picoplankton

 PI:              Brian Binder(1), Sallie Chisholm(2), Rob Olson(3)
 of:                (1) University of Georgia
                           (2) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
                           (3) Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution       
 dataset:         Picoplankton abundance
 project/cruise:  EqPac/TT012
 ship:            Thomas Thompson

 PI-Notes on Analysis

 Parameter         Description                                  Units

 event             event number from event log
 sta               station number from event log
 cast              CTD cast number from event log
 depth_n           nominal depth                                meters
 bot               CTD rosette bottle number
 coccus_p_cyt      Prochlorococcus                              cells/milliliter
 coccus_s_cyt      Synechococcus                                cells/milliliter
 phyto_e_u_cyt     ultra eukaryotic phytoplankton               cells/milliliter
                     may exceed pico size class
 bact_het_cyt      heterotrophic bacteria; flow cytometry       cells/milliliter
 
 nd indicates not detectable