Temperature profile, conductivity, pressure, and other data were collected using CTD casts in the Pacific Ocean from 01 June 1985 to 31 August 2001. Data were submitted by Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory as part of the Vents Program.

CTD and other data were collected from NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN in the NE and SE Pacific from 05 September 2001 to 25 October 2001. CTD data consist of temperature and salinity profiles. Profiles were collected by three programs: Equatorial Pacific Air-Sea CO2 Exchange Experiment (GASEX II), East Pacific Investigation of Climate Processes in the Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere System (EPIC 2001), and Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System (GOALS)/Pan American Climate Studies (PACS).

CTD and other data were collected from NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN and NOAA Ship KA'IMIMOANA in the NE and SW Pacific from 14 January 2001 to 05 December 2001. CTD data consist of temperature and salinity profiles. Profiles were collected by three programs: Equatorial Pacific Air-Sea CO2 Exchange Experiment (GASEX II), East Pacific Investigation of Climate Processes in the Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere System (EPIC 2001), and Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System (GOALS)/Pan American Climate Studies (PACS).

This dataset contains data from 84 high resolution CTD stations, collected 26 Dec 1999 to 8 Feb 2000 by R/V Nathaniel B Palmer. These data support the Antarctic Pack Ice Seals (APIS) project, funded by the US National Science Foundation grant #OPP9816086. Data were acquired using a SeaBird 911plus CTD and processed by the data originator with SeaBird data processing software. File format information, contact information for the Principal Investigators, and other important metadata are available in the file data/1-data/Readme.

CTD and other data were collected from NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN in the SE Pacific (limit-140 W) from 01 February 2001 to 08 March 2001. CTD data consist of temperature and salinity profiles. Profiles were collected by three programs: Equatorial Pacific Air-Sea CO2 Exchange Experiment (GASEX II), East Pacific Investigation of Climate Processes in the Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere System (EPIC 2001), and Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System (GOALS)/Pan American Climate Studies (PACS).

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Physical, current, and other data from CTD and current meters from FIXED PLATFORMS in the Bering Sea from 25 February 1998 to 10 October 2001. Data were collected by the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) in support of the Fisheries-Oceanography Coordinated Investigations (FOCI) project. CTD parameters include temperature, conductivity, salinity, and fluorescence. Current meter parameters include East/West velocity components (U), North/South velocity component (V), current speed, current direction, turbidity, pressure, and temperature.

Moored current meter data were collected from the Bering Sea from 17 September 1993 to 31 March 1996. Data were collected by the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) as part as part of the Fisheries-Oceanography Coordinated Investigations (FOCI). Current meter parameters include East/West velocity components (U), North/South velocity component (V), current speed, current direction, salinity, pressure, conductivity, and temperature. Data are not in standard formats and are self documenting.

The presence of harmful algal species, which produce toxins, pose a significant threat to public health and coastal aquaculture activities. For example, estimated losses due to biotoxin closures have cost the Irish shellfish industry $4 million in 2000. Biotoxins, which have the potential to cause the following human illnesses: diarrhetic, paralytic, amnesic and azaspiracid shellfish poisoning (known as DSP, PSP, ASP and AZP respectively) have been detected in shellfish in Ireland. The toxic phytoplankton species of concern in Irish waters are: Dinophysis spp. (DSP), Alexandrium spp.

This data set was created to accommodate a wide range of data on the phytoplankton Karenia brevis. It is designed to efficiently capture core information, yet have the capacity to expand and capture related sampling information if it is available. The data may be useful for studying red tide bloom events along the Texas coastline.