A research program has been initiated by the Minerals Management Service (Contract No. 1435-01-99-CT-30991) to gain better knowledge of the benthic communities of the deep Gulf of Mexico entitled "The Deepwater Program: Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Habitat and Benthic Ecology." Increasing exploration and exploitation of fossil hydrocarbon resources in the deep-sea prompted the Minerals Management Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior to support an investigation of the structure and function of the assemblages of organisms that live in association with the sea floor in the deep-sea. The program, Deep Gulf of Mexico Benthos or DGoMB, is studying the northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) continental slope from water depths of 300 meters on the upper continental slope out to greater than 3,000 meters water depth seaward of the base of the Sigsbee and Florida Escarpments. The study is focused on areas that are the most likely targets of future resource exploration and exploitation.
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| Title | Acoustic doppler current meter data collected in support of the Minerals Management Service-supported Deep Water Program in the the Gulf of Mexico, 1999 - 2003 (NCEI Accession 0002196) |
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| Description | A research program has been initiated by the Minerals Management Service (Contract No. 1435-01-99-CT-30991) to gain better knowledge of the benthic communities of the deep Gulf of Mexico entitled "The Deepwater Program: Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Habitat and Benthic Ecology." Increasing exploration and exploitation of fossil hydrocarbon resources in the deep-sea prompted the Minerals Management Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior to support an investigation of the structure and function of the assemblages of organisms that live in association with the sea floor in the deep-sea. The program, Deep Gulf of Mexico Benthos or DGoMB, is studying the northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) continental slope from water depths of 300 meters on the upper continental slope out to greater than 3,000 meters water depth seaward of the base of the Sigsbee and Florida Escarpments. The study is focused on areas that are the most likely targets of future resource exploration and exploitation. |
| Modified | 2025-11-19T15:21:48.005Z |
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| Keywords | 0002196 , CURRENT METER - EAST-WEST COMPONENT (U) , CURRENT METER - NORTH-SOUTH COMPONENT (V) , DEPTH - BOTTOM , DEPTH - SENSOR , ADCP , buoy - moored buoy , physical , profile , time series , FIXED PLATFORM OF UNITED STATES , GYRE , Texas A&M University , Texas A&M University , Deepwater Program: Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Habitats and Benthic Ecology , Gulf of Mexico , oceanography , DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , DGOMB > DEEPWATER PROG: N. GULF OF MEXICO CONT. SLOPE HABITATS & BENTHIC ECOLOGY , EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH , EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS , ADCP > Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler , FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS > FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS , Ships , GYRE (ICES code: 32GY) , OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA , OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO , environment , oceans |
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