Blue Latitudes provided analysis of two ROV-based benthic surveys conducted on and around platform infrastructure reefed on the seafloor. These surveys were conducted in December 2020 within lease blocks East Cameron 270A (EC-270A) and South Marsh Island 205B (SM-205B), located in the northern Gulf of Mexico mesophotic zone (30-300 m) between Geyer Bank and Pinnacles Trend. The data includes diversity and abundance for corals and sponges. Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities Restoration: Coral Propagation Techniques (CPT) Project funded the annotations and performed a quality assurance/quality check prior to submitting the data to NCEI. The annotation data is formatted into two Excel spreadsheets, one for each site.
About this Dataset
| Title | Oil rig and platform reefing in the Gulf of Mexico from 2020-12-23 to 2020-12-25 (NCEI Accession 0269002) |
|---|---|
| Description | Blue Latitudes provided analysis of two ROV-based benthic surveys conducted on and around platform infrastructure reefed on the seafloor. These surveys were conducted in December 2020 within lease blocks East Cameron 270A (EC-270A) and South Marsh Island 205B (SM-205B), located in the northern Gulf of Mexico mesophotic zone (30-300 m) between Geyer Bank and Pinnacles Trend. The data includes diversity and abundance for corals and sponges. Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities Restoration: Coral Propagation Techniques (CPT) Project funded the annotations and performed a quality assurance/quality check prior to submitting the data to NCEI. The annotation data is formatted into two Excel spreadsheets, one for each site. |
| Modified | 2025-11-19T16:29:59.967Z |
| Publisher Name | N/A |
| Contact | N/A |
| Keywords | 0269002 , CORAL , HABITAT , species abundance , SPONGE SPECIES IDENTIFICATION , line transect sampling , video camera , visual analysis , biological , in situ , survey - biological , survey - coral reef , NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science , Deepwater Horizon oil spill event (DWH) , Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities (MDBC) , Natural Resources Damage Assessment Process (NRDA Process) , Gulf of Mexico , oceanography , DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , MDBC > Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities , Marine Spatial Ecology > Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments , OOTIG , Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group , EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > SPONGES , EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES > COASTAL LANDFORMS > CORAL REEFS , Field Observation , Abundance , Antipathes sp. , Artificial substrate , Condition , Coral , Coral species present , Demospongiae , Depth , Diversity , Ellisella sp. , Mesophotic , Oculina sp. , Oil platform , Sponge , Sponge species present , Stichopathes sp. , Line Transect Sampling , VIDEO CAMERA > VIDEO CAMERA , ROV , HOS Bayou , OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA , OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO , U.S. States and Territories > Louisiana , Waterbodies > Gulf of Mexico , BPT273 , environment , oceans , biota |
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