bacteria

  PI:              Hugh Ducklow
  of:              Virginia Institute of Marine Science
  dataset:         Bacteria abundance, thymidine incorporation
  project/cruise:  NABE/198
  ship:            R/V Endeavor

  Methodology
  Bacteria (Ducklow)
  Additional sampling and analytical methodology (Ducklow)

  DMO note:
  The Data Management Office has changed the units of the parameters
  "bact_het_mic" from cells/liter*10^9 to cells/milliliter


  Parameters     Descriptions                             Units 

  event          event number per event log               dimensionless
  sta            station number per event log             dimensionless
  cast           cast number, consecutive within station  dimensionless
  date           date reported as YYYYMMDD                YYYYMMDD
  time           time reported as HHmm, GMT               hours/minutes
  lat            latitude, minus = south                  decimal degrees
  lon            longitude, minus = west,                 decimal degrees
  depth_n        nominal depth of sample                  meters
  thy_incorp     thymidine incorporation                  picomoles/liter/hour
  bact_het_orig  heterotrophic bacteria abundance,        cells/liter *10^9
                   original units; microscopy
  bact_het_mic   heterotrophic bacteria abundance,        cells/milliliter
                   microscopy