MOCNESS profile data collected during NRDA Plankton Survey Walton Smith 3 (WS3) in the northern Gulf of Mexico from 2010-09-26 to 2010-10-02 on board the R/V F.G. Walton Smith Cruise WS1017

This dataset contains MOCNESS (Multiple Opening/Closing Net Environmental Sensing System) profile data collected on board the R/V F.G. Walton Smith during Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Plankton Survey Walton Smith 3 (WS3) in the Gulf of Mexico from 2010-09-26 to 2010-10-02. This survey (WS3, chief scientist: Malinda Sutor) was part of a series of NRDA cruises conducted in 2010 and 2011 to evaluate the distribution and densities of ichthyoplankton and other zooplankton in northern Gulf of Mexico waters potentially affected by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (DWHOS). The dataset includes the original profile data in three formats (.RAW, .TAB, .PRO) for individual MOCNESS tows, as well as combined and summary data (all tows) for the full cruise. Datasets include sampling event data (time, longitude, latitude, salinity, temperature, depth, fluorescence, velocity, and volume). This dataset corresponds with the MOCNESS Ichthyoplankton dataset available under GRIIDC Unique Dataset Identifier (UDI) R6.x815.000:0009 (DOI: 10.7266/n7-s18h-wr95).本数据集收录了2010年9月26日至2010年10月2日期间，在墨西哥湾开展的自然资源损害评估（Natural Resource Damage Assessment，NRDA）浮游生物调查沃尔顿史密斯号3号（WS3）中，由F.G.沃尔顿史密斯号科考船（R/V F.G. Walton Smith）搭载采集的多网开闭环境探测系统（Multiple Opening/Closing Net Environmental Sensing System，MOCNESS）剖面数据。本次调查（WS3，首席科学家：Malinda Sutor）属于2010至2011年实施的系列NRDA科考航次，旨在评估受深水地平线漏油事件（Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill，DWHOS）潜在影响的墨西哥湾北部海域内，鱼卵仔鱼与其他浮游动物的分布特征及种群密度。数据集包含各单次MOCNESS拖网作业的原始剖面数据，格式涵盖.RAW、.TAB与.PRO三种；同时收录本次全航次所有拖网的合并数据集与摘要统计数据。数据集涵盖采样事件相关参数，包括采样时间、经度、纬度、盐度、温度、水深、荧光强度、流速与采样体积。本数据集对应GRIIDC唯一数据集标识符（Unique Dataset Identifier，UDI）R6.x815.000:0009项下的MOCNESS鱼卵仔鱼数据集，其数字对象标识符（DOI）为10.7266/n7-s18h-wr95。