grazing

 PI:              Michael Landry and Lisa Campbell
 of:              University of Hawaii
 dataset:         Phytoplankton growth, microzooplankton herbivory
 project/cruise:  Arabian Sea/TTN-050 - Process Cruise 5   
 ship:            Thomas Thompson


Methods: Rate estimates were made by seawater dilution per JGOFS protocols.  
         Full methods described in:
         Landry, M.R., S.L. Brown, L. Campbell, J. Constantinou and H. Liu.  
         1998.  Spatial patterns in phytoplankton growth and microzooplankton 
         grazing in the Arabian Sea during monsoon forcing.  Deep-Sea Res. II 
         45: 2353-2368.

 Parameter         Description                               Units

 event             event number from event log
 sta_std           Arabian Sea standard station identifier
 sta               station number from event log
 cast              cast number from event log
 depth_n           nominal depth of sample collection         meters
 phyto_growth      phytoplankton specific growth rate         per day
 microzoo_graze    microzooplankton grazing rate              per day