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This dataset includes the species composition of marine diatoms and dinoflagellates from Scripps Pier. It also includes the absolute abundance and temporal variation of dinoflagellates and diatoms from 1992-2000.

Temperature profile, conductivity, and wind direction/speed data were collected using meteorological sensors and CTD casts from NOAA Ship ALBATROSS IV in the North Atlantic Ocean and Bay of Fundy from August 13, 2005 to November 4, 2005. Data were collected and submitted by the NOAA; Office of NOAA Corps Operation as part of the NOAA Shipboard Sensor Data Acquisition (NSSDAC) project.

Current meter, CTD, and other data were collected using CTD, current meter, fluorometer, and tow in the Mid-Atlantic Bight from April 14, 2003 to April 17, 2003. Data were submitted by the University of Delaware; Marine Laboratory.

Two types of data sets generated by our project: species inventories and quantitative counts of key organisms. The species inventories are a compilation of data collected by Chela Zabin of the Department of Zoology of the University of Hawaii in 2001 and by Zabin with the assistance of Erin Baumgartner's 9th grade Marine Science class at the Education Laboratory School in 2003, 2004 and 2005, through a National Science Foundation Graduate Teaching Fellowship. Each site was visited only once each year: by 50 students in 2003 and by 25 students in 2004 and 2005.

Measurements of water quality parameters were taken by Windward Community College faculty and students at eight sites in the Heeia Stream and adjacent Kaneohe Bay waters from May 2004 through March 2005. Parameters include Combined Nitrogen, Photo Oxidized Nitrate, Photo Oxidized Nitrite, Total Nitrogen, and Total Phosphate. Data provided as MS Excel spreadsheets and redundant ASCII copies were made of each with same file name except for a CSV (Comma Separated Version) extension.

Temperature profile, wind speed, and other data were collected using meteorological sensors and thermosalinograph from NOAA Ship GORDON GUNTER in the Gulf of Mexico from October 8, 2005 to November 15, 2005. Data were submitted by the Office of NOAA Corps Operations as part of the NOAA Shipboard Sensor Data Acquisition (NSSDAC) project.

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