Discrete Carbonate System Parameter Measurements in Middle Tampa Bay, Florida and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, USA

This data set contains time series measurements of discrete seawater samples analyzed for carbonate system and basic water quality parameters including water temperature (degrees C), salinity, pHT (pH on the total scale), total alkalinity (micromol/kg), dissolved inorganic carbon (micromol/kg), nitrate + nitrite (micromol/L), nitrite (micromol/L), silicate (micromol/L), ammonium (micromol/L), phosphate (micromol/L), and silicate (micromol/L). These data were collected in Middle Tampa Bay, Florida and in the eastern Gulf of Mexico near Tampa Bay by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center. Parameters were measured periodically during the period from January 5, 2018 to March 19, 2020. For further information regarding data collection and/or processing methods, refer to the associated USGS Open File Report (Yates and others, 2019). Yates, K.K., Moore, C.S., Goldstein, N.H., and Sherwood, E.T., 2019, Tampa Bay Ocean and Coastal Acidification Monitoring Quality Assurance Project Plan: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2019-1003, 35 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20191003.