| Data Type | Month(s) | Ship | Cruise Type | File Name |
| Bacterioplankton | 2005 | Lake Guardian | Fixed | bacterioplankton |
| Benthic Chlorophyll | 2005 | Lake Guardian, Laurentian | Buoy | benthic_chlorophyll |
| Benthos | 2007 | Laurentian | Diel | benthos |
| Bottom Grain-Size | 2005 | Laurentian | Buoy | bottom_grainsize |
| Chlorophyll a | 2005 | Lake Guardian, Laurentian | Diel, Transect, Transect/Diel | chlorophyll_a2 |
| *Chlorophyll a | 2005 | Limnos | MELEE | chlorophyll_a1 |
| CTD | May (2005) | Lake Guardian | Fixed | SBE 25-03 |
| CTD | *May*, June, July, August, September (2005) |
Lake Guardian | Fixed | SBE 911 Plus |
| CTD | May (2005) | Lake Guardian | Diel | SBE 25-03 |
| CTD | June, July, August, September (2005) | Lake Guardian | Diel | SBE 911 Plus |
| CTD | May, June, July, August, September (2005) | Laurentian | Buoy | SBE 911 Plus |
| CTD | May, June, August, September | Laurentian | Transect | SBE 911 Plus |
| CTD | October (2005) | Laurentian | Transect/Diel | SBE 911 Plus |
| CTD | September (2007) | Lake Guardian | Fixed | SBE 911 Plus |
| CTD | September (2007) | Lake Guardian | Transect | SBE 911 Plus |
| CTD | July, August, September, October (2007) | Laurentian | Buoy, Diel | SBE 911 Plus |
| Cyanobacterial Toxins | 2005, 2007 | Lake Guardian | Fixed | cyanobacterial_toxins |
| Fatty Acids | 2005 | Lake Guardian | Fixed | fatty_acids |
| Fish Acoustics | 2005 | Lake Guardian, Laurentian | Diel, Transcent, Transect/Diel | fish_acoustics |
| Fish Size | 2005 | Laurentian | Diel, Transect/Diel | fish_size |
| Hydrolab | 2007 | Lake Guardian | Fixed | hydrolab |
| Iron Cyanobacteria | 2005 | Laurentian | HABs | iron_cyanobacteria |
| Microbial Foodweb | 2005 | Lake Guardian | Diel, Transect/Diel, Fixed | bacteriopankton2 microzooplankton |
| MODIS groundtruth | 2005 | Lake Guardian | Fixed | MODIS_groundtruth |
| Nutrient | 2005 | Lake Guardian | Fixed | nutrient |
| Optics | 2005 | Lake Guardian | Fixed | optics |
| Particle Size | 2005 | Laurentian | Buoy | particle_size |
| Phosphorus HABs | 2005, 2006 | Laurentian, ODNR Whaler | HABs | phosphorus_habs |
| Phyto Fluorimetry | 2005 | Lake Guardian, Limnos | Fixed, MELEE | phyto_fluorimetry |
| Plankton Survey System (PSS) | 2005 | Lake Guardian, Laurentian | Diel, Transect, Transect/Diel | pss |
| Plankton Composition and Mortality | 2005 | Lake Guardian | Fixed | plankton_mortality |
| Plankton Survey System (PSS) Oplog Numbers |
2005 | Lake Guardian, Laurentian | Diel, Transect, Transect/Diel | pss_oplog_numbers |
| Secchi Disc | 2005 | Lake Guardian, Laurentian | Diel, Transect, Transect/Diel | secchi_disc |
| Sediment Nutrients | 2005 | Lake Guardian, Laurentian | Buoy | sediment_nutrients |
| TRAP (Sediment Trap) | 2004/2005 | Laurentian/Limnos | Buoy | trap_data_2004_2005 |
| TSM (Total Suspended Matter) | 2005 | Laurentian/Lake Guardian | Buoy | tsm2005 |
| Zooplankton - Diel | 2007 | Lake Guardian, Laurentian | Diel, Transect | zooplankton_diel07 |
| Zooplankton - Diel | 2005 | Lake Guardian | Diel, Transect/Diel | zooplankton_diel |
| Zooplankton - Transect | 2005 | Lake Guardian, Laurentian | Transect, Transect/Diel | zooplankton_transect |
*DO sensor not working on May cruise.
*This chlorophyll a data is from the MELEE study (Microbial Ecology of the Lake Erie Ecosystem) and was not funded by the IFYLE study.*