GulfCet Cruise 05 Hydrographic Data: XBT, CTD, and Niskin Bottle Data from May 23-June 5, 1993 Cruise on R/V PELICAN

摘要

The data presented in this report were collected to satisfy, in part, theobjectives of Mineral Management Service (MMS) contract number 14-35-0001-30619, Distribution and Abundance of Marine Mammals in the North-Central and Western Gulf of Mexico. This program includes aerial, acoustic, visual, and hydrographic surveys, a sperm whale tagging and tracking program, and a remote sensing survey. This MMS program, named GulfCet, is designed to ascertain the distribution, abundance, seasonality, and movement patterns of cetaceans along the continental slope from the Florida-Alabama border to the Texas-Mexico border between the 1000 and 2000 meter isobaths. The GulfCet program participates in four TAMU sponsored cruises per year, one cruise per season, for two of the three years of the contract period. These data were collected on the fifth TAMU GulfCet cruise, a thirteen day spring cruise, May 23-June 4, 1993, aboard the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) ship, R/V Pelican. This cruise had a threefold purpose: a visual survey of marine mammals, a continuously recording acoustic survey, and a hydrographic survey. Data from the hydrographic survey are presented in this report.