Field Activity 2023-632-FA

Identifier 2023-632-FA
Purpose Evaluate deep sea and mesophotic coral habitats impacted and reference sites in the northern Gulf of Mexico in response to the 2010 DWH Oil Spill.
Location Gulf of Mexico
Info derived CTD operations (instrumental and discrete water sampling) at known impacted and reference sites in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
Comments Vessel: NOAA Ship Nancy Foster
Projects
Platform
Nancy Foster
Length 187 feet; beam 40 feet; draft 12.8 feet.
Vehicles
None
Itinerary
Start Pascagoula, MS 2023-07-30
End Pascagoula, MS 2023-10-17
Days in the field 50
Bounds
West -97.91032478
East -81.73598918
North 31.95216224
South 24.20688962

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Nancy G Prouty
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Joanne C. T Ferreira
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Randy Clark (NOAA)

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Sampling
Data type: CTD, Nutrients, Chemistry

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
CTD_SeaBird CTD (no data reported)
Nutrient sampler Chlorophyll, Nutrients (no data reported)
Hand-grab sample Biology, Chemistry, Geology (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity