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Physical, chemical and biological data from the NOAA Marine EcoSystems Analysis Program (MESA) New York Bight project from 1957 through 1984
Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
| Metadata Last Checked: October 04, 2025
| Last Modified: 2023-12-07T00:00:00.000+00:00
This collection consists of physical, chemical, meteorological, and biological data collected for the NOAA Marine EcoSystems Analysis Program (MESA) New York Bight project, between 1973 and 1984. Additional data collected as early as 1957 may have also been used in support of the project. These data were collected in and around the New York Bight located along the coasts of New Jersey and New York, from numerous platforms including ships, boats, aircraft, fixed stations and buoys, as well as by direct human observation and collection. These data were collected by numerous organizations in support of the project.
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AIR TEMPERATURE
AIR TEMPERATURE - DRY BULB
AIR TEMPERATURE - WET BULB
AMMONIA (NH3)
AMMONIUM (NH4)
BACTERIA - BACTERIAL DENSITY
BACTERIA - PLATE COUNTS
BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
BEACH TAR
BEACH TAR - AREA SAMPLED
BEACH TAR - BEACH STATUS
BEACH TAR - INTERTIDAL DISTANCE
BEACH TAR - LENGTH OF SHOREFRONT
BEACH TAR - SEASHORE SURFACE
BEACH TAR - WATERLINE TO SAMPLE DISTANCE
BOTTOM TYPE
CARBON ASSIMILATION - MEAN PHOTIC ZONE
CAROTENOIDS - PLANT
CAS (CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS SERVICE) PARAMETER CODES
CHLOROPHYLL A
CHLOROPHYLL A - MEAN PHOTIC ZONE
CHLOROPHYLL B
CHLOROPHYLL C
cloud amount/frequency
cloud type
CONDUCTIVITY
CURRENT DIRECTION
CURRENT METER - DIRECTION
CURRENT METER - SPEED
CURRENT SPEED
DEPTH - BOTTOM
DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON
DISSOLVED OXYGEN
DYNAMIC DEPTH ANOMALY
EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE DESCRIPTION
EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE DISTANCE TO SHORE
EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE IDENTIFIER
EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE POINT
EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE PRIMARY INDUSTRY
EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE QUANTITY
EFFLUENT - ZONE OF INITIAL DILUTION
FISH CENSUS
FISH SPECIES
FLUORESCENCE
HABITAT - SEDIMENT SIZE
HABITAT - SURFACE ORGANICS
HABITAT - WAVE ENERGY
HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE
INCUBATION - TEMPERATURE
INCUBATION - TIME
INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - FIN ROT
INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - FIN ROT - CAUDAL FIN
INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - FIN ROT - INTERIOR ANAL FIN
INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - FIN ROT - INTERIOR DORSAL FIN
INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - FIN ROT - MIDPORTION ANAL FIN
INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - FIN ROT - MIDPORTION DORSAL FIN
INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - FIN ROT - PECTORAL FIN
INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - FIN ROT - PELVIC FIN
INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - FIN ROT - POSTERIOR ANAL FIN
INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - FIN ROT - POSTERIOR DORSAL FIN
INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - LENGTH
INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - STATE
INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - WEIGHT
IRON - SOLUBLE REACTIVE
LIGHT - PERCENT
LIGHT INTENSITY
LIGHT PENETRATION - ONE PERCENT LIGHT DEPTH
LIGHT TRANSMISSION
MICROSESTON - TOTAL
NITRATE
NITRITE
NITROGEN - PARTICULATE
NUTRIENTS
ORGANIC MATTER - WEIGHT PERCENT
OXYGEN
OXYGEN - AVERAGE SEABED CONSUMPTION
OXYGEN - CONSUMPTION
OXYGEN - DISSOLVED ORGANIC
OXYGEN - PERCENT SATURATION
PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON
PARTICULATE ORGANIC NITROGEN (PON)
pH
PHAEOPHYTIN
PHAEOPIGMENTS
phosphate
PHOSPHATE - TOTAL
PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVE RADIATION (PAR)
PHOTOSYNTHETIC CAPACITY - DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER
PHOTOSYNTHETIC CAPACITY - EXPERIMENT ELAPSED TIME
PHOTOSYNTHETIC CAPACITY - NANOPLANKTON
PHOTOSYNTHETIC CAPACITY - NET PLANKTON
PHOTOSYNTHETIC CAPACITY - PHYTOPLANKTON
PHOTOSYNTHETIC CAPACITY - TOTAL
PHYTOPLANKTON
PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY
PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY - DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER
PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY - ELAPSED TIME
PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY - NANOPLANKTON
PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY - NET PLANKTON
PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY - PHYTOPLANKTON
RADIATION - EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT
RADIATION - TOTAL INCIDENT
SALINITY
SALINITY - BOTTOM WATER
SALINITY - SURFACE WATER
SEA DIRECTION
SEA HEIGHT
SEA STATE
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
Secchi depth
SEDIMENTS
SEDIMENTS - BEACH SEDIMENT TEMPERATURE
SEDIMENTS - ORGANIC CARBON
SEDIMENTS - PARTICLE SIZE FRACTIONS
SEDIMENTS - TOTAL CARBON
SIGMA-T
silicate
SOUND VELOCITY
SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - ASH-FREE WEIGHT
SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT
SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - LIFE STAGE
SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - SEX
SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - WET WEIGHT
suspended solids
SWELL DIRECTION
SWELL HEIGHT
TAXONOMIC CODE
THERMOCLINE DEPTH
TIDE HEIGHT
TIDE STAGE
total alkalinity
TOTAL PHOSPHORUS
TRANSMISSIVITY
turbidity
UREA
VISIBILITY
WATER COLOR
water depth
WATER TEMPERATURE
WATER TRANSPARENCY
WAVE DIRECTION
WAVE HEIGHT
WAVE PERIOD
WEATHER
WIND DIRECTION
WIND DIRECTION - PREVAILING
WIND FORCE
WIND SPEED
ZOOPLANKTON BIOMASS
bathythermograph - XBT
bottle
buoy - non-instrumented drifting device
chromatograph
CTD
current meter
flow meter
fluorometer
hydrometer
laboratory analysis
meteorological sensor
mooring
net
net - plankton net
net - zooplankton net
oxygen sensor
pH sensor
pump sampler
salinometer
Secchi disk
sediment sampler - corer
sediment sampler - grab
spectrophotometer
thermistor
thermometer
thermosalinograph
tide gauge
transmissometer
visual analysis
biological
chemical
continuous
current measurements
geological
laboratory analyses
meteorological
physical
profile
survey - biological
time series
tows
ADVANCE II
AIRCRAFT
ANNANDALE
ATLANTIC TWIN
CAPE HENLOPEN
CHALLENGER
COLUMBUS ISELIN
COMMONWEALTH
DELAWARE
DOLPHIN
EASTWARD
FIXED PLATFORM OF UNITED STATES
FYKE
G. W. PIERCE
GOSNOLD
H. J. W. FAY
JOHNSON
MAKO
NOAA Ship Albatross IV
NOAA Ship Delaware II
NOAA Ship Ferrel
NOAA Ship George B. Kelez
NOAA Ship Mt. Mitchell
NOAA Ship Oregon II
NOAA Ship Researcher
R/V Atlantis
R/V Micmac
R/V ROBERT D. CONRAD
RORQUAL
SUB SIG II
UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF UNITED STATES
USCGC Valiant
USNS James M. Gilliss
USS Albatross
USS Venture
XIPHIAS
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Brookhaven National Laboratory
City University of New York
Dames and Moore, Inc. - Bethesda
Ichthyological Associates Inc.
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Nassau County Department of Health, Bureau of Water Surveillance
NMFS/SEFSC - Beaufort Lab
NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
NOAA Fisheries Northwest Regional Office
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Raytheon Company
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
State University of New York at Stony Brook
United States Geological Survey
US DOC/NOAA/National Ocean Service - Rockville, MD
US DOC/NOAA/NMFS/Cooperative Oxford Laboratory
US DOC/NOAA/NMFS/Northeast Fisheries Science Center - Sandy Hook, NJ/J.J. Howard Laboratory
US Environmental Protection Agency
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Brookhaven National Laboratory
City University of New York
Dames and Moore, Inc. - Bethesda
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Nassau County Department of Health, Bureau of Water Surveillance
NMFS/SEFSC - Beaufort Lab
NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
NOAA Fisheries Northwest Regional Office
State University of New York at Stony Brook
US DOC/NOAA/National Ocean Service - Rockville, MD
US DOC/NOAA/NMFS/Cooperative Oxford Laboratory
US DOC/NOAA/NMFS/Northeast Fisheries Science Center - Sandy Hook, NJ/J.J. Howard Laboratory
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Marine Ecosystems Analysis Project - New York Bight (MESA-NYB)
North East Monitoring Program (NEMP)
Gulf of Panama
New York Bight
oceanography
BIGELOW > Bigelow Laboratory of Ocean Sciences
COLUMBIA/LDEO > Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
CWM/VIMS > Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
DOC/NOAA/NMFS > National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
DOC/NOAA/NMFS/NEFSC > Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 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 > National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
DOC/NOAA/OAR/AOML > Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, OAR, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
DOE/BNL > Brookhaven National Laboratory, U. S. Department of Energy
DOI/USGS > U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior
WHOI > WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION
NEMP > Northeast Monitoring Program
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD FREQUENCY
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD TYPES
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PROTISTS > PLANKTON > PHYTOPLANKTON
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > PHOTOSYNTHESIS
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > PRIMARY PRODUCTION
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > ZOOPLANKTON
EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > ATMOSPHERIC/OCEAN INDICATORS > SURFACE SALINITY
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN ACOUSTICS > ACOUSTIC VELOCITY
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ALKALINITY
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > AMMONIA
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CARBON
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CHLOROPHYLL
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRATE
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRITE
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITROGEN
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NUTRIENTS
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ORGANIC CARBON
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ORGANIC MATTER
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PH
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PHOSPHATE
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PIGMENTS > CHLOROPHYLL
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > SILICATE
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > SUSPENDED SOLIDS
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > ATTENUATION/TRANSMISSION
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > FLUORESCENCE
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > OCEAN COLOR
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > SECCHI DEPTH
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > TURBIDITY
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > THERMOCLINE
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SEA STATE
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SWELLS
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE PERIOD
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE SPEED/DIRECTION
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > DENSITY
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES > TIDAL HEIGHT
CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
CURRENT METERS
DRIFTING BUOYS > DRIFTING BUOYS
FLUOROMETERS > FLUOROMETERS
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS > GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS
GRAB SAMPLERS
HYDROMETERS > HYDROMETERS
NETS > NETS
OPTSPEC > Optical Spectrometer
OXYGEN METERS > OXYGEN METERS
PH METERS > PH METERS
PLANKTON NETS
SALINOMETERS
SECCHI DISKS > SECCHI DISKS
SEDIMENT CORERS > SEDIMENT CORERS
THERMISTORS > THERMISTORS
THERMOMETERS > THERMOMETERS
THERMOSALINOGRAPHS
TIDE GAUGES > TIDE GAUGES
TRANSMISSOMETERS
XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs
FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS > FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS
Ships
ADVANCE II (ICES code: 32AD)
ALBATROSS (ICES code: 31AF)
ALBATROSS IV (call sign: WMVF, ICES code: 31A4, 1963-2008)
ANNANDALE (ICES code: 319Q)
ATLANTIC TWIN (call sign: WY5063, ICES code: 32AW)
ATLANTIS I 1931-9/63 (ICES code: 31AT)
CAPE HENLOPEN (ICES code: 32CW)
CHALLENGER (ICES code: 323H)
COLUMBUS ISELIN (ICES code: 32IC)
COMMONWEALTH (ICES code: 319H)
DELAWARE (ICES code: 31DE)
DELAWARE II (ICES code: 316G)
DOLPHIN (ICES code: 31DP)
EASTWARD (ICES code: 31EZ)
FERREL (call sign: WTEZ, ICES code: 318L, 1968-2002)
FYKE (ICES code: 32FK)
G. B. KELEZ (ICES code: 31KE)
G. W. PIERCE (ICES code: 31PP)
GILLISS (ICES code: 31GI)
GOSNOLD (ICES code: 31GO)
H. J. W. FAY (ICES code: 31FY)
JOHNSON (ICES code: 32JO)
MAKO (ICES code: 32QM)
MICMAC (ICES code: 317J)
MT. MITCHELL (call sign: WTEG, ICES code: 31M7, 1968-1995)
OREGON II (call sign: WTDO, ICES code: 316O, 1977-)
ROBERT D. CONRAD (call sign: WHBA, ICES code: 31RD, 1962-1989)
RORQUAL (ICES code: 31RR)
Researcher (call sign: WTER, ICES code: 3175, 1970-1987)
SUB SIG II (ICES code: 32G8)
VALIANT (ICES code: 31VB)
VENTURE (ICES code: 312X)
XIPHIAS (ICES code: 32XI)
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN
Complete Metadata
| describedByType | application/octet-steam |
|---|---|
| identifier | gov.noaa.nodc:NOAA-MESA-New-York-Bight |
| issued | 2002-11-19T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| landingPage | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact |
| language | [] |
| references |
[ "https://repository.library.noaa.gov/gsearch?terms=New+York+Bight+Project&collection=", "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.ngdc.mgg.geology:G02889", "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0189890" ] |
| rights | otherRestrictions |
| spatial | -71.97,39.37,-74.08,40.75 |
| temporal | 1957-06-19T00:00:00+00:00/1984-04-24T00:00:00+00:00 |