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ECOHAB: Mote Process Cruises 1998 and 1999 CTD data (NCEI Accession 0000529)

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Harmful algal blooms of the toxic dinoflagellate, Karenia brevis, have caused massive fish kills in the Gulf of Mexico since the 1500's, with most occurrences on the west coast of Florida. In 1996, the list of states that have experiences natural resource, public health and economic impacts related to this organism expanded, with the addition of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, to include all the Gulf-coast states and North Carolina. Estimates of economic impacts to Florida and North Carolina from two moderate intensity blooms ranged from 15 to 25 million dollars respectively. The harmful impacts caused by K. brevis occur only when cell concentrations increase significantly above low background concentrations that are present year-round in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. Once a bloom has developed offshore in typically oligotrophic waters, cell concentrations at the 105 level can be maintained for months. During 21 of the past 22 years, red tide blooms have been observed within the region between Tampa Bay and Charlotte Harbor. The key to understanding any HAB lies in knowing how one algal species has adapted and come to dominate in its particular realm of physical, biological and chemical conditions. Our ability to predict initiation, maintenance, and dispersal of blooms on the Florida shelf has been severely limited by the lack of a quantitative description, or model, of their population dynamics and the physical, biological and chemical regime in which they are embedded. The modeling components of this project will incorporate the quantitative description of blooms and their surrounding environment provided by the field and laboratory portions of this project. The field component will employ a set of annual process cruises.
  • Cite as: Pederson, Brad; Kirkpatrick, Gary; Henry, Mike; Pierce, Richard; Dixon, Kellie (2001). ECOHAB: Mote Process Cruises 1998 and 1999 CTD data (NCEI Accession 0000529). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000529. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 1998-10-05 to 1999-01-24
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -87.23
East: -81.72
South: 25.45
North: 30.39
Spatial Coverage Map
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Publication Dates
  • publication: 2001-08-07
  • revision: 2022-10-27
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
ECOHAB (ECology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms) is a scientific program designed to increase understanding of the fundamental processes underlying the impacts and population dynamics of HABs. This program addresses the many factors at organismal, population, community, and ecosystem levels that determine how HAB species respond to, and potentially alter their environment, the manner in which HAB species affect food-web and community interactions. The program is based on the results of a workshop co-sponsored by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Science Foundation (NSF) and currently receives funding from several federal partners including NOAA, NSF, the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Purpose 1. Model the initiation, maintenance, and export of K. brevis red tides on the west Florida shelf at different time and space scales to predict landfall 2. Describe the physical habitat that effects transport and concentration of K. brevis 3. Determine the sources of inorganic and organic nutrients that allow growth and persistence of large K. brevis populations in coastal waters 4. Determine the interactions of cellular, behavioral, life cycle, and community regulation processes with environmental forcing factors during stages of bloom development. 5. Determine the production, occurrence, fate, and effects of brevetoxins in the environment during and after K. brevis blooms.
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Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Pederson, Brad; Kirkpatrick, Gary; Henry, Mike; Pierce, Richard; Dixon, Kellie (2001). ECOHAB: Mote Process Cruises 1998 and 1999 CTD data (NCEI Accession 0000529). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000529. Accessed [date].
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Theme keywords NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS WMO_CategoryCode
  • oceanography
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords Originator Keywords
  • aerosol
  • algae
  • aquatic
  • botany
  • brevetoxin
  • chemistry
  • distribution
  • dynamic
  • marine
  • natural resource
  • nitrate
  • nutrient
  • organic
  • phosphorus
  • physical oceanography
  • physical processes
  • pigments
  • plankton
  • seasonally
  • succession
  • water chemistry
  • water quality
Originator Taxonomic Keywords
  • Gymnodinium breve
  • Karenia brevis
  • Ptychodiscus brevis
Data Center keywords NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
Instrument keywords NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
Place keywords NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords Originator Place Names
  • Florida
  • Florida panhandle
  • Gulf of Mexico
  • West Florida Shelf
Project keywords NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project Keywords
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Use Constraints
  • Cite as: Pederson, Brad; Kirkpatrick, Gary; Henry, Mike; Pierce, Richard; Dixon, Kellie (2001). ECOHAB: Mote Process Cruises 1998 and 1999 CTD data (NCEI Accession 0000529). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0000529. Accessed [date].
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  • 2001-08-07T14:26:29Z - NCEI Accession 0000529 v1.1 was published.
  • 2022-10-27T19:03:43Z - NCEI Accession 0000529 was revised and v1.2 was published.
    Rationale: Additional metadata files were received or created for this dataset. These updates were copied into the about/ directory of this accession. These updates may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. This version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession.
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  • 2015-04-22T00:00:00 - NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.
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  • bottle
  • CTD
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