Oceanographic data used in support of the Gulf of Mexico Brine Disposal Analysis Project, from 1977-02-02 to 1985-08-26

This collection includes physical, chemical, and biological data collected in the Gulf of Mexico in support of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Brine Disposal Analysis Project, including water temperature, salinity, currents, waves, winds and weather, chemicals, marine toxic substances, effluents, pollutants, water transparency, fishery surveys, benthic organisms, nekton, zooplankton and phytoplankton, bacteriology, chlorophyll, and other data. The data was collected from numerous platforms including ships, moored and fixed platforms, using various instruments including current meters, nets, bottles, sediment samplers, and others. The data has been used for various analyses and assessments.