picophyto

  PI:              Robert Olson
  dataset:         Picophytoplankton cell counts
  project/cruise:  Arabian Sea/TTN-049 - Process Cruise 4   
  ship:            Thomas Thompson

  PI Note:
     Our data on picophytoplankton counts where obtained by flow cytometry
     of preserved samples (0.1% glutaraldehyde, stored in liquid nitrogen).
     Samples collected from CTD/rosette bottle casts, usually
     12 depths per station.

 PI-Note on March 1997 revision

 Parameter    Description                                 Units

 event        event number from event log
 sta          station number from event log
 sta_std      Arabian Sea standard station identifier
 cast         CTD rosette cast number from event log
 bot          CTD rosette bottle number
 depth_n      nominal sample depth                        meters
 coccus_s     Synechococcus                               cells/milliliter
 coccus_p     Prochlorococcus                             cells/milliliter
 phyto_e_u    ultra eukaryotic phytoplankton              cells/milliliter