1. File Name:  99LPRESP.SMa
     Data File Name:  99LPRESP.SMb

2. Year:  1999

3. PI:  L. R. Pomeroy

4. Others:  None

5.  Description:  Respiratory rates of near-surface water from St. Marys
River for Survey cruise, February 1999.

6.  Keywords:  respiration oxygen lmer8

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 99LPDOXY.SMa for ambient dissolved
oxygen concentrations in St. Marys river water.

10. Variable	Description			Precision/units		coded
    D/D	        depth/distance frm mouth        1 m/1 km                no
    date        date                                                    DMY
    hour        24 h eastern standard           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@uga.edu
706-542-3415/2968

14.  Other data files to reference:  99LPDOXY.SM(a and b)

15.  Reference citations:  Pomeroy et al. 1994.  Appl. Environ. Microbiol.
60: 328-332

16.  Format of variables
99LPRESP.SMb
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:  5

18.  Status: 3

19.  For archival use:
      Data File Validated By:  L. R. Pomeroy
      Date: 31 August 1999 
      Date Received By Data Management:  31 August 1999
      Date Entered To Database:  15 September 1999
      Log Of Changes And Comments:
         format check, edits - tdb