©2026 Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office.Funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation
©2026 Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office.In May 2024, the R/V Sally Ride cruises SR2407 and SR2408 were conducted in the Gulf of California. The MOCNESS tow nets were deployed from May 4th to May 18th. Files from MOCNESS net tows were produced by LVpki software and include additional environmental data from the CTD. This dataset includes environmental sensor data—pressure, in situ temperature, potential temperature (θ), salinity, potential density anomaly (σ), and dissolved oxygen concentration (ml L⁻¹)—alongside MOCNESS net data (...
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In May 2024, the R/V Sally Ride cruises SR2407 and SR2408 were conducted in the Gulf of California. The MOCNESS tow nets were deployed from May 4th to May 18th. MOCNESS sampling protocols included the standard vertical 0-1000 m day night pairs as well as unpaired shorter interval tows (ranging in depths focused on 450-200 m) to capture a more detailed vertical resolution. Finally, a subset of tows were conducted in a horizontal fashion where the net was maintained at a constant depth +/- 5 m to sample communities across midwater oxygen features.
After collection different samples were preserved in formalin for later Zooscan analysis, dried as five size fractionated biomass (200, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000) samples, or preserved in ethanol for metabarcoding analysis.
Maas, A. E. (2026). MOCNESS and environmental data from R/V Sally Ride cruise SR2407 and SR2408 in the Gulf of California in May 2024. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2026-04-10 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/996661 [access date]
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