Abstract:

Dissolved organic carbon concentrations were measured from water samples collected at various stations in the Northern Gulf of Mexico during GISR Cruise G01 (July 2012) and G03 (November-December 2012). Both cruises were on the R/V Pelican, cruise codes PE13-01 and PE13-15 respectively. Results from the G01 cruise together with other data comprise the support for the paper titled "Deepwater Horizon Oil in the Gulf of Mexico Waters after Two Years: Transformation into the Dissolved Organic Matter Pool" by Bianchi et al. 2014 in Environ. Sci. Technol., 2014, 48 (16), pp 9288–9297 DOI: 10.1021/es501547b

Suggested Citation:

Thomas Bianchi. 2016. Dissolved organic carbon concentrations in the Northern Gulf of Mexico during GISR Cruise G01 in July 2012 and GISR Cruise G03 in November-December 2012. Distributed by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7GB224K

Publications:

Bianchi, T. S., Osburn, C., Shields, M. R., Yvon-Lewis, S., Young, J., Guo, L., & Zhou, Z. (2014). Deepwater Horizon Oil in Gulf of Mexico Waters after 2 Years: Transformation into the Dissolved Organic Matter Pool. Environ. Sci. Technol., 48(16), 9288–9297. doi:10.1021/es501547b

Purpose:

These data support investigations of the pathways whereby hydrocarbons are transformed into organic matter.

Data Parameters and Units:

Station, Latitude (decimal degrees), Longitude (decimal degrees), Date (MM/DD/YYYY), Time (GMT), Depth (m), Sample ID, Dissolved Organic Carbon concentrations (mg/L and µM), Temperature (deg C), Salinity, SUVA254 = Specific Ultra Violet adsorption at 254 nm (a254 divided by dissolved organic carbon concentration (m^2/g of organic carbon), a254 = ultra violet absorption at 254nm (/m), Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (umol/kg), Alkalinity (umol/kg), pH, pCO2 (ppm), fluorescent intensities for peaks associated with CDOM (C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7) (Quinine Sulfate Units)

Methods:

Samples were collected across the continental slope and rise and abyssal plane in the northern Gulf of Mexico. High-temperature catalytic oxidation

Instruments:

Shimadzu TOC-VCSH/CSN

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