Dataset for: Microbial, Physical, and Chemical Changes in Galveston Bay Following an Extreme Flooding Event, Hurricane Harvey

This dataset contains microbial, physical, and chemical data collected aboard the R/V Trident cruises in Galveston Bay, Texas following Hurricane Harvey. The samples were collected from five sampling cruises at 10 stations across Galveston Bay from the mouth of the San Jacinto River (Houston, Texas) to the Gulf of Mexico during the month following Hurricane Harvey from 2017-09-04 to 2017-09-28. For the 16S and 18S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene analysis, two pre-Harvey samples (named pre-Harvey controls) were collected off the Texas A&M University at Galveston Boat Basin on 2017-07-31 and 2017-08-22. The dataset includes different parameters measured during the study: water quality (temperature, salinity, pH and dissolved oxygen), nutrients (NO3-, NO2-, NH4+, Pi, and HSiO3-), pharmaceuticals (cotinine, carbamazepine, carbamazepine-epoxide, and prednisone), biocide (imidacloprid) and dissolved organic carbon. The dataset also includes the date, latitudes and longitudes of the sample collection, a table of accession numbers of the data located at National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) BioProject #PRJNA558756, and a table showing the relative abundance of OTUs for the bacteria community identified by 16S and 18S rRNA gene analysis. The related dataset (concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface water of Galveston Bay) collected during the same cruises is available under GRIIDC Unique Dataset Identifier (UDI) R6.x807.000:0047 (DOI: 10.7266/PGC99C7D). This dataset supports the publication: Steichen, J. L., Labonté, J. M., Windham, R., Hala, D., Kaiser, K., Setta, S., Faulkner, P., Bacosa, H., Yan, G., Kamalanathan, M., and Quigg, A. (2020). Microbial, Physical, and Chemical Changes in Galveston Bay Following an Extreme Flooding Event, Hurricane Harvey. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7. doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.00186.