bacteria

  PI:              Hugh Ducklow
  dataset:         Bacterial abundance, cell volume, thymidine &
                            leucine incorporation
  project/cruise:  Arabian Sea /TTN-049 Process cruise 4
  ship:            R/V Thomas Thompson
 
 Methodology


 Parameters      Descriptions                                  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_mic    heterotrophic bacteria abundance, DMO         cells/milliliter
                  converted units; microscopy
 bact_het_cellv  heterotrophic bacteria mean cell volume       cubic microns 
 thy_incorp      rate of incorporation of 3H-thymidine         picomoles/liter/hr
 thy_sd          standard deviation of replicate 
                   3H-thymidine incorp assays
 leuc_incorp     rate of incorp of 3H-leucine                  picomoles/liter/hr
 leuc_sd         standard deviation of replicate 
                   3H-leucine incorp assays
 
 nd indicates missing or bad data