Field and laboratory measurements: Health assessment data from the northern Gulf of Mexico common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), 2018-06-11 to 2018-09-28

This dataset contains health assessment data from live dolphins near Barataria Bay, Louisiana, Sarasota, Florida, and Dauphin Island, Alabama in 2018 using methods previously described. Relevant data for each live wild dolphin sampled include sampling location (latitude and longitude), date, time, sex, morphometrics, and diagnostic test results including the following: (1) blood gas and end-tidal CO2 variables, (2) hematology and serum chemistry values, (3) hormone analyses, and (4) lung ultrasound scores.