Gulf of Mexico

This region is extraordinarily rich in data and provides a strong test of system capabilities for data ingestion, integration and visualization. Coverages from the system have assisted with shrimp and fish stocks protection, numerical modeling of unstable sediment slopes, and naval object burial potential.

Comprehensive gridded data is available from "http://csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/DBSEABED#Northern_Gulf_of_Mexico". (2010; contact INSTAAR for more recent comprehensive coverage.) Habitat-related data layers may be obtained from NOAA NCDDC "Gulf of Mexico Data Atlas" (2011).

Graphic: Seafloor carbonate contents in the sediments and crusts. (2011)