This data collection includes profile data containing temperature and salinity collected in support of this research program to gain better knowledge of the benthic communities of the deep Gulf of Mexico, 1999 - 2002. Funding provided by USDI/MMS Contract No. 1435-01-99-CT-30991 for the US Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service-sponsored program entitled 'The Deepwater Program: Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Habitat and Benthic Ecology'. Principal Investigators: Dr. Gilbert T. Rowe, Dr. Mahlon C. Kennicutt, Dr. Bob J. Presley, Dr. Gary A. Wolff, Dr. Joan Bernhard, et. al. Original title provided by data contributor in the included FGDC description for these data is "CTD Cast Data ".

A Minerals Management Service (MMS) program entitled Survey of Deepwater Currents in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, awarded to Evans-Hamilton, Inc. This data set includes physical oceanographic data from CTD and ADCP moorings deployed in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico from January 19, 2005 to January 28, 2006. The data are in ASCII forms subjected to quality control and quality assurance procedures.

This data collection includes profile data containing temperature, salinity and associated variables collected in support of this research program to gain better knowledge of the benthic communities of the deep Gulf of Mexico, 1999 - 2002. Funding provided by USDI/MMS Contract No. 1435-01-99-CT-30991 for the US Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service-sponsored program entitled The Deepwater Program: Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Habitat and Benthic Ecology. Principal investigators: Dr. Gilbert T. Rowe, Dr. Mahlon C. Kennicutt, Dr. Bob J. Presley, Dr. Gary A. Wolff, Dr. Joan Bernhard, et. al.

This dataset contains files produced by CTD casts from the R/V Point Sur during MDBC expedition PS-23-23. The ship conducted fourteen CTD casts at multiple mesophotic sites in the depth range from 53 to 102 meters in northeastern Gulf of Mexico during the time period 2023-05-17 to 2023-05-24. Plots of the CTD data and coordinate locations are also included.

Physical, chemical, and other data were collected using trawl, SeaWifs and other instruments from the GYRE from the Gulf of Mexico. Data were collected from August 1, 1999 to August 1, 2002. Data were submitted by the Texas A&M University as part of the Deepwater project.

This dataset contains CTD rosette sensor files collected from casts aboard R/V Point Sur during MDBC Cruise PS-24-10. The ship conducted CTD casts at multiple sites in the depth range from 59 to 101 meters in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico during the time period 2023-10-09 to 2023-10-18. The CTD survey resulted in sixteen total casts. Plots of the CTD data and coordinate locations are also included.

This dataset includes measurements of hydrocarbons in bottom sediments and hydrocarbons and trace metals in benthic fauna. These data were collected as part of the Georges Bank Monitoring Program (Year II). Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Marine Toxic Substances and Pollutants (F144) format. The F144 format contains data on ambient concentrations of toxic substances and other pollutants in the marine environment. The data derive from laboratory analyses of samples of water, sediment, or marine organisms. Samples may have been collected near marine discharge sites or during ocean monitoring surveys of large areas. Field observations of tar deposits on beaches may also be reported. Survey information includes platform type, start and end dates, and investigator and institution. If data are collected near a discharge site, discharge location, depth, distance to shore, average volume, and other characteristics are reported. Position, date, time and environmental conditions are reported for each sample station. Environmental data may include meteorological and sea surface conditions, tide stage and height, depth of the thermocline or mixed layer surface temperature and salinity, and wave height and periods. Sample characteristics, collection methods, and laboratory techniques are reported for each sample collected and analyzed. The data record comprises concentration values (or a code to indicate trace amounts) for each chemical substance analyzed. Chemical substances are identified by codes based on the registry numbers assigned by the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) of the American Chemical Society. Marine organisms from which samples have been taken are identified using the 12-digit NODC Taxonomic Code. A text record is available for optional comments.

This dataset contains files produced by CTD rosette casts from the R/V Point Sur during the MDBC expedition PS-23-09. The ship conducted 58 CTD casts. Plots of the CTD data are also included. Data was collected from deep sites in northeastern Gulf of Mexico from 2022-09-08 to 2022-09-26.

Physical and profile oceanographic data were collected aboard the ENDEAVOR in the Gulf of Mexico from 2010-06-17 to 2010-06-30 in response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill event on April 20, 2010, by the Subsurface Monitoring Unit (SMU), which consisted of multiple government and corporate agencies. These data include temperature. The instruments used to collect these data included CTD along with other physical sampling devices. More specific information about each dataset is located in their individual metadata records. The CTD data underwent preliminary quality assurance and control procedures at the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC). Cruise level information consisting of data management documents, cruise reports and plans, videos and pictures, and other miscellaneous documentation were gathered by the data managers.

In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill occurred in the Gulf of Mexico and the Natural Resources Damage Assessment (NRDA) was initiated to determine the extent of damage to the resources and habitat of the area impacted by the spill. The Southeast Fisheries Science Center Mississippi Laboratories has collected standardized data in the Gulf of Mexico since the 1980s through various fisheries resource surveys. These data were provided to the NRDA for inclusion as a baseline dataset on the health of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem prior to the oil spill.