Oil rig and platform reefing in the Gulf of Mexico from 2020-12-23 to 2020-12-25 (NCEI Accession 0269002)

Blue Latitudes provided analysis of two ROV-based benthic surveys conducted on and around platform infrastructure reefed on the seafloor. These surveys were conducted in December 2020 within lease blocks East Cameron 270A (EC-270A) and South Marsh Island 205B (SM-205B), located in the northern Gulf of Mexico mesophotic zone (30-300 m) between Geyer Bank and Pinnacles Trend. The data includes diversity and abundance for corals and sponges. Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities Restoration: Coral Propagation Techniques (CPT) Project funded the annotations and performed a quality assurance/quality check prior to submitting the data to NCEI. The annotation data is formatted into two Excel spreadsheets, one for each site.