Plankton relative abundance data collected from R/V Bellows cruise of DeSoto Canyon, September 2013 (BE-1403)

This dataset reports plankton species relative abundance from sites off the Florida Panhandle Bight at the head of DeSoto Canyon. Plankton samples were collected from 14 offshore shelf sites September 14-16, 2013. This dataset reports the location, date, time, and length of tow for each sample. 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. Abundances were recorded as individual counts as well as percentages of total sample.