CTD Castaway shallow water cast Mexican North Caribbean-Chacmochuch Lagoon System Springs Prospection

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Students and researchers at the University of the Caribbean together with members of the Cooperative Sea of ​​the Antilles, conducted an oceanographic campaign at the site called cayo Alcatraz, where there are two underwater springs also known as “ojos de agua”. These springs are located within the polygon of the protected area of ​​the Mexican Caribbean Biosphere Reserve, to the west of Isla Contoy National Park. The purpose of the campaign was to begin studies of the environmental conditions and reconnaissance of the site. The measuring instruments used were; SonTek CastAway-CTD, and a Gopro Black 7 camera.  were made a set of 12 temperature, salinity, and conductivity profiles. Water samples were also taken for subsequent microbiological analysis.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.17882/90538
Metadata Access http://www.seanoe.org/oai/OAIHandler?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&identifier=oai:seanoe.org:90538
Provenance
Creator Bárcenas Graniel, Juan Francisco; Vázquez Martín, Airy Sofía; Alzate Soto, Ricardo; Mendoza, Eugenia Sabrina
Publisher SEANOE
Publication Year 2022
Rights CC-BY
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Marine Science