Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Arctic Research related to Ocean Acidification (MN00E5V)
Principal Investigator(s): Lisa Robbins
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: CO2, Environmental Data: CTD, Environmental Data: pH, Geochemical: Experiments (geochemical), Geochemical: Surveys (geochemical), Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Chemistry
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Establish baseline values for regional carbon flux between sea and air.
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: Saint Petersburg, Florida
End Port/Location: Pensacola, Florida
Start Date: 2012-02-15
End Date: 2012-02-24
Equipment Used: Flow-Through Seawater Analyzer (pCO2), Flow-Through Seawater Analyzer (pH) , GPS , Rosette, Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Logger/Probe, Sonde sensor
Information to be Derived: DIC, pCO2, pH, Alkalinity, d18O, d13C, dD, T, S, Chlorophyll.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
Location:
Two transects in the Gulf of Mexico. One transect extends across the shelf from Panama City and over the DeSoto Canyon. The second transect is located to the south of Mobile Bay.
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 31.34321903 | South: 23.02362249 | West: -99.0955 | East: -80.03296733 |
Platform(s):
Leased Vessel |
Robbins, L.L., Knorr, P.O., Daly, K.L., Barrera, K.E., 2014, USGS field activities 12BHM01, 12BHM02, 12BHM03, 12BHM04, and 12BHM05 on the west Florida Shelf, in February, April, May, June, and August 2012: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 883, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds883.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flow-Through Seawater Analyzer (pCO2) | --- | CO2 Experiments (geochemical) Surveys (geochemical) | 2012_February_Aft_CO2 (Aft system CO2) |
| Flow-Through Seawater Analyzer (pH) | --- | pH Experiments (geochemical) Surveys (geochemical) | 2012_February_Aft_pH (Aft system pH) |
| GPS | --- | Navigation | 2012_February_Navigation (Survey navigation) |
| Rosette | --- | Chemistry | 2012_February_Discrete_Samples_Station (Station discrete samples) 2012_February_Discrete_Samples_Surface (Surface discrete samples) |
| Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Logger/Probe | --- | CTD | |
| Sonde sensor | --- | CO2 Temperature pH | 2012_February_Surface_Sonde (Sonde Measurements) |
