A dataset of benthic environmental parameters in the Yellow Sea in the years 2007  2009

The water depth, bottom water temperature and salinity were obtained from a total of 154 stations by using the conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD). The sediment median grain size and the horizontal and vertical distribution of sediment water content, organic matter, chlorophyll a and pheophytin a from these stations were measured on the basis of sample collection using a 0.1-m2 modified Grey-O’Hara box corer.

The dataset of CTD and sediment environmental parameters will aid to better understanding the long-term changes of the benthic environment and ecosystem in the Yellow Sea.