grazing

  PI:              Hans Dam
  of:              University of Connecticut
  dataset:         Mesozooplankton weight-specific carbon ingestion rates
  project/cruise:  North Atlantic Bloom Experiment / 119 legs 4, 5
  ship:            R/V Atlantis II

  Methodology
   
  See:  Dam, Hans G., Carolyn Miller and Sigrun Jonasdottir, 1993.  The trophic
  role of mesozooplankton at 47N and 20W during the North Atlantic Bloom 
  Experiment.  Deep-Sea Research II, Vol. 40, N0. 12 pp 197-212.

  DMO Note:

  The reporting of plankton tow events was inconsistent, event numbers
  may reference a single tow or a series of tows.  Use caution in a 
  merging of data from different sources.


  Parameter  Description                                    Units
 

  year       year (as YYYY)                                 dimensionless
  event      event number, from event log                   dimensionless
  sta        station number from event log                  dimensionless
  cast       cast number, numbered consecutively within     dimensionless
               station
  sizefrac   size fraction/interval of organisms analyzed   millimeters
  C_ingest   carbon ingestion rate                          mgr C ingested/(mgr body C)/hr