1. File Name: 96LPRESP.SLa 2. Year: 1996 3. PI: L. R. Pomeroy 4. Others: None 5. Description: Respiratory rates of near-surface water from Satilla River for Survey cruise 3, July 1996 6. Keywords: respiration, oxygen 7. Research Location: latitude-longitude 8. Methods: Precision Winklers of unfiltered river water before and after 12 h incubations at in-situ temperature in dark incubators aboard R/V Blue Fin. See Pomeroy et al. 1994. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60: 328-332 for detailed methods. 9. Notes: See also the data file 96LPDOXY.SAa for ambient dissolved oxygen concentrations in Savannah river water. 10. Variable Description Precision/units coded D/D depth/km frm mouth 1 m/1 km no date date DMY hour 24 h eastern std h-min no PSU Salinity 0.01 o/oo no temp temperature 0.01 degree C no Resp respiratory rate 0.01 uM/h no 11. calculations: see 8. Respiratory rates are given as micromoles oxygen per liter per hour. 12. For more information, contact L. R. Pomeroy Institute of Ecology University of Georgia Athens GA 30602-2202 lpomeroy@ecology.uga.edu 706-542-3415/2968 14. Other data files to reference: 96LPDOXY.dat 15. Reference citations: Pomeroy et al. 1994. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60: 328-332 16. Format of variables 96LPRESP.SLa Column Name Type width decimals 1 D/D numeric 4 0 2 date numeric 6 0 3 time numeric 4 0 4 PSU numeric 5 2 5 temp numeric 5 2 6 resp.rate numeric 4 2 17. number of records: 10 18. Status: 3 19. For archival use: Date received: Data file entered by Data file validation: By: LRP date: 3-6-97 Log of changes and comments