meio_fauna

 PI:              Craig Smith, C.Brown, J.Lambshead
 of:              University of Hawaii
 dataset:         Nematode abundances from extracted sediment cores
 project/cruise:  EqPac/TT013, Benthic Survey
 ship:            R/V Thomas Thompson

 Methodology:
 
 Brown, C.J., P.J.D. Lambshead, C.R. Smith, L.E. Hawkins, and R. Farley. 2001.
 Phytodetritus and the abundance of abyssal nematodes in the central equatorial
 Pacific. Deep-Sea Research I, 48:55-565.

 PI note: 
 Abundance counts are the resultant of sieving onto 45 and 32 micron screens.
 Depth of core sampled 2cm.
 BC samples are from Box cores, and are counts of individuals per 100 cm2.
 MC samples are from Multiple cores, and are counts of individuals per 80 cm2
 that have been normalized to 100 cm2.  The 80cm abundance counts for MC cores
 are as follows:  sta  nematodes_32_45  nematodes_gt45
                   71       16              598
                  117       22              479
		  
 DMO note: See event log for precise sampling information.
 

 Parameter        Description                              Units

 event            event number form the event log
 sta              station number from event log
 lat_n            nominal latitude, minus indicates South  degrees
 lon_n            nominal longitude, minus indicates West  degrees
 core_type        type of coring device used               
                   where: BC means box core
                          MC means multi core
 nematodes_32_45  nematode abundance in the size class     individuals/100 cm2
                   32_45 microns
 nematodes_gt45   nematode abundance gt45 microns          individuals/100 cm2