments, which do measure things. corer corer submersible, hydraulic rotary coring drill CTD CTD Conductivity-Temperature-Depth probe fluorometer fluorometer fluorometer photograph photograph still images used as the basis for making parameter determinations SeaWiFS SeaWiFS Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor The purpose of the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) Project is to provide quantitative data on global ocean bio-optical properties to the Earth science community. Subtle changes in ocean color signify various types and quantities of marine phytoplankton (microscopic marine plants), the knowledge of which has both scientific and practical applications. The SeaWiFS Project will develop and operate a research data system that will process, calibrate, validate, archive and distribute data received from an Earth-orbiting ocean color sensor. The SeaStar spacecraft, developed by OSC, carries the SeaWiFS instrument and was launched to low Earth orbit on board an extended Pegasus launch vehicle on August 1, 1997. The SeaWiFS instrument will be the only scientific payload on the SeaStar spacecraft. OSC has the sole responsibility for the development, launch, and command and control of the satellite. The development of the SeaWiFS instrument was subcontracted to Hughes/SBRC, but OSC maintains ultimate responsibility for the instrument. The SeaWiFS instrument consists of an optical scanner and an electronics module. (From: http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/SeaWiFS/BACKGROUND/SEAWIFS_BACKGROUND.html) sediment sampler - corer sediment sampler - corer sediment coring device gravity or other coring device used to collect surfacial and near-surficial sediment samples transmissometer transmissometer transmissometer Instrument used to measure transmissivity in NODC File Alias F022. trawl trawl A fishing net that is dragged behind a boat. A wide range of demersal (bottom) or pelagic (mid-water) species of fish are taken by this fishing method which entails one or a pair of vessels towing a large bag-shaped net either along the seafloor or in mid-water. FIXED PLATFORM OF UNITED STATES FIXED PLATFORM OF UNITED STATES GYRE Flag: United States Vessel Type: Oceanographic Research IMO: 7318999 DOB: 1973-10