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Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities: Coral Propagation Technique Development (CPT) and Habitat Assessment and Evaluation (HAE) Projects during Expedition PS-22-22 on R/V Point Sur in the Gulf of Mexico

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This dataset collection contains raw (unprocessed) data, including physical, navigational, and biological data, as well as map images, stills, and video files collected during the Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities (MDBC) expedition PS-22-22 aboard R/V Point Sur between 2022-05-31 and 2022-06-11. The data were collected in 2022 as a part of the Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities (MDBC): CPT and HAE Projects. These projects were a few of many selected by the Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group to restore natural resources injured by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Twenty-three remotely operated vehicle (ROV) dives were conducted at twelve sites during the cruise. ROV operations were conducted to sample and survey sites for husbandry and genetics. Live coral fragments were collected for propagation at federal labs. Coral snips were also collected for microbiology, population genetics, taxonomic barcoding, and reproduction data. CTD rosette casts were conducted daily with water sampling for husbandry and environmental DNA, also known as eDNA. Data loggers were deployed to monitor temperature and currents, and one data sensor that had been previously deployed by a separate project to monitor light and temperature parameters was recovered. Highlight videos were collected for outreach and education purposes as well. Additional related processed data products may also be included in this collection as they are submitted to the NCEI archive.

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0277171 CONDUCTIVITY CORAL FLUORESCENCE HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE LATITUDE LIGHT TRANSMISSION LONGITUDE OXYGEN pH PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVE RADIATION (PAR) SALINITY surface irradiance WATER DENSITY water depth WATER TEMPERATURE CTD fluorometer PAR Sensor transmissometer in situ profile POINT SUR Lehigh University NOAA Fisheries NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science NOAA Office of Habitat Conservation NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center United States Geological Survey NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science CORAL REEF STUDIES Deepwater Horizon oil spill event (DWH) Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities (MDBC) Natural Resources Damage Assessment Process (NRDA Process) Coastal Waters of Gulf of Mexico Gulf of Mexico North Atlantic Ocean oceanography DOC/NOAA/NMFS > National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOI/USGS > U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior MDBC > Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities (MDBC) Coral Propagation Technique Development (CPT) Project Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities (MDBC) Habitat Assessment and Evaluation (HAE) Project Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group (OOTIG) PS-22-22 EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > FLUORESCENCE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > IRRADIANCE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > DENSITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > COASTAL LANDFORMS > CORAL REEFS Marine Spatial Ecology > Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments Derived Data Product CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth FLUOROMETERS > FLUOROMETERS PAR SENSORS > Photosynthetically Active Radiation Sensors TRANSMISSOMETERS CTD rosette ROVS > Remotely Operated Vehicle POINT SUR (call sign: WSC2276, ICES code: 32P0, 1980-) ROV Mowhawk OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO Waterbodies > Atlantic Ocean Waterbodies > Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean

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