Bathymetry

• 1. Gulf-wide
• 2. Estuarine

Coastal Relief

• 1. Northern Gulf

Seawater Temperature

• 1. Climatological Mean

Remotely Sensed Sea Surface Temperature

• 1. Climatological Average
• 2. CMECS Temperature Subcomponent
• 3. CMECS Water Column Temperature Change

Seawater Salinity

• 1. Climatological Mean
• 2. CMECS Salinity Subcomponent
• 3. Salinity Zones - Estuarine

Dissolved Oxygen

• 1. Climatological Mean
• 2. Hypoxia

Nutrients

• 1. Nitrates - Climatological Mean
• 2. Phosphate - Climatological Mean
• 3. Silicate - Climatological Mean

Prevailing Winds

• 1. Climatological Average

Marine Geology

• 1. Dominant Bottom Types and Habitats
• 2. Seabed Sediment Folk Codes

Extreme Natural Events

• 1. Tropical Storm - Hurricane Activity

Coastal Characterization

• 1. Gulf-wide
•    a. Grand Bay NERR
•    b. Mobile Bay
•    c. Perdido Coastal Lagoons
• 2. CMECS Water Column Productivity Modifier
• 3. Mangrove Communities - US and Mexico
• 4. Wetlands

Submerged Aquatic Vegetation

• 1. Gulf-wide
•    a. Gulf Islands - Mississippi

Corals and Hard Bottom

• 1. Chemosynthetic Communities
• 2. Deep Sea Coral
• 3. Petroleum Hydrocarbon Seeps

Phytoplankton

• 1. Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs)

Habitats

• 1. Essential Fish Habitats
•    a. Council Managed Species
•    b. Highly Migratory Species - Atlantic
         Bluefin Tuna
• 2. Critical Habitats

Invertebrates

• 1. Eastern Oyster
• 2. Brown Shrimp
• 3. Pink Shrimp
• 4. White Shrimp

Fishes

• 1. Atlantic Croaker
• 2. Gag Grouper
• 3. Gray Triggerfish
• 4. Gulf Butterfish
• 5. King Mackerel
• 6. Lane Snapper
• 7. Red Grouper
• 8. Red Snapper
• 9. Sand Seatrout
• 10. Silver Seatrout
• 11. Spanish Mackerel
• 12. Spot
• 13. Vermilion Snapper
• 14. Yellowedge Grouper

Sharks

• 1. Atlantic Sharpnose Shark
• 2. Blacknose Shark
• 3. Blacktip Shark

Discharges

• 1. Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons

• 1. Oil Spills

• 1. CMECS Photic Quality Modifier

• 1. Nutrients - Estuarine