Louisiana shelf water column production and respiration measured by change in oxygen in light and dark bottle incubations during four cruises in 2017

These data include the measurements of oxygen, temperature, and salinity from incubations to measure rates of oxygen production in the light by primary production and oxygen consumption in the dark by community respiration. Data were collected during four cruises in 2017 during April, July, September and October. The September and October cruises followed the landfall of Hurricane Harvey. Cruises were conducted aboard the R/V Pelican in April (PE17-18), July (PE18-02), and October (PE18-11) and aboard the R/V Acadiana (AC18-12) in September. The study domain included the Louisiana and Texas continental shelf from the Mississippi River Bird's Foot delta to south of Galveston Bay. The objective of this work was to quantify how hurricanes and tropical storms affect metabolic rates and the concentrations of oxygen and DIC/pH. These data assess the water column response in metabolism before and after Hurricane Harvey and were collected by Dr. John Lehrter of the University of South Alabama.