Abstract:
This dataset contains microbial, physical, and chemical data collected aboard the R/V Trident cruises in Galveston Bay, Texas following Hurricane Harvey. The samples were collected from five sampling cruises at 10 stations across Galveston Bay from the mouth of the San Jacinto River (Houston, Texas) to the Gulf of Mexico during the month following Hurricane Harvey from 2017-09-04 to 2017-09-28. For the 16S and 18S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene analysis, two pre-Harvey samples (named pre-Harvey controls) were collected off the Texas A&M University at Galveston Boat Basin on 2017-07-31 and 2017-08-22. The dataset includes different parameters measured during the study: water quality (temperature, salinity, pH and dissolved oxygen), nutrients (NO3-, NO2-, NH4+, Pi, and HSiO3-), pharmaceuticals (cotinine, carbamazepine, carbamazepine-epoxide, and prednisone), biocide (imidacloprid) and dissolved organic carbon. The dataset also includes the date, latitudes and longitudes of the sample collection, a table of accession numbers of the data located at National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) BioProject #PRJNA558756, and a table showing the relative abundance of OTUs for the bacteria community identified by 16S and 18S rRNA gene analysis. The related dataset (concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface water of Galveston Bay) collected during the same cruises is available under GRIIDC Unique Dataset Identifier (UDI) R6.x807.000:0047 (DOI: 10.7266/PGC99C7D). This dataset supports the publication: Steichen, J. L., Labonté, J. M., Windham, R., Hala, D., Kaiser, K., Setta, S., Faulkner, P., Bacosa, H., Yan, G., Kamalanathan, M., and Quigg, A. (2020). Microbial, Physical, and Chemical Changes in Galveston Bay Following an Extreme Flooding Event, Hurricane Harvey. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7. doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.00186.
Suggested Citation:
Jamie L. Steichen, Jessica M. Labonté, Rachel Windham, David Hala, Karl Kaiser, Samantha Setta, Patricia Faulkner, Herdando Bacosa, Ge Yan, Manoj Kamalanathan, and Antonietta Quigg. 2020. Dataset for: Microbial, Physical, and Chemical Changes in Galveston Bay Following an Extreme Flooding Event, Hurricane Harvey. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/PCW7PK3F
Data Parameters and Units:
The Excel file "GRIIDC_Harvey data _040920_JS2": Timepoint (T1-T5), Station (H1-H10), Date (MM/DD/YYYY), Latitude and Longitude (Decimal Degrees), Temp (Temperature, degree Celcius), Sal (Salinity), DO (Dissolved Oxygen, mg L-1), DO (Dissolved Oxygen, %), pH, TSS (Total Suspended Sediments, g mL-1), Secchi (Secchi depth, m), NOx (Nitrogen Oxides, µM), Ammonium (NH4+, µM), Pi (Phosphate, µM), DIN: Pi (the ratio of Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen to Phosphate), TN (Total Nitrogen, TP (Total Phosphorus, µM), HSiO3- (Silicate, µM), DOC (Dissolved Organic Carbon, µM), Cotinine (ng L-1), Carbamazepine (ng L-1), Carbamazepine epoxide (ng L-1), Prednisone (ng L-1), Imidacloprid (ng L-1).
The Excel file "Labonte_Abundances": A table showing the relative abundance of OTUs for the bacteria community identified by 16S and 18S rRNA analysis. These data also include - Timepoint (T1-T5), Station (H1-H10), Date (MM/DD/YYYY), and Latitude and Longitude (Decimal Degrees) of the sample collection.
The Excel file "STEICHEN ET AL_2020_ASCENSION NUMBERS_GRIIDC": Timepoint (T1-T5), Station (H1-H10), Date (MM/DD/YYYY), and Latitude and Longitude (degree North and degree West), Accession #, BioProject (PRJNA558756), BioSample, SRA Study, Run, Organism (estuary metagenome), Depth (surface).
The dataset also includes the images (PNG files) of Galveston Bay before, during, and after the passing of Hurricane Harvey on 22, 29, 31 August and 9, 16, 28 September 2017; and the cruise documentation for five sampling R/V Trident cruises - T1 (09/04/2017), T2 (09/09/2017), T3 (09/16/2017), T4 (09/21/2017), and T5 (09/28/2017) led by chief scientist Dr. Jamie Steichen.
Correction: Please note that two pre-Harvey samples (named pre-Harvey controls) were collected off the Texas A&M University at Galveston Boat Basin on 2017-07-31 and 2017-08-22.
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