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Salinity, temperature, oxygen, sediment characterization, hydrocarbon characterization, heavy metal contaminant concentration, total organic carbon, porewater chemistry, and infaunal taxonomic identifications and counts collected during the Gulf of Mexico Comprehensive Synthetic Based Muds Monitoring Program between July 29, 2000 and May 20, 2002 (NCEI Accession 0069470)

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The objective of this study was to assess the fate and physical, chemical, and biological effects of synthetic based drilling mud cuttings discharged from offshore platforms on the benthic environment of the Gulf of Mexico continental shelf and slope.

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0069470 BENTHIC SPECIES - TAXA COUNTS CARBON - TOTAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - SEDIMENT CONDUCTIVITY DISSOLVED OXYGEN HABITAT - BENTHIC HABITAT - SEDIMENT SIZE NITRATE NITRITE NUTRIENTS OXYGEN - DISSOLVED GAS - BOTTOM WATER phosphate SEDIMENT - GRAIN SIZE SEDIMENT - HYDROCARBON CONTENT SEDIMENT - pH SEDIMENT - POREWATER CHEMISTRY SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT Sulfate (SO4 2-) Sulfite (SO3 2-) TRACE METALS WATER TEMPERATURE CTD sediment sampler - corer sediment sieve thermometer benthic chemical geological pore water chemistry water chemistry J. W. POWELL Continental Shelf Associates, Inc CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. Gulf of Mexico Comprehensive Synthetic Based Muds Monitoring Program Gulf of Mexico oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRITE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NUTRIENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ORGANIC CARBON EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PHOSPHATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth GRANULOMETRIC SIEVES SEDIMENT CORERS > SEDIMENT CORERS THERMOMETERS > THERMOMETERS J. W. POWELL (call sign: WBA4695, ICES code: 32UK) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO

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