Dataset for: Advection of Karenia brevis from the Florida panhandle towards Mississippi coastal waters

This dataset contains microplankton community composition and cell counts data collected at 17 stations in the Mississippi Bight and Sound in response to the Karenia brevis Harmful Algae Bloom (HAB) that occurred during the fall of 2015 in the Mississippi Bight. Microplankton data was determined using a FlowCAM Benchtop B3 Series equipped with a 532 nm green laser to detect red (> 650 nm) and orange (575 nm) fluorescence. The final output for cell counts is presented in an Excel spreadsheet and image collages are available as portable network graphics (.png) files for each respective station. Each imaging analysis output provides .png images for the segmented particles (contained in a collage), as well as a calibration image. Data processing included removing duplicate images and classifying each particle based taxonomic description, specifically, Karenia genera (i.e., Karenia). This dataset is in support of the publication: Soto, I. M., Cambazoglu, M. K., Boyette, A. D., Broussard, K., Sheehan, D., Howden, S. D., Shiller, A. M., Dzwonkowski, B., Hode, L., Fitzpatrick, P. J., Arnone, R. A., Mickle, P. F., & Cressman, K. (2018). Advection of Karenia brevis blooms from the Florida Panhandle towards Mississippi coastal waters. Harmful Algae, 72, 46–64. doi:10.1016/j.hal.2017.12.008