bacteria

 
  PI:              Farooq Azam and David Smith
  dataset:         Bacteria abundance and thymidine/leucine incorporation
  project/cruise:  Arabian Sea/TTN-043 - Process Cruise 1   
  ship:            Thomas Thompson
 
Sampling Protocols

 Parameter      Description                                   Units

 event          event number, from event log
 sta            station number, from event log
 sta_std        Arabian Sea standard station identifier
 cast           CTD cast number, from event log 
                  consecutive within station
 bot            CTD rosette bottle number
 press          sample depth                                  decibars
 bact_het_orig  heterotrophic bacteria abundance, original    cells/liter *10^9
                  units; microscopy           
 bact_het_se    standard error for heterotrophic bacteria
                  cell counts; original units
 bact_het_mic   heterotrophic bacteria abundance; DMO         cells/milliliter
                  converted units, microscopy
 thy_incorp     thymidine incorporation                       picomoles/liter/hr
 thy_sd         standard deviation thymidine incorporation
 leuc_incorp    leucine incorporation                         picomoles/liter/hr
 leuc_sd        standard deviation leucine incorporation