Gulf of Mexico Deep-Seafloor Expedition Data and Imagery

A 24-megapixel digital photo camera captured color underwater screen-grab images during a 2015 expedition exploring the Gulf of Mexico deep seafloor. The dataset also includes oceanographic data from ADCP and ship sensors, navigation logs, and specimen logs. This collection was created by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to search for new habitats, species, and study bioluminescence in benthic animals.

Use Cases

• Analyzing relationships between bioluminescence and vision using specimen logs and associated imagery.
• Mapping new deep-sea habitats by correlating underwater screen-grab images with ADCP and navigation data.
• Studying benthic-pelagic coupling by examining specimen logs alongside ship sensor oceanographic measurements.
• Cataloging potential new species discovered during the expedition using the specimen logs and photographic evidence.

Strengths

• Includes high-resolution imagery captured with a 24-megapixel digital photo camera.
• Integrates multiple data types: oceanographic measurements, specimen logs, and underwater imagery from a focused expedition.

Limitations

• Key metadata conflicts: the last update date is listed as both 2015-07-27 and 2026-03-05 across platforms.
• Specific row counts, file sizes, and a complete list of data columns are unavailable from all sources.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Collected during the Bioluminescence and Vision on the Deep-Seafloor 2015 Expedition on R/V Pelican.

Time Range

2015-07-14 to 2015-07-27

Freshness

2026-03-05 22:27:35.121739

Geography

Gulf of Mexico