Meta file for submission of data file: nutrients-surv-1998-068.dat Cruise: Surv-1998-068 (Mar 16 - Mar 19, 1998) Ship: R/V Laurentian PI: Tom Johengen Ph#: 734-741-2203 Email: tom.johengen@noaa.gov Data type: Particulate and dissolved nutrients, suspended solids on discrete water samples 1) Total suspended material (TSM): gravimetric, GF-F filters 2) Total Phosphorus (TP) : molybdate/ascorbic acid method on AutoAnalyzer II, after persulfate digestion 3) Total Dissolved Phosphorus (TDP) : molybdate/ascorbic acid method on AutoAnalyzer II, after persulfate digestion of 0.2 uM filtered samples 4) Particulate Phosphorus (PP) : molybdate/ascorbic acid method on AutoAnalyzer II, after combustion, boiling HCL extraction of particles retained on a GFF filter 5) Bioavailable Phosphorus (AVP) : molybdate/ascorbic acid method on AutoAnalyzer II, after NaOH digestion of particles retained on 0.2 uM nucleopore filter 6) Particulate Silica (PSiO2) : molybdate/ascorbic acid method on AutoAnalyzer II, after NaOH digestion of particles retained on 0.2 uM nucleopore filter 7) Soluble Reactive Phosphorus (SRP) : molybdate/ascorbic acid method on AutoAnalyzer II, of 0.2 uM filtered samples 8) Nitrate + Nitrite (NO3): cadium reduction method on AutoAnalyzer II, of 0.2 uM filtered samples 9) Ammonium (NH4): phenol method on AutoAnalyzer II, of 0.2 uM filtered samples 10) Soluble Reactive Silica (SiO2): molybdate/ascorbic acid method on AutoAnalyzer II of 0.2 uM filtered samples 11) Chloride (Cl): ferric thicyanate method on AutoAnalyzer II of 0.2 uM filtered samples 12) Particulate Organic Carbon (POC): Perkin Elmer CHN elemental analyzer 13) Particulate Organic Nitrogen (PON): Perkin Elmer CHN elemental analyzer NOTES: TSM data taken from Eadie/Winkelman (NOT original data) NOTES: missing data denoted by -999 NOTES: chlorophyll ananlyses for this cruise were done by Fahnenstiel