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Physical, chemical and biological data from the NOAA Marine EcoSystems Analysis Program (MESA) Puget Sound project from 1965 through 1986
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 in Puget Sound, Washington, between 1965 and 1986. These data were collected 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 NOAA Marine EcoSystems Analysis Program (MESA) Puget Sound project.
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AIR TEMPERATURE
AIR TEMPERATURE - DRY BULB
AIR TEMPERATURE - WET BULB
AMMONIA (NH3)
ANIMALS - GROUP - BEHAVIOR
ANIMALS - GROUP - NUMBER IN GROUP
ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL
ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - AGE
ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - BEHAVIOR
ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - CAUSE OF DEATH
ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - COUNTS
ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - DIVE TIMES
ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - MARKS OR TAGS
ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - RELATIVE POSITION
ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - STOMACH CONTENTS
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
BIRDS
BOTTOM TYPE
CARBON ASSIMILATION
CARBON ASSIMILATION - INTEGRATED
CAS (CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS SERVICE) PARAMETER CODES
CATCH STATISTICS
CATCH STATISTICS - AVERAGES
CATCH STATISTICS - DETAILS
CHLOROPHYLL A
CHLOROPHYLL A - INTEGRATED
CHLOROPHYLL A CONCENTRATION
cloud amount/frequency
cloud type
CONDUCTIVITY
CURRENT DIRECTION
CURRENT METER - DIRECTION
CURRENT METER - EAST-WEST COMPONENT (U)
CURRENT METER - NORTH-SOUTH COMPONENT (V)
CURRENT METER - SPEED
CURRENT SPEED
DEBRIS
DEPTH - OBSERVATION
DEWPOINT
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
FISHERY SURVEY
FISHERY SURVEY - FISHING DURATION
FLUORESCENCE
GLARE
GLARE - DIRECTION
GLARE - TYPE
HABITAT
HABITAT - SEDIMENT SIZE
HABITAT - SURFACE ORGANICS
HABITAT - WAVE ENERGY
HUMAN ACTIVITY
hydrocarbons
HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE
ICE
ICE - CHARACTERISTICS
ICE - COVERAGE
ICE - DEFORMATION
ICE - TYPE
INCUBATION - TEMPERATURE
INCUBATION - TIME
INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - AGE
INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - DISEASES
INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - FIN ROT
INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - GENERAL HEALTH
INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - LENGTH
INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - LESION- LENGTH
INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - LESION- LOCATION
INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - LESION- ORGAN AFFECTED
INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - LESION- WIDTH
INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - PARASITE OCCURRENCE
INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - PIGMENTATION
INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - SEX
INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - SEXUAL MATURITY
INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - WEIGHT
LIFE HISTORY
LIGHT ATTENUATION
LIGHT INTENSITY - LIGHT LEVEL (ABOARD PLATFORM)
LIGHT PENETRATION - ONE PERCENT LIGHT DEPTH
NITRATE
NITRITE
OXYGEN
pH
PHAEOPIGMENTS
phosphate
PHOSPHATE - PO4-P REACTIVE TIME
PHYTOPLANKTON
PHYTOPLANKTON - DRY WEIGHT
PHYTOPLANKTON - WET WEIGHT
PLANT COVER
QUANTA
SALINITY
SALINITY - BOTTOM WATER
SALINITY - SURFACE WATER
SEA HEIGHT
SEA STATE
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
Secchi depth
SEDIMENTS - BEACH SEDIMENT TEMPERATURE
SEDIMENTS - DRY WEIGHT
SEDIMENTS - PARTICLE SIZE FRACTIONS
SEDIMENTS - WEIGHT PERCENT SHELL FRAGMENTS
SIGMA-T
silicate
SOUND VELOCITY
SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT
SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - DRY WEIGHT
SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - LIFE HISTORY
SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - LIFE STAGE
SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - SEX
SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - TOTAL WEIGHT
SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - WET WEIGHT
STOMACH CONTENTS
suspended solids
SWELL HEIGHT
TAXONOMIC CODE
THERMOCLINE DEPTH
TIDE HEIGHT
TIDE STAGE
total alkalinity
TOTAL PHOSPHORUS
TRANSMISSIVITY
turbidity
VISIBILITY
WATER COLOR
WATER DENSITY
water depth
WATER DEPTH - AVERAGE
WATER TEMPERATURE
WATER TRANSPARENCY
WAVE DIRECTION
WAVE ENERGY - SPECTRAL VALUE
WAVE HEIGHT
WAVE HEIGHT - SIGNIFICANT
WAVE PERIOD
WEATHER
WIND DIRECTION
WIND DIRECTION - PREVAILING
WIND FORCE
WIND SPEED
ZOOPLANKTON BIOMASS
bathythermograph - XBT
buoy - moored buoy
chromatograph
CTD
current meter
fluorometer
hydrometer
laboratory analysis
meteorological sensor
mooring
net
net - plankton net
net - zooplankton net
oxygen sensor
pH sensor
photograph
radiometer
refractometer
salinometer
Secchi disk
sediment sampler - corer
sediment sampler - grab
sediment sieve
thermistor
thermometer
tide gauge
transmissometer
trap - sediment
trawl
visual analysis
visual estimate
visual observation
wave sensor
benthic
biological
chemical
continuous
current measurements
laboratory analyses
manual sample collection
meteorological
physical
profile
site samples
surface measurements
survey
survey - biological
time series
tows
trawl
visual observation
AIRCRAFT
COMMANDO
FIXED PLATFORM OF UNITED STATES
FIXED STATIONS OF CANADA
FIXED STATIONS OF UNITED STATES
HAROLD W. STREETER
HOH
HYDAH
MALKA
NOAA Ship Discoverer
NOAA Ship McArthur
NOAA Ship Miller Freeman
NOAA Ship Oceanographer
ONAR
SNOW GOOSE
UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF UNITED STATES
Friday Harbor
NOAA Fisheries Northwest Regional Office
NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
University of Alberta
University of the Pacific, Pacific Marine Station - Dillon Beach
University of Washington
US DOC/NOAA/National Ocean Service - Rockville, MD
US DOC/NOAA/National Ocean Service - Seattle, WA
Western Washington University
Friday Harbor
NOAA Fisheries Northwest Regional Office
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
University of Alberta
University of the Pacific, Pacific Marine Station - Dillon Beach
University of Washington
US DOC/NOAA/National Ocean Service - Rockville, MD
US DOC/NOAA/National Ocean Service - Seattle, WA
Western Washington University
Deep Ocean Mining and Environmental Study (DOMES)
Integrated Global Ocean Services System (IGOSS)
INTERNATIONAL DECADE OF OCEAN EXPLORATION / North Pacific Experiment / Hawaii-Tahiti Shuttle (IDOE/NORPAX/HITIS)
Long-Range Effects Research Program Puget Sound (L-RERP)
Marine Ecosystems Analysis Project - Puget Sound (MESA Puget Sound)
PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND PROJECT
Arctic Ocean
Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia
Gulf of Alaska
North Pacific Ocean
Puget Sound
South Pacific Ocean
oceanography
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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/NOS > National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
DOC/NOAA/OAR/PMEL > Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, OAR, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
DOMES > Deep Ocean Mining Environmental Study
IDOE > International Decade of Ocean Exploration
IGOSS > Integrated Global Ocean Services System
L-RERP > Puget Sound Long-Range Effects Program
MESA > Marine Ecosystems Analysis (Puget Sound) Project
EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > AGRICULTURAL AQUATIC SCIENCES > FISHERIES
EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > ANIMAL SCIENCE > ANIMAL ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT 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 > BIRDS
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PROTISTS > PLANKTON > PHYTOPLANKTON
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > SPECIES LIFE HISTORY
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > ZOOPLANKTON
EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > ATMOSPHERIC/OCEAN INDICATORS > SURFACE SALINITY
EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS
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 > HYDROCARBONS
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRATE
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRITE
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 > FLUORESCENCE
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > OCEAN COLOR
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
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SEA STATE
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT
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 > SEA ICE
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > ICE DEFORMATION
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > ICE EXTENT
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > ICE TYPES
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES > TIDAL HEIGHT
CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
CURRENT METERS
FLUOROMETERS > FLUOROMETERS
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS > GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS
GRAB SAMPLERS
GRANULOMETRIC SIEVES
HYDROMETERS > HYDROMETERS
NETS > NETS
OXYGEN METERS > OXYGEN METERS
PH METERS > PH METERS
PLANKTON NETS
RADIOMETERS
SALINOMETERS
SECCHI DISKS > SECCHI DISKS
SEDIMENT CORERS > SEDIMENT CORERS
THERMISTORS > THERMISTORS
THERMOMETERS > THERMOMETERS
TIDE GAUGES > TIDE GAUGES
TRANSMISSOMETERS
TRAPS > TRAPS
TRAWL
VISUAL OBSERVATIONS > VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs
FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS > FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS
Ships
COMMANDO (ICES code: 31CU)
DISCOVERER (ICES code: 31DS)
HAROLD W. STREETER (ICES code: 32YF)
HOH (ICES code: 31OH)
HYDAH (ICES code: 31H2)
MALKA (ICES code: 32KB)
MCARTHUR (ICES code: 31M4)
MILLER FREEMAN (call sign: WTDM, ICES code: 31FN, 1974-)
OCEANOGRAPHER (ICES code: 31OC)
ONAR (ICES code: 31OA)
SNOW GOOSE (call sign: J8HD9, ICES code: 32GS)
OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN
Complete Metadata
| describedByType | application/octet-steam |
|---|---|
| identifier | gov.noaa.nodc:NOAA-MESA-Puget-Sound |
| issued | 2002-11-19T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| landingPage | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact |
| language | [] |
| references |
[ "https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011397374", "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0189890" ] |
| rights | otherRestrictions |
| spatial | -104.73,-4.45,-175.0,78.27 |
| temporal | 1965-07-03T00:00:00+00:00/1986-09-06T00:00:00+00:00 |