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Marine toxic substances and pollutants data from the CARIPOL petroleum pollution monitoring project in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and South American waters from 1980-07-16 to 1989-05-03

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Marine toxic substance and pollutants data were collected using sediment corer and other instruments in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and South American waters from NOAA Ship RESEARCHER and other platforms from 16 July 1980 to 03 May 1989. Data were submitted by Donald K. Atwood of NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory. The data were collected by many institutes in the United States, Caribbean, Central and South America with support from the CARIPOL/MARPOLMON project. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Marine Toxic Substances and Pollutants Data (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.

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corer sediment sampler - grab tide gauge visual analysis chemical geological profile sediment analysis visual observation AKADEMIK KURCHATOV ALMIRANTE IRIZAR BELLOWS BUCCO REEF2 CARIBE CHAGUARAMAS CRAWFORD ENDEAVOR GALATEA GALATEA GALEOTA JUSTO SIERRA LANCHA MAKO 20 MARSEP I MEDUSA MORUGA MULTIPLE SHIPS OF UNITED STATES MUREX NEREIDA NOAA Ship David Starr Jordan NOAA Ship Researcher PEZMAR PLYMOUTH PROGRESO I PUMA R/V Kanawa RESACA SIKORSKY TATAGUA TRITON ULISSE UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF BARBADOS UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF BONAIRE UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF CAYMAN ISLANDS UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF COLOMBIA UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF COSTA RICA UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF GREECE UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF MEXICO UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF UNITED STATES UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF VENEZUELA USS Triton USS WASP WASP XIPHIAS XIPHIAS Academy of Sciences of Cuba Argentina Antarctic Institute Bureau of Mines and Hydrocarbons Caribbean Industrial Research Institute Cayman Islands Mosquito Research and Control Unit Center for Oceanographic and Hydrographic Research of the Caribbean Centre for Research and Environmental Geosciences Education Curaçao Public Health Service Dade County School System Department of Science and Technology Florida Institute of Oceanography Institute of Marine Affairs Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología Jamaica Natural Resources Conservation Division McGill University, Bellairs Research Institute National Park Foundation National Taiwan University NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center Oceanographic Institute of Venezuela Oceanology Institute of Cuba Simon Bolivar University Universidad Nacional de Mexico, Instituto de Geofisica University of Costa Rica University of Oriente - Santiago de Cuba University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Department of Marine Sciences University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez University of South Florida University of South Florida St. Petersburg University of the West Indies University of Thessaloniki US Department of the Interior NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory CARIPOL Marine Pollution Research and Monitoring Program (CARIPOL/MARPOLMON) Aegean Sea Arabian Sea Caribbean Sea Gulf of California Gulf of Mexico Gulf of Oman Mediterranean Sea North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean Northwestern Passages South Atlantic Ocean South Pacific Ocean Southern Ocean oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC > Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/OAR/AOML > Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, OAR, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOI > U.S. Department of the Interior EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > HYDROCARBONS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > THERMOCLINE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SEA STATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE PERIOD EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES > TIDAL HEIGHT CURRENT METERS GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS > GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS GRAB SAMPLERS HYDROMETERS > HYDROMETERS SALINOMETERS SEDIMENT CORERS > SEDIMENT CORERS TIDE GAUGES > TIDE GAUGES SUBMARINE Ships AKADEMIK KURCHATOV (call sign: UBLF, ICES code: 90AU) ALMIRANTE IRIZAR (ICES code: 08AI) BELLOWS (ICES code: 318B, 1971-2016) BUCCO REEF2 (ICES code: TTAA) CARIBE (ICES code: 32RV) CHAGUARAMAS (ICES code: TTAE) CRAWFORD (ICES code: 31CF) DAVID STARR JORDAN (call sign: WTDK, ICES code: 31JD, 1966-2010) ENDEAVOR (call sign: WCE5063, ICES code: 32EV, 1976-) GALATEA (ICES code: 22GA) GALATEA (ICES code: 32GA) GALEOTA (ICES code: TTAB) JUSTO SIERRA (ICES code: 57AC) KANAWA (ICES code: TTAH) LANCHA (ICES code: 57AB) MAKO 20 (ICES code: TTAG) MARSEP I (ICES code: 57AD) MEDUSA (call sign: EEQG, ICES code: 3188) MORUGA (ICES code: TTAF) MUREX (ICES code: JAAA) NEREIDA (ICES code: 22AA) PEZMAR (ICES code: 32WZ) PLYMOUTH (ICES code: TTAD) PROGRESO I (ICES code: CUPG) PUMA (ICES code: 57AE) RESACA (ICES code: CUAD) Researcher (call sign: WTER, ICES code: 3175, 1970-1987) SIKORSKY (ICES code: TTAC) TATAGUA (ICES code: CUAE) TRITON (ICES code: 329I, 1959-1969) TRITON (ICES code: CUAC) ULISSE (call sign: ILTD, ICES code: 35UL) WASP (ICES code: 3152) WASP (ICES code: TTAP) XIPHIAS (ICES code: 32XI) XIPHIAS (ICES code: CUAF) OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > MEDITERRANEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > ARABIAN SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

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describedByType	application/octet-steam
identifier	gov.noaa.nodc:CARIPOL
issued	2002-11-19T00:00:00.000+00:00
landingPage	https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
language	[]
references	[ "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0189890" ]
rights	otherRestrictions
spatial	58.9,-77.42,-112.83,40.98
temporal	1979-02-05T00:00:00+00:00/1989-05-03T00:00:00+00:00

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