macro_fauna

 PI:              Craig R. Smith
 of:              University of Hawaii
 dataset:         Benthic macrofauna gt300 um, sediment box cores
 project/cruise:  EqPac/TT013, Benthic Survey
 ship:            R/V Thomas Thompson

 Methodology:

 Paterson, G., Wilson, G. , Cosson, N. and Lamont, P. 1998.  Hessler and
 Jumars (1974) revisited: abyssal polychaete assemblages from the Atlantic
 and Pacific.  Deep-Sea Research II 45: 225-251.

 PI note:   Macrofauna data come from the upper 10 cm of the cores.
 DMO note:  See event log for precise sample locations.

 Parameter      Description                          Units

 event          event number from event log
 sta            station number from event log
 lat_n          nominal latitude, minus equals       degrees
                  south  
 lon_n          nominal longitude, minus equals      degrees
                  west 
 Aplacophora    Aplacophora, Phylum MOLLUSCA         individuals/1800 cm2
 Gastropoda     Gastropoda, Phylum MOLLUSCA          individuals/1800 cm2
 Scaphopoda     Scaphopoda, Phylum MOLLUSCA          individuals/1800 cm2
 Bivalvia       Bivalvia, Phylum MOLLUSCA            individuals/1800 cm2
 Polychaeta     Polychaeta, Phylum ANNELIDA          individuals/1800 cm2
 Oligochaeta    Oligochaeta, Phylum ANNELIDA         individuals/1800 cm2
 Cumacea        Cumacea, Phylum ARTHROPODA           individuals/1800 cm2
 Tanaidacea     Tanaidacea, Phylum ARTHROPODA        individuals/1800 cm2
 Isopoda        Isopoda, Phylum ARTHROPODA           individuals/1800 cm2
 Amphipoda      Amphipoda, Phylum ARTHROPODA         individuals/1800 cm2
 Decapoda       Decapoda, Phylum ARTHROPODA          individuals/1800 cm2
 PORIFERA       PORIFERA                             individuals/1800 cm2
 Hydrozoa       Hydrozoa, Phylum COELENTERATA        individuals/1800 cm2
 Turbellaria    Turbellaria, Phylum PLATYHELMINTHES  individuals/1800 cm2
 NEMERTEA       NEMERTEA                             individuals/1800 cm2
 SIPUNCULA      SIPUNCULA                            individuals/1800 cm2 
 ECHIURA        ECHIURA                              individuals/1800 cm2 
 BRYOZOA        BRYOZOA                              individuals/1800 cm2
 ENTOPROCTA     ENTOPROCTA                           individuals/1800 cm2
 Ophiuroidea    Ophiuroidea, Phylum ECHINODERMATA    individuals/1800 cm2
 Echinoidea     Echinoidea, Phylum ECHINODERMATA     individuals/1800 cm2
 Holothuroidea  Holothuroidea, Phylum ECHINODERMATA  individuals/1800 cm2      
 HEMICHORDATA   HEMICHORDATA                         individuals/1800 cm2
 Ascidiacea     Ascidiacea, Phylum PLOTOCHORDATA     individuals/1800 cm2
 unk_worms      unkown worms                         individuals/1800 cm2
 unk_others     unkown others                        individuals/1800 cm2