Check out the phytoplankton community at the GSO pier and the long-term plankton survey location in Narragansett Bay. For a portion of the data record, the phytoplankton composition data supplemented with continuous coincident optical observations (absorption, scattering and radiometry) and stereo cameras providing a "view" of water column conditions.
You may also be interested in the Narragansett Bay Phytoplankton Wiki where you can view IFCB and microscope images of many of the species found in the Bay. This resources was put together by Virginie Sonnet with the assistance of Jessica Carney's taxonomy knowledge.