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ADCP, CTD, underway, water chemistry, and mahi-mahi satellite tagging data and tracks from the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico from 2016-09-29 to 2018-03-26 (NCEI Accession 0241708)

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This data package contains ADCP, CTD casts, near-surface data from ship’s continuous flow-through system and meteorological conditions, water chemistry data, and mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus) tagging data derived from a research and fishing vessels. Mahi-mahi were tagged over a period of 2 years in the Florida Straits and the Gulf of Mexico including day trips aboard Miss Britt and Triple Threat (2016-09-29 to 2018-03-26) and as part of a research cruise on board the R/V F.G. Walton Smith cruise WS17177 (2017-06-26 to 2017-06-28). Satellite tagging data and tracks were derived from mahi-mahi tagged with Wildlife Computers pop-up satellite archival tags (PSATs) programmed to collect light, pressure (depth), temperature, and acceleration for up to 96-days and then transmitted via the Argos satellite network. Oceanographic data were derived from CTD profiles conducted once-daily and underway ADCP and near surface water (environmental and meteorological) data collected for the duration of the cruise. The dataset also includes water chemistry data (temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH, ammonia, and PAHs) derived from two identical 5,000L onboard recovery tanks holding mahi-mahi in control seawater for up to 16 hours. Tagging data includes all the tagging information such as catch and releases location, fish size and condition, and associated tag number. All the raw PSATs data for each tagged Mahi-Mahi is included in the dataset. PSATs data includes temperatures, depths, light levels, and acceleration, as well as fish tracks.
  • Cite as: Schlenker, Lela; Grosell, Martin (2021). ADCP, CTD, underway, water chemistry, and mahi-mahi satellite tagging data and tracks from the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico from 2016-09-29 to 2018-03-26 (NCEI Accession 0241708). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0241708. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 2016-09-29 to 2018-03-26
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -90.02166
East: -50.3091
South: 25.29879
North: 41.39515
Spatial Coverage Map
General Documentation
Associated Resources
  • ADCP, CTD casts, and underway data collected during Mahi-Mahi tagging on the R/V F.G. Walton Smith cruise WS17177, Florida Strait from 2017-06-26 to 2017-06-28
  • Recovery tank water chemistry data from Gulf of Mexico Mahi-Mahi tagging aboard the R/V F.G. Walton Smith cruise WS17177 from 2017-06-26 to 2017-06-28
  • Mahi-mahi tagging data collected aboard R/V F.G. Walton Smith cruise WS17177 in the Florida Straits from 2017-06-26 to 2017-06-28
  • Mahi-mahi satellite tagging data and tracks from the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, 2016-09-29 to 2018-03-26
  • Remote Predictions of Mahi-Mahi (Coryphaena hippurus) Spawning in the Open Ocean Using Summarized Accelerometry Data.
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2021-10-15
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
Data parameters and units:

1. GRIIDC dataset R4.x258.000:0049; CTD, ADCP, and underway data. Data parameters and units included are: CTD data - time(sec), latitude and longitude (decimal degrees), pressure (dBar), depth (m), temperature (degrees Celsius), temperature 2 (degrees Celsius), salinity (PSU), salinity 2 (PSU), dissolved oxygen (ml/l), oxygen saturation (ml/l), conductivity (S/m), conductivity 2 (S/m), sigmat (kg/m^3), altimeter (m), sound velocity (m/s). ADCP data - time (decimal days), latitude and longitude (decimal degrees), depth(m), ship zonal velocity (m/s), zonal velocity (m/s), ship meridional velocity (m/s), meridional velocity (ms), percent good (%), internal transducer temp (degrees Celsius), signal strength (counts), heading (degrees), pflag. Underway data - Date (MM/DD/YYYY), time (hh:mm:ss), barometric pressure (mB), pump outflow (m3/s), raw voltage (Volts), depth (depth below transducer in feet, meter and Fathoms), DisOrgMat (dissolved organic matter fluorometer), concentration (micrograms/L), gain (dimensionless), thermopile out (Volts), case temperature (K), dome temperature (K), long-wave radiation (W/m2), short-wave radiation (W/m2), ultraviolet radiation (W/m2), chlorophyll-a concentration (micrograms/L), GPS time (seconds of the week), latitude and longitude (degrees, minutes, direction), altitude (m), geoid height (m), true Heading (degrees East of North), speed over the ground (SOG, Knots), course over the ground (COG, degrees true), gyroscope bottom speed (Knots), water speed (Knots), precision infrared radiometer (PIR, W/m2), precision spectral pyranometer (PSP, W/m2), total ultraviolet radiation (TUV, W/m2), rain gauge precipitation (mm/hr), accumulative precipitation (mm), fluorometer chlorophyll-a concentration (mg/L), gain (dimensionless), dissolved organic matter concentration (micrograms/L), raw voltage (Volts), Sea-bird shipboard temperature (degrees C), debubbler pump flow (LPM, Liter/minute), output pressure (PSI/in2), pre-strainer pressure (PSI/in2), post-strainer pressure (PSI/in2), POSMV latitude and longitude (degrees, minutes, direction), barometric pressure (mb), relative wind speed (Knots), relative wind direction (degrees East of North), true wind speed (Knots), true wind direction (degrees East of North), Port RM young meteorological instrument: air temperature (degrees Celsius), relative humidity (%), conductivity (Seimens), salinity (PSU), Colored Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM, micrograms/L), turbidity (NTU), Crude Oil, phycoerythrin, phycocyanin (micrograms/L), remote temperature (degrees Celsius), raw temperature (degrees Celsius), raw conductivity (Seimens), raw remote temperature (degrees Celsius), ThermoSalinoGraph (TSG) instrument flow (m2/s), temperature frequency (Hz), conductivity frequency (Hz), remote temperature frequency (Hz), instantaneous precipitation (mm/hr), accumulated precipitation (mm), signal strength: raw Average (dB), adaptive baseline (dB), chlorophyll-a fluorescence raw and calibrated (micrograms/L), CDOM raw and calibrated (micrograms/L), turbidity raw and calibrated (NTU), Crude Oil, phycoerythrin, phycocyanin raw and calibrated (micrograms/L), depth (m), temperature (degrees Celsius).

2. GRIIDC dataset R4.x258.000:0052; Water chemistry data derived from recovery tank on board research vessel. Data parameters and units included are: Tank ID [Two identical 5,000L revcovery tanks were used to hold Mahi in control seawater for up to 16 hours], sample ID [Sample ID assigned to water sample collected for ammonia analysis], ammonia [Total ammonia measured from seawater in recovery tanks using the colorimetric indophenol blue method, micrograms/L], date [MM/DD/YYYY], time [24-hr time of day in eastern standard time, EST], tank number [Two identical 5,000L revcovery tanks were used to hold Mahi in control seawater for up to 16 hours], number of fish held in tank, temperature [Temperature of seawater in recovery tank; degrees C), pH [pH of seawater in recovery tank], dissolved oxygen [Disolved oxygen in recovery tank measured in mg/L], dissolved oxygen [Disolved oxygen in recovery tank measured in percent saturation], salinity [Salinity in recovery tank measured in parts per thousand], ammonia sample ID [Sample ID assigned to water sample collected for ammonia analysis], initials of scientist taking the water measurements, tank flushed or static [tanks were either held static or were flushed with clean seawater].

3. GRIIDC dataset R4.x258.000:0053; Mahi-mahi tagging data. Data parameters and units included are: Station number, latitude (decimal degrees), longitude (decimal degrees), fish number, catch station id (station number), date (mm/dd/yy), time hooked (EST; HH:MM:SS), time boasted (EST; HH:MM:SS), time in tank (EST; HH:MM:SS), angling time (MM:SS), handling time (MM:SS), sex (female or male), fork length (cm), hook location, Samples collected (fin clips were non-lethal, heart samples were lethal), eye condition (1-3, excellent-poor), color (1-3, excellent-poor), activity (1-3, excellent-poor), initial condition score (3-9, excellent-poor), wounds (wounds present on mahi-mahi brought in for sampling), tank number (1-2, both tanks were 5,000 L recover tanks filled with oxygenated seawater), fate (released or died in the recovery tank), tag number, vessel captured (the R/V F.G. Walton Smith is the research vessel where fish were tagged, recovered, and released, the F/V Miss Britt was a small fishing vessel that caught additional mahi-mahi and transferred those fish to the R/V F.G. Walton Smith), comments, release station id, release notes.

4. GRIIDC dataset R4.x258.000:0054; Mahi-mahi pop-up satellite archival tags (PSATs) data. Data parameters and units included are: Complete Argos transmitted datasets for 16 satellite-tagged mahi-mahi. Data is organized by tag. Each folder is named after the satellite tag number and contains all of the data collected by that tag. Time in 24-hour (UTC), fish latitude and longitude (degrees and decimal minutes), temperature (Celsius), depth (meters), light (Wcm-2 at 440nm), and acceleration (g). The dataset also includes all the fish tagging information with the Argos ID, PSAT number, capture vessel, location for capture and release (latitude/longitude in degrees and decimal minutes), sex of mahi-mahi tagged, fork length of tagged mahi-mahi (cm), angling and handling time (mm:ss) and all the tagging information. A full description of the PSAT data is provided in “Explanation of PSAT folders and variables.csv”. Cruise Name/ID: Research Vessel F.G. Walton Smith cruise WS17177; Fishing Vessels Miss Britt and Triple Threat Chief scientists: Martin Grosell and Lela Schlenker from the University of Miami
Purpose The purpose of these data collection is to characterize the vertical habitat and surface water conditions where adult mahi-mahi was captured; understand the migrations, habitat use, and acceleration behavior of wild mahi-mahi not exposed to oil; and to provide information about the conditions and water chemistry in the recovery tank.
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Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Schlenker, Lela; Grosell, Martin (2021). ADCP, CTD, underway, water chemistry, and mahi-mahi satellite tagging data and tracks from the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico from 2016-09-29 to 2018-03-26 (NCEI Accession 0241708). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0241708. Accessed [date].
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  • Funding Agency: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)
  • Funding Agency: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information & Data Cooperative
Theme keywords NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS WMO_CategoryCode
  • oceanography
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords Provider Keywords
  • Altitude
  • Colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM)
  • Depths
  • Fish acceleration
  • Fish examination
  • Light levels
  • Pressure
  • Shipboard ADCP velocity profiles
  • Water tank ammonia
  • Water tank dissolved oxygen
  • Water tank pH
  • Water tank salinity
  • Water tank temperature
Data Center keywords NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS
Platform keywords Provider Platform Names
  • Miss Britt
  • R/V F.G Walton Smith
  • Triple Threat
Instrument keywords NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords Provider Instruments
  • Altimeter
  • Dissolved oxygen meter
  • Hook and line angling
  • Sea-Bird SBE-911plus CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, Depth)
  • University of Hawaii Data Acquisition System (UHDAS) Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP)
  • Wildlife Computers MiniPAT Pop-Up Satellite Archival Tags (PSATs )
  • Wildlife Computers MiniPAT Pop-Up Satellite Archival Tags (PSATs)
  • satellite tag
Place keywords NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
Project keywords NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Provider Project Names
  • Relationship of Effects of Cardiac Outcomes in Fish for Validation of Ecological Risk (RECOVER)
Keywords NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER
Keywords Send2NCEI Submission Package ID
  • 9C0Y7W
Use Constraints
  • Cite as: Schlenker, Lela; Grosell, Martin (2021). ADCP, CTD, underway, water chemistry, and mahi-mahi satellite tagging data and tracks from the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico from 2016-09-29 to 2018-03-26 (NCEI Accession 0241708). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0241708. 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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  • 2021-10-15T14:59:56Z - NCEI Accession 0241708 v1.1 was published.
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  • Parameter or Variable: Shipboard ADCP velocity profiles (measured); Units: m/s; Observation Category: Profile; Sampling Instrument: University of Hawaii Data Acquisition System (UHDAS) Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP).
  • Parameter or Variable: CONDUCTIVITY (measured); Units: S/m; Observation Category: Profile; Sampling Instrument: Sea-Bird SBE-911plus CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, Depth); Sampling and Analyzing Method: Three Sea-Bird SBE-911plus casts each minute. High precision and accuracy CTD comprising an SBE 9plus underwater unit (SBE 3 temperature and SBE 4 conductivity sensors) and an SBE 11plus deck unit..
  • Parameter or Variable: WATER TEMPERATURE (measured); Units: degrees Celsius; Observation Category: physical; Sampling Instrument: Temperature Sensors.
  • Parameter or Variable: SALINITY (measured); Units: psu; Observation Category: physical; Sampling Instrument: CTD.
  • Parameter or Variable: Pressure (measured); Units: dbar; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: pressure sensors.
  • Parameter or Variable: OXYGEN (measured); Units: ml/l; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: oxygen sensor.
  • Parameter or Variable: DEPTH - BOTTOM (measured); Units: m; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD.
  • Parameter or Variable: PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVE RADIATION (PAR) (measured); Units: Biospherical/Licor; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: PAR Sensor.
  • Parameter or Variable: CHLOROPHYLL A CONCENTRATION (measured); Units: micrograms/L; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: fluorometer.
  • Parameter or Variable: Altitude (measured); Units: m; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Altimeter.
  • Parameter or Variable: Colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) (measured); Units: micrograms/L; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: fluorometer.
  • Parameter or Variable: Water tank pH (calculated); Units: N/A; Observation Category: water chemistry; Sampling Instrument: pH sensors; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Measured from onboard recovery/incubation tanks..
  • Parameter or Variable: Water tank ammonia (calculated); Units: micrograms/L; Observation Category: water chemistry; Sampling Instrument: N/A; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Total ammonia measured from seawater in recovery tanks using the colorimetric indophenol blue method. Two identical 5,000L revcovery tanks were used to hold Mahi in control seawater for up to 16 hours..
  • Parameter or Variable: Water tank dissolved oxygen (measured); Units: mg/L; Observation Category: water chemistry; Sampling Instrument: Dissolved oxygen meter; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Measured from onboard recovery/incubation tanks. Two identical 5,000L recovery tanks were used to hold mahi in control seawater for up to 16 hours, these tanks were either held static or were flushed with clean seawater..
  • Parameter or Variable: Water tank salinity (measured); Units: ppt; Observation Category: water chemistry; Sampling Instrument: N/A; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Salinity in recovery tank measured in parts per thousand. Two identical 5,000L recovery tanks were used to hold mahi in control seawater for up to 16 hours, these tanks were either held static or were flushed with clean seawater..
  • Parameter or Variable: Water tank temperature (measured); Units: degrees C; Observation Category: water chemistry; Sampling Instrument: temperature probe; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Temperature of seawater in recovery tank. Two identical 5,000L recovery tanks were used to hold mahi in control seawater for up to 16 hours, these tanks were either held static or were flushed with clean seawater..
  • Parameter or Variable: Fish examination (measured); Units: N/A; Observation Category: biological; Sampling Instrument: Hook and line angling; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Mahi-mahi were captured using hook and line angling for captive tagging experiments, and were directed into a vinyl seawater-filled sling, and the sling was brought onboard the vessel and lowered into an oxygenated seawater-filled container where tagging could take place without exposing the fish to air. Captured mahi-mahi were sexed, fork length was measured to the nearest centimeter, and overall fish condition was assessed (i.e., coloration, eye condition, visible wounds). Mahi-mahi in good condition and at least 65 cm fork length were tagged as described for captive tagging trials. Fish that were too small to tag, in poor condition, or died prior to release had their hearts preserved for future analysis..
  • Parameter or Variable: INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - LENGTH (measured); Units: cm; Observation Category: biological; Sampling Instrument: Hook and line angling; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Mahi-mahi captured using hook and line angling were measured for fork-length..
  • Parameter or Variable: INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - SEX (measured); Units: Male or female; Observation Category: biological; Sampling Instrument: Hook and line angling.
  • Parameter or Variable: ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - MARKS OR TAGS (measured); Units: N/A; Observation Category: satellite; Sampling Instrument: Wildlife Computers MiniPAT Pop-Up Satellite Archival Tags (PSATs); Sampling and Analyzing Method: Sixteen mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus) were tagged with Wildlife Computers pop-up satellite archival tags (PSATs) programmed to collect light, pressure (depth), temperature, and acceleration for up to 96-days and then transmitted via the Argos satellite network. Mahi-mahi were tagged over a period of 2 years in the Florida Straits and the Gulf of Mexico including day trips aboard Miss Britt and Triple Threat and as part of a research cruise on board the R/V F.G. Walton Smith cruise WS17177..
  • Parameter or Variable: POSITION - GEOGRAPHIC (measured); Units: degree; Observation Category: satellite; Sampling Instrument: satellite tag; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Latitude and longitude were calculated by Argos for the satellite pass of interest for each tagged mahi-mahi that was used to visually determine the geolocation tracks..
  • Parameter or Variable: Temperature (measured); Units: degrees Celsius; Observation Category: satellite; Sampling Instrument: Wildlife Computers MiniPAT Pop-Up Satellite Archival Tags (PSATs ); Sampling and Analyzing Method: The MiniPAT, pop-up satellite archival tag (PSATs) used to track behavior and migration of mahi-mahi was equipped with an Argos transmitter and a corrodible attachment link. The MiniPAT is designed to be attached to an animal by a tether.The corrodible burn pin releases the tag from the tether on a pre-programmed date, or optionally when the MiniPAT determines it is no longer attached to an animal. Depth, temperature, and light-level data were collected and summarized for transmission through Argos. Transmission occured after the release of the tag from the tether, while the tag is floating on the ocean surface. Depth (meters) and temperature (degrees Celsius) are collected every five minutes..
  • Parameter or Variable: Depths (measured); Units: meters; Observation Category: satellite; Sampling Instrument: satellite tag; Sampling and Analyzing Method: The MiniPAT, pop-up satellite archival tags (PSATs) used to track behavior and migration of mahi-mahi was equipped with an Argos transmitter and a corrodible attachment link. The MiniPAT is designed to be attached to an animal by a tether.The corrodible burn pin releases the tag from the tether on a pre-programmed date, or optionally when the MiniPAT determines it is no longer attached to an animal. Depth, temperature, and light-level data were collected and summarized for transmission through Argos. Transmission occured after the release of the tag from the tether, while the tag is floating on the ocean surface. Depth (meters) and temperature (degrees Celsius) are collected every five minutes..
  • Parameter or Variable: Light levels (measured); Units: Wcm-2 at 440nm; Observation Category: satellite; Sampling Instrument: satellite tag; Sampling and Analyzing Method: The MiniPAT, pop-up satellite archival tags (PSATs) used to track behavior and migration of mahi-mahi was equipped with an Argos transmitter and a corrodible attachment link. The MiniPAT is designed to be attached to an animal by a tether.The corrodible burn pin releases the tag from the tether on a pre-programmed date, or optionally when the MiniPAT determines it is no longer attached to an animal. Depth, temperature, and light-level data were collected and summarized for transmission through Argos. Transmission occured after the release of the tag from the tether, while the tag is floating on the ocean surface..
  • Parameter or Variable: Fish acceleration (measured); Units: g; Observation Category: satellite; Sampling Instrument: satellite tag; Sampling and Analyzing Method: The MiniPAT, pop-up satellite archival tags (PSATs) were programmed to collect depth and temperature measurements every 5 min, and light levels at local sunrise and sunset for geolocation modeling, and raw acceleration data for up to 96 days and transmitted raw temperature, depth, and light data and summarized acceleration data. Deployments of 96 days were selected to maximize the resolution of the transmitted data..
Acquisition Information (collection)
Instrument
  • ADCP
  • CTD
  • fluorometer
  • oxygen sensor
  • PAR Sensor
  • pH sensor
  • pressure sensor
  • satellite sensor - altimeter
  • temperature probe
  • temperature sensor
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