Plankton species relative abundance data collected during R/V Bellows cruise BE-1322 in the DeSoto Canyon, Gulf of Mexico from 2013-06-02 to 2013-06-04

This dataset reports plankton species relative abundances from sites off the Florida Panhandle Bight at the head of DeSoto Canyon. Plankton samples were collected from 15 offshore shelf sites from June 02 to June 04, 2013. It includes sites, date/times, length of tow, plankton samples, counts, and the percentage of total sample represented by each group. Plankton species were categorized as Ceratium spp., Dinophysis spp., other dinoflagellates, Chaetoceros/Bacteriastrum spp., Rhizosolenia/Guinardia spp, Eucampia/Hemiaulus spp., other chain-forming diatoms, Thalassionematales spp., Nitzschioid diatoms, other diatoms, Cyanobacteria (Trichodesmium spp.), and zooplankton.

本数据集记录了德索托峡谷（DeSoto Canyon）顶端的佛罗里达潘汉德尔湾（Florida Panhandle Bight）近岸海域的浮游生物物种相对丰度。2013年6月2日至6月4日，研究人员从15个近海陆架站点采集了浮游生物样本。数据集包含采样站点信息、采样日期与时间、拖网作业时长、浮游生物样本、物种计数数据，以及各分类类群在总样本中的占比。浮游生物物种被划分为以下类群：角藻属（Ceratium spp.）、裸甲藻属（Dinophysis spp.）、其他甲藻类、角毛藻属/根管藻属（Chaetoceros/Bacteriastrum spp.）、根管藻属/细柱藻属（Rhizosolenia/Guinardia spp.）、盒形藻属/半管藻属（Eucampia/Hemiaulus spp.）、其他链状硅藻、海链藻目类群（Thalassionematales spp.）、菱形藻类硅藻（Nitzschioid diatoms）、其他硅藻类、蓝细菌（Cyanobacteria，含束毛藻属（Trichodesmium spp.））以及浮游动物。