FlowCAM imaging of microplankton community collected aboard the R/V Point Sur, PS16_20, in the Mississippi Bight, northern Gulf of Mexico, from 2016-03-30 to 2016-04-09

This dataset contains FlowCAM imaging of microplankton community collected aboard the R/V Point Sur (PS16_20) in the Mississippi Bight (Northern Gulf of Mexico) from 2016-03-30 to 2016-04-09. Using a FlowCAM® B3 Benchtop Series fitted with a 1.0 mL C70 Syringe pump, a 10X magnification objective, and a 100 µm flow cell, unconcentrated, pre-filtered water samples were analyzed in single, duplicate, or triplicate 5.0 mL aliquots in fluorescence trigger mode (TM), which images only particles that emit red (> 650 nm) or orange (575 nm) fluorescence. The dataset contains the images and analysis of images as well as estimates of biovolumes of different microplankton. The dataset contains the location (longitude and latitude), and the date of sample collection. The cruise documentation was provided for the R/V Point Sur, PS16_20. The cruise was led by chief scientists Dr. Adam Greer and Alison Deary.