MOCNESS sensor data from the northern Gulf of Mexico collected during Meg Skansi cruises 2011-01-28 to 2011-09-29

This dataset contains physical and chemical sensor profile data collected by a 10m2 Multiple Opening-Closing Net and Environmental Sensing System (MOCNESS) during the 2011 NRDA ONSAP program in the northern Gulf of Mexico from 2011-01-28 to 2011-11-29, following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. The data includes temperature, salinity, and depth profiles in 1-m depth strata from 5m to a maximum of 1661 m, from a total of 215 deployments. Dataset also contains the date, longitude, and latitude of sample collection.

This dataset supports the publication: Milligan, Rosanna J., and Tracy T. Sutton. 2020. Dispersion Overrides Environmental Variability as a Primary Driver of the Horizontal Assemblage Structure of the Mesopelagic Fish Family Myctophidae in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7. DOI:10.3389/fmars.2020.00015