zoop_biomass

Data Object zoop_biomass

contact PIs:

name	title
Dr Debbie Steinberg	Principal Investigator

Dataset description

zooplankton biomass data

Acquisition description

 Methodology: Methodology

 Change history: YYMMDD
    080711: contributed by Joe Cope
    090213: Cruise_ID "K2" changed to "RR_K2" for consistency with other VERTIGO data sets
            "date" column header changed to "date_begin"
            "time" column header changed to "time_begin"
    090224: added to OCB database; Steve Gegg (sgegg@whoi.edu), BCO DMO

Processing description

Field Names List

Parameter	Description	Units
Cruise_ID	cruise designation code	dimensionless
event	unique sampling event composite of GMT yday and time	YYyday_hhmm
date	date (UTC) at start of tow	YYYYMMDD
lat	latitude, average during tow (negative denotes South)	decimal degrees
lon	longitude, average during tow (negative denotes West)	decimal degrees
time	time (UTC) at start of tow	hhmm
depth_end	depth at end of tow	meters
depth_begin	depth at beginning of tow	meters
vol_filt	volume filtered by net	meter^3
zoop_bm_200	zooplankton dry weight; 200 to 500 microns	milligrams/meter^3
zoop_bm_500	zooplankton dry weight; 500 to 1000 microns	milligrams/meter^3
zoop_bm_1000	zooplankton dry weight; 1000 to 2000 microns	milligrams/meter^3
zoop_bm_2000	zooplankton dry weight; 2000 to 5000 microns	milligrams/meter^3
zoop_bm_5000	zooplankton dry weight; gt 5000 microns	milligrams/meter^3
zoop_bm_total	zooplankton dry weight; total	milligrams/meter^3

Platforms List

R/V Kilo Moana KM0414

R/V Roger Revelle RR_K2

This document is created from the content of the BCO-DMO metadata database. 2009-11-22 09:13:55

info app: /home/ocb/dbase v.090827 CLC
Data URL: http://ocb.whoi.edu/jg/serv/OCB/VERTIGO/KM0414/zoop_biomass.