Dataset: ScanFish Optical Plankton Counter (OPC) data from R/V Pelican cruises PE03-NGOMEX, PE04-NGOMEX, PE06-NGOMEX, PE07-NGOMEX, PE09-05, and PE11-06 in the Northern Gulf of Mexico between 2003 and 2010

Final no updates expectedDOI: 10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.749700Version 1 (2018-09-12)Dataset Type:Cruise Results

Principal Investigator: Michael R. Roman (University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science)

Co-Principal Investigator: William C. Boicourt (University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science)

Co-Principal Investigator, Contact: Klaus B. Huebert (University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science)

Co-Principal Investigator: James J. Pierson (University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


Program: Gulf of Mexico - Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (GoMX - DHOS)

Project: NGOMEX - Living Marine Resources of the Northern Gulf of Mexico (GoMX - NGOMEX)


Abstract

An optical plankton counter (OPC) and CTD mounted to a ScanFish platform were towed and undulated behind the R/V Pelican during cruises PE03-NGOMEX, PE04-NGOMEX, PE06-NGOMEX, PE07-NGOMEX, PE09-05, and PE11-06 in the Northern Gulf of Mexico between 2003 and 2010. CTD and MIDAS data were synchronized and merged with simultaneously collected OPC data and aggregated into 1 second time bins. Bottom depth was obtained from the NOAA NCEI coastal relief model.

Subsets of these data were published in the papers listed in the "Related Resources" section.

Related dataset:
* Pump mesozooplankton samples: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/746107


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Results

Kimmel, D. G., Boicourt, W. C., Pierson, J. J., Roman, M. R., & Zhang, X. (2009). A comparison of the mesozooplankton response to hypoxia in Chesapeake Bay and the northern Gulf of Mexico using the biomass size spectrum. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 381, S65–S73. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2009.07.012
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Kimmel, D. G., Boicourt, W. C., Pierson, J. J., Roman, M. R., & Zhang, X. (2010). The vertical distribution and diel variability of mesozooplankton biomass, abundance and size in response to hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico USA. Journal of Plankton Research, 32(8), 1185–1202. doi:10.1093/plankt/fbp136
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Pierson, J. J., Roman, M. R., Kimmel, D. G., Boicourt, W. C., & Zhang, X. (2009). Quantifying changes in the vertical distribution of mesozooplankton in response to hypoxic bottom waters. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 381, S74–S79. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2009.07.013
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Roman, M. R., Pierson, J. J., Kimmel, D. G., Boicourt, W. C., & Zhang, X. (2012). Impacts of Hypoxia on Zooplankton Spatial Distributions in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Estuaries and Coasts, 35(5), 1261–1269. doi:10.1007/s12237-012-9531-x
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Zhang, H., Ludsin, S. A., Mason, D. M., Adamack, A. T., Brandt, S. B., Zhang, X., … Boicourt, W. C. (2009). Hypoxia-driven changes in the behavior and spatial distribution of pelagic fish and mesozooplankton in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 381, S80–S91. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2009.07.014