Data of surface sediment diatoms on the inner shelf of the East China Sea from winter 2008 to summer 2009

Min Chen; Yunhai Li; Hongshuai Qi; Liang Wang; Aimei Zhang; Linnan Shen; Qi Fang

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.103959

Data of surface sediment diatoms on the inner shelf of the East China Sea from winter 2008 to summer 2009

Data Brief. 2019 Apr 27:24:103959. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.103959. eCollection 2019 Jun.

Authors

Min Chen¹, Yunhai Li^{1

2}, Hongshuai Qi¹, Liang Wang¹, Aimei Zhang¹, Linnan Shen³, Qi Fang¹

Affiliations

¹ Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen 361005, PR China.
² Laboratory for Marine Geology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266061, PR China.
³ Xiamen Municipal Bureau of Land, Resources and Housing Administration, Xiamen 361013, PR China.

Abstract

The data of the identification of diatoms in surface sediment samples from the inner shelf of the East China Sea, are presented here. This data were collected during three surveys: one in winter 2008 and two in summer 2009, i.e., before and after the passage of Typhoon Morakot. Diatom identification was performed using an optical microscope (Olympus BX51). For detailed analysis, explanation, and discussion, the reader is referred to "The influence of season and Typhoon Morakot on the distribution of diatoms in surface sediments on the inner shelf of the East China Sea" Chen et al, 2019. Slides of all samples are held at the Third Institute of Oceanography of the Ministry of Natural Resources in Xiamen (P.R. China).

Keywords: Diatoms; East China Sea; Surface sediments.