CARIACO Project: Caribbean Sea Physical, Chemical, and Biological Data from 2011-2012

August 09, 2011 to October 10, 2012 is the temporal coverage for this dataset. It contains physical, chemical, and biological data collected from CTD and bottle casts in the Caribbean Sea and continental shelf of Venezuela. The data was gathered aboard the R/V HERMANO GINES in support of the Carbon Retention in a Colored Ocean (CARIACO) project and is published by NOAA NCEI.

Use Cases

• Modeling ocean carbon flux and retention in coastal ecosystems (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Analyzing correlations between physical water properties and biological communities (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Studying seasonal variability in Caribbean Sea hydrography and chemistry (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Published on the authoritative NOAA NCEI platform
• Data collection spans a defined 14-month period from August 2011 to October 2012
• Associated with a named research project (CARIACO)

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download
• Column-level documentation and sample data are unavailable
• Last updated 2012-10-10 00:00:00; freshness should be verified

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Collected from CTD and bottle casts aboard the R/V HERMANO GINES

Time Range

August 09, 2011 to October 10, 2012

Freshness

Last updated 2012-10 -10 00:00:00

Geography

Caribbean Sea and continental shelf of Venezuela