Protist carbon from microscopy samples collected in the Gulf of Mexico on R/V Nancy Foster cruises in May 2017 and May 2018

This dataset is from CTD hydrocasts in the Gulf of Mexico from R/V Nancy Foster cruises in May 2017 and May 2018, which were part of a NOAA RESTORE project (aka: BLOOFINZ-GoM) to investigate the epipelagic marine nitrogen cycle, plankton dynamics, and impacts on growth and survival of larval Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (ABT). These data are meant to be used in inter-species, interregional comparisons to data from the BLOOFIN-IO study of larval Southern Bluefin Tuna in the Indian Ocean spawning region.