Rare earth element (REE) concentrations of full water column profiles from the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Florida Straits, and surface waters close to the mouth of the Orinoco River during METEOR cruise M78/1

REE concentrations in filtered seawater collected during research cruise M78/1, February and March 2009 and CTD data (potential temperature, salinity, potential density and oxygen concentration) and water mass assignment for the same samples.