Abstract
This dataset contains the abundance and distribution of marine snow, phytoplankton, zooplankton, and larval fish, along with environmental parameters, collected aboard several research vessels (RV Weatherbird II, MV Specialty Diver, RV Gordon Gunter) in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico from 2010-05-12 to 2010-09-16. A high speed Dalsa Piranha-2 line-scan camera and a pseudo-collimated LED generated light sheet was used to image the shadows and outlines of resolvable particles that passed through a 100 cm2 field of view. The operational optical resolution of the system was ~65 um. The camera was towed at speeds between 2-3 knots in an oblique profile through the water column, spending approximately equal amounts of time at each meter of depth between the surface and 300 m. The dataset contains the dates, latitudes and longitudes of the sampling location. The cruise documentation was provided for the RV Weatherbird II (SMP75100), MV Specialty Diver (SD01), RV Gordon Gunter (GG1002). The cruises were led by chief scientist Dr. Andrew Remsen.
Purpose
To quantify the abundance and distribution of plankton in relation to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Keywords
larval fish, zooplankton, phytoplankton, detritus, marine snow, plankton, abundance, density, distribution, SIPPER
UDI
R6.x805.000:0116
Date
8-27-2020 12:00 AM
Point of Contact
Daly, Kendra
University of South Florida
College of Marine Science
140 7th Ave South
St. Petersburg , FL 33701
USA
kdaly@usf.edu
Funding Source
RFP-VI
Start of Data Collection
5-12-2010
End of Data Collection
9-16-2010
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7266/VN3B5A0P
Rights Information
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication 1.0 License.
Scholar Commons Citation
Daly, Kendra L.; Remsen, Andrew W.; and Kramer, Kurt, "Shadowed Image Particle Profiling Evaluation Recorder (SIPPER) plankton and marine snow abundance and distribution data collected aboard multiple research cruises in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico from 2010-05-12 to 2010-09-16" (2020). C-IMAGE data. 87.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cimage_data/87
Comments
Data and metadata is made available by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC) through a CC0 license in compliance with the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI). The original dataset landing pages may be accessed at GRIIDC’s dataset monitoring webpage.
Data users are encouraged to contact the originating investigator prior to data use and provide appropriate credit.