meso_micro

 PI:              David Garrison and Marcia Gowing
 dataset:         Mesopelagic microplankton abundance and carbon biomass
 project/cruise:  Arabian Sea/TTN-054 - Process Cruise 7
 ship:            Thomas Thompson
 
 Sampling Methodology

 PI note regarding multi-bottle sampling 

 Note: _gt20 in the parameter names listed below, indicates organisms predominantly 
 20-200 micrometers but sometimes larger in size.


 Parameter         Description                                   Units

 event             event number from event log 
 sta_std           Arabian Sea standard station identifier
 sta               station number from event log 
 cast              CTD cast number
 cast_type         CTD=CTD rosette; TM=TM rosette
 bot               CTD bottle number - see note above
 depth_n           nominal depth                                 meters
 naup_gt20         Nauplius abundance                            organisms/liter
 naup_gt20_C       Nauplius biomass                              nanograms C/liter
 sarc_gt20         Sarcodine abundance                           cells/liter
 sarc_gt20_C       Sarcodine biomass                             nanograms C/liter
 ciliates_gt20     Ciliate abundance (loricate plus aloricate)   cells/liter
 ciliates_gt20_C   Ciliate biomass (loricate plus aloricate)     nanograms C/liter
 dino_het_gt20     Heterotrophic dinoflagellate abundance        cells/liter
 dino_het_gt20_C   Heterotrophic dinoflagellate biomass          nanograms C/liter
 dino_auto_gt20    Autotrophic dinoflagellate abundance          cells/liter
 dino_auto_gt20_C  Autotrophic dinoflagellate biomass            nanograms C/liter
 diatom_gt20       Diatom abundance                              cells/liter
 diatom_gt20_C     Diatom biomass                                nanograms C/liter
 proto_unid        Unidentified protozoan abundance              cells/liter
 proto_unid_C      Unidentified protozoan biomass                nanograms C/liter
 
 nd indicates no data (below detection limits)