sedtrap_amino

 PI:               Cindy Lee
 of:               SUNY Stony Brook
 dataset:          Deep sea sediment trap amino acid data
 project/cruise:   AESOPS/Southern Ocean 1996-1997 Mooring Deployment
                   Deployment: NBP 96-5 
                   Recovery: NBP 98-2 Benthic Cruise
 ship:             R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer
 
 Methodology:  Amino acids and chloropigments were analyzed according to
               methods in: Lee, C., S.G. Wakeham and J.I. Hedges (2000)
               Composition and flux of particulate amino acids and
               chloropigments in equatorial Pacific seawater and sediments.
               Deep-Sea Research I, 47: 1535-1568.
 
 Modification history:  YYMMDD
    090317:  latitude and longitude values changed to negative
             to indicate West and South
 
 
 Parameter      Description                                           Units
 

 site           Southern Ocean site designation
 mooring        Mooring identification
 trap_type      particle interceptor (xs area 0.017 m2)
                  IRS=indented rotating sphere valve in line
                  C=sample carousel in line
 deploy         Deployment number        
 depth_trap     Depth of trap                                         meters
 date_begin     Date of trap deployment                               YYYYMMDD
 lat            Latitude, (negative = South)                          decimal degrees
 lon            Longitude, (negative = West)                          decimal degrees
 carousel       Identification number of sample carousel
                  on multi-trap arrays
 cup            Sample cup number (position) in carousel
 date_open      Date sample cup opened                                YYYYMMDD
 time_open      Time sample cup opened                                hhmm
 days_open      Elapsed time sample tube collected particle flux      days
 sample         Unique analytical ID# given to each sample
 amino_flux     Total hydrolyzed amino acid flux                      milligrams/m2/day
 amino_C_f      Total hydrolyzed amino acid carbon flux               micromol THAA C/m2/day
 Asp            aspartic acid                                         mole percent
 Glu            glutamic acid                                         mole percent
 His            histidine                                             mole percent
 Ser            serine                                                mole percent
 Arg            arginine                                              mole percent
 Gly            glycine                                               mole percent
 Thr            threonine                                             mole percent
 b_Ala          beta-alanine                                          mole percent
 Ala            alanine                                               mole percent
 Tyr            tyrosine                                              mole percent
 g_Aba          gama-aminobutyric acid                                mole percent
 Met            methionine                                            mole percent
 Val            valine                                                mole percent
 p_Ala          phenylalanine                                         mole percent
 Ile            isoleucine                                            mole percent
 Leu            leucine                                               mole percent
 Lys            lysine                                                mole percent