C_biomass_sed

 PI:              Fred Dobbs
 of:              Old Dominion University
 dataset:         microbial Carbon biomass in sediments	 
 project/cruise:  EqPac/TT013, Benthic survey	
 ship:            R/V Thomas Thompson
 
 Methodology:  Dobbs, F.C., and R.H. Findlay. 1993. Analysis of microbial 
               lipids to determine biomass and detect the response of 
               sedimentary microorganisms to disturbance. Chapter 40 in 
               Handbook of Methods in Aquatic Microbial Ecology.  
               (P.F. Kemp, B.F. Sherr, E.B. Sherr, and J.J. Cole, editors), 
               pp. 347-358.  Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton. 

 DMO notes:
 Data are reported at nominal geographic locations so as to be compatible 
 with other files submitted by this PI.  Samples are 0.5cm in size 
 except for those at depths of 5.5 to 9.5 cm which are 1 cm samples.


  Parameter        Description                               Units

  sta_name         station name                              dimensionless
  sta              station number from event log             dimensionless
  lat_n            nominal latitude; negative denotes south  degrees
  lon_n            nominal longitude; negative denotes west  degrees
  tube_num         tube number, multicore                    dimensionless
  depth_core       depth in core, mid-point of interval      centimeters 
                     sampled                      
  microbial_C_g    microbial Carbon biomass in units         micromoles C/gram sed. dry wt. 
                     of sediment dry weight
  microbial_C_cm3  microbial Carbon biomass in units         micromoles C/cubic centimeter
                     of sediment by volume