lipid_sed

 PI:              Fred Dobbs
 of:              Old Dominion University
 dataset:         Membrane lipids, in sediments
 project/cruise:  EqPac/TT013, Benthic survey
 ship:            R/V Thomas Thompson
 
 Methodology: Findlay, R.H., and F.C. Dobbs. 1993. Quantitative 
              description of microbial communities using lipid 
              analysis.  Chapter 32 in Handbook of Methods in Aquatic
              Microbal Ecology.  (P.F. Kemp, B.F. Sherr, E.B. Sherr, 
              and J.J. Cole, editors), pp. 271-284. 
              Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton. 

 DMO Notes:
 All samples are extracted from multicores.  Data are displayed as a 
 summary at a nominal geographic location.  The summary consists of 
 samples from one or more cores or stations.  Sample size is 0.5 cm 
 except for the sample at 9.5 cm which is a 1 cm sample.
  
  
  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                      
  saturates_norm     saturates, normal                         mole per cent
  saturates_term_b   saturates, terminally branched            mole per cent
  saturates_mid_c_b  saturates, mid-chain branched             mole per cent
  monoenoics         monoenoics                                mole per cent
  monoenoics_b       monoenoics, branched                      mole per cent
  polyenoics         polyenoics                                mole per cent