biology

  PI:              Hugh Ducklow; Michael Sieracki; Diane Stoecker; Peter Verity
  dataset:         Merged biological measurements from above Investigators
  project/cruise:  North Atlantic Bloom Experiment/119 leg 4 (Apr-May, 1989)
  ship:            R/V Atlantis II
  
  Methodology
  Bacteria (Ducklow) 
  Additional sampling and analytical methodology (Ducklow)  
  Microplankton (Sieracki, Stoecker, Verity)
  Protozoa (Stoecker)

  PI-Notes
  Sieracki 
  
  DMO note:
  The Data Management Office has changed the units of the parameters
  "tint_C" from nanograms to micrograms C/liter and "bact_het_mic" 
  from cells/liter*10^9 to cells/milliliter.
  
  All organism counts reported by Diane Stoecker were for organisms 
  greater than 20 microns.


  Parameters          Descriptions                                  Units

year year as YYYY dimensionless event event number from event log dimensionless sta station number from event log dimensionless cast cast number dimensionless bot bottle number dimensionless press pressure decibars ciliates_pl_o abundance plastidic oligotrich ciliates, cells/liter submitted by Stoecker ciliates_pl_o_C biomass of plastidic oligotrich ciliates, nanograms C/liter submitted by Stoecker ciliates_npo abundance of non plastidic oligotrich cells/liter ciliates, submitted by Stoecker ciliates_npo_C biomass of non plastidic oligotrich nanograms C/liter ciliates, submitted by Stoecker tint abundance of tintinnids, Stoecker cells/liter tint_C biomass of tintinnids, Stoecker, micrograms C/liter mesodin abundance of Mesodinium, Stoecker cells/liter mesodin_C biomass of Mesodinium, Stoecker nanograms C/liter ciliates_oth_oli abundance of other oligotrich ciliates, cells/liter submitted by Stoecker ciliates_oth_oli_C biomass of other oligotrich ciliates, nanograms C/liter submitted by Stoecker ciliates_oth_no abundance of other non oligotrich cells/liter ciliates, submitted by stoecher ciliates_oth_no_C biomass of other non oligotrich ciliates, nanograms C/liter submitted by Stoecker copepod_na abundance of copepod nauplii, Stoecker individuals/liter copepod_oth abundance of other copepods, Stoecker individuals/liter foram abundance of Foraminifer, Stoecker cells/liter sticho abundance of Sticholonche, Stoecker cells/liter holotricha abundance of Holotricha, Stoecker individuals/liter dino_het abundance of heterotrophic dinoflagellates cells/liter submitted by Stoecker dino_het_C biomass of heterotrophic dinoflagellates micrograms C/liter submitted by Stoecker dino_het_lt20 abundance of heterotrophic dinoflagellates, cells/milliliter lt 20 microns, submitted by Verity dino_het_lt20_biov mean biovolume of heterotrophic microns/milliliter dinoflagellates, lt 20 microns, Verity dino_het_biov_sd mean biovolume standard deviation of heterotrophic dinoflagellates, lt 20 microns, submitted by Verity hnp_num number of cells counted and measured of heterotrophic nanoplankton, Sieracki hnp abundance of heterotrophic nanoplankton, cells/milliliter submitted by Sieracki hnp_cellv average cell biovolume heterotrophic cubic microns/cell nanoplankton, submitted by Sieracki hnp_biov biovolume per sample volume of heterotrophic microns/milliliter nanoplankton, submitted by Sieracki hnp_C biomass of heterotrophic nanoplankton, micrograms C/liter submitted by Sieracki pnp_num number of cells counted & measured of phototrophic nanoplankton, Sieracki pnp abundance of phototrophic nanoplankton, cells/milliliter submitted by Sieracki pnp_cellv average cell biovolume phototrophic cubic microns/cell nanoplankton, submitted by Sieracki pnp_biov biovolume per sample volume of phototrophic microns/milliliter nanoplankton, submitted by Sieracki pnp_C biomass of phototrophic nanoplankton, micrograms C/liter submitted by Sieracki bact_cyan_num number of cells counted & measured of cyanobacteria, submitted by Sieracki bact_cyan abundance of cyanobacteria, Sieracki cells/milliliter bact_cyan_cellv average cell biovolume cyanobacteria, cubic microns/cell submitted by Sieracki bact_cyan_biov biovolume per sample volume of microns/milliliter cyanobacteria, submitted by Sieracki bact_cyan_C biomass of cyanobacteria, Sieracki micrograms C/liter thy_incorp thymidine incorporation, Ducklow picomoles/liter/hour leuc_incorp leucine incorporation, Ducklow picomoles/liter/hour bact_het_mic heterotrophic bacteria abundance, cells/milliliter microscopy, Ducklow