bacteria

 
  PI:              Farooq Azam and David Smith
  dataset:         Bacteria abundance and thymidine/leucine incorporation
  project/cruise:  Arabian Sea/TTN-054 - Process Cruise 7   
  ship:            Thomas Thompson
 
Sampling Protocols

 Parameter      Description                                   Units

 event          event number, from event log
 sta_std        Arabian Sea standard station number
 sta            station number, from event log
 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 incorp.
 leuc_incorp    leucine incorporation                         picomoles/liter/hr
 leuc_sd        standard deviation leucine incorp.