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Oil rig and platform reefing in the Gulf of Mexico from 2020-12-23 to 2020-12-25 (NCEI Accession 0269002)

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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.
  • Cite as: Everett, Ami; Sparks, Amber; Hazelwood, Emily (2023). Oil rig and platform reefing in the Gulf of Mexico from 2020-12-23 to 2020-12-25 (NCEI Accession 0269002). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/tkjr-6k49. Accessed [date].
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Dataset Point of Contact NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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Time Period 2020-12-23 to 2020-12-25
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -92.6623
East: -91.541
South: 27.554
North: 28.4622
Spatial Coverage Map
General Documentation
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2023-02-07
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency As needed
Supplemental Information
Submission Package ID: BPT273
Purpose Dataset purpose: To provide coral and sponge diversity and abundance estimates from ROV locations at 30-300 m depth in the northern Gulf of Mexico. This will assist in identifying previously unknown aggregations of species impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, allowing for identification of healthy stocks of live coral colonies that can be sampled for husbandry, and grown out in the laboratory, as well as indications of habitat use by fish and mobile invertebrate species of interest. Project Purpose: The 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill released approximately 3.2 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), resulting in quantified injury to an area of over 2,000 km2 (770 mi2) of deep-sea benthic habitats surrounding the wellhead. Damage assessment also documented hydrocarbon exposure to an additional area of over 12,000 km2 extending up the continental slope and onto the continental shelf, as well as substantial losses to corals, other benthic invertebrates, and the associated fish and water column community in an approximately 10 km2 area of mesophotic reef habitats of the Pinnacles Trend off the coast of Mississippi and Alabama. The full extent of damage to mesophotic and deep benthic communities (MDBC) from the DWH oil spill remains unknown, and knowledge gaps regarding MDBC distribution create significant challenges for restoring MDBC communities and achieving restoration goals prescribed by the Final DWH Programmatic Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan / Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (DWH PDARP / PEIS). This analysis was performed by Blue Latitudes to better understand the ecological implications of reefing the oil and gas platform topside deck materials and to develop benchmarks for the diversity and abundance of marine life expected on these structure types. The data annotations in this accession were funded by the Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities Restoration: Coral Propagation Techniques (CPT) Project. Members of the CPT Project performed a quality check on the annotations prior to submission to NCEI. This project is one of many selected by the Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group to restore natural resources injured by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Everett, Ami; Sparks, Amber; Hazelwood, Emily (2023). Oil rig and platform reefing in the Gulf of Mexico from 2020-12-23 to 2020-12-25 (NCEI Accession 0269002). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/tkjr-6k49. Accessed [date].
Cited Authors
  • Everett, Ami
    Blue Latitudes LLC
  • Sparks, Amber
    Blue Latitudes LLC
  • Hazelwood, Emily
    Blue Latitudes LLC
Principal Investigators
  • Amber Spark
    Blue Latitudes LLC
  • Emily Hazelwood
    Blue Latitudes LLC
Collaborators
Resource Providers
Points of Contact
Publishers
Acknowledgments
  • Related Funding Agency: Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment, MDBC Coral Propagation Technique Development (CPT) Project
Theme keywords NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS WMO_CategoryCode
  • oceanography
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords NCCOS Research Data Type
  • Field Observations
NCCOS Research Priority
  • Marine Spatial Ecology
Provider Keywords
  • 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.
Data Center keywords NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
Platform keywords Provider Platform Names
  • HOS Bayou
Instrument keywords NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords Provider Instruments
  • ROV
Place keywords NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords NCCOS Research Location
  • Gulf of Mexico
  • Louisiana
Project keywords NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project Keywords NCCOS Research Topic
  • Ecological and Biogeographic Assessments
Provider Keywords
  • OOTIG
  • Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group
Keywords NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER
Use Constraints
  • Cite as: Everett, Ami; Sparks, Amber; Hazelwood, Emily (2023). Oil rig and platform reefing in the Gulf of Mexico from 2020-12-23 to 2020-12-25 (NCEI Accession 0269002). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/tkjr-6k49. Accessed [date].
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  • Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
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Processing Steps
  • 2023-02-07T13:31:32Z - NCEI Accession 0269002 v1.1 was published.
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Processing Steps
  • Parameter or Variable: Coral species present (calculated); Units: count; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: ROV; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Still image. Count by individual.; Data Quality Method: NA.
  • Parameter or Variable: Sponge species present (calculated); Units: count; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: ROV; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Still image. Count by individual.; Data Quality Method: NA.
  • Parameter or Variable: Habitat (measured); Units: NA; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: ROV; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Still image. Observed by individual.; Data Quality Method: NA.
  • Parameter or Variable: Depth (measured); Units: meters; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: ROV; Sampling and Analyzing Method: derived from ship GPS; Data Quality Method: NA.
  • Parameter or Variable: Condition (measured); Units: Live, Damaged, Dead; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: ROV; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Still image. Observed by individual; Data Quality Method: NA.
Acquisition Information (collection)
Instrument
  • line transect sampling
  • video camera
  • visual analysis
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