Conductivity, temperature, depth, water quality, and coccolith species data from R/V Bellows cruise BE-1301, July 8-10, 2012

This dataset reports conductivity, temperature, and depth data from 25 sites collected during R/V Bellows cruise BE-1301 of the offshore shelf of the Florida Panhandle Bight at the head of DeSoto Canyon from July 8th to 10th, 2012. Water samples collected in the field were analyzed in the Wetlands Research Laboratory at the University of West Florida for nutrient concentrations. Quantitative nanoplankton census data taken via scanning electron microscopy to determine after-the-fact, the effects of the Macondo Oil Spill on these skeletal (coccolith)-bearing phytoplankton is reported here.