Quantitative profiles of diatoms, coccolithophores, and armored dinoflagellates were collected from 5 sites in the DeSoto Canyon, Gulf of Mexico. The dataset includes cell counts per taxon, depth, filtered volume, and calculated abundance in cells per liter, alongside micrographs from scanning electron microscopy. Data originates from the R/V Bellows cruise BE-1415 on May 31, 2014, and is archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.
Use Cases
- Modeling phytoplankton community structure based on species abundance and depth profiles.
- Studying the distribution of diatoms, coccolithophores, and dinoflagellates in the DeSoto Canyon region.
- Calibrating remote sensing algorithms for ocean color using in-situ cell count data.
- Conducting taxonomic research with the associated scanning electron microscope micrographs.
Strengths
- Includes high-resolution taxonomic identification to the lowest possible category for three phytoplankton groups.
- Provides calculated abundance in cells per liter derived from counts of up to 700 fields-of-view per sample.
- Contains associated micrograph images from a JEOL JSM-6480 LV scanning electron microscope.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Last updated 2014-05-31 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI (National Centers for Environmental Information)
- Collection Method
- Samples collected via Niskin bottles, filtered, and analyzed with scanning electron microscopy.
- Time Range
- 2014-05-31 (collected during cruise from 2014-05-29 to 2014-06-01)
- Freshness
- 2014-05-31
- Geography
- Gulf of Mexico, off the Florida Panhandle at the head of DeSoto Canyon along the Pensacola transect (Longitude -87.25°).