Data Parameters and Units:
The file "PTS02_Zooplankton_Plume_Process_Study": FH # (internal processing number, integer), Cruise (Identifies the cruise number, PTS02 denotes the CONCORDE spring cruise), Sample Date (UTC date that sample was collected, M/DD/YYYY), Station (Identifies the station sampled, PROCESS), Gear (Type of equipment used and haul number, MNXXXX), Net (Net number from which sample was drawn), Bin (Depth bin sample was collected from, m), Latitude (Degree minutes), Latitude_DD (Decimal degrees), Longitude (Degree minutes), Longitude_DD (Decimal degrees), Mesh (Mesh size; 335 or 202 μm), Sample Aliquot (The amount of sample that the sample aliquot was removed from), Swept Volume (The volume of sample collected in m^3), Count Volume (The volume of liquid and plankton combined when the samples were counted/identified in mL), Zooplankton Aliquot (The volume of liquid and plankton that was taken to count/identify in mL), Columns R-BK (Density reported as count per m^3 of each taxa - Calanoid Copepod, Cyclopoid Copepod, Harpacticoid Copepod, Parasitic Copepod, Copepod nauplius, Ostracod, Mysid Shrimp, Cladoceran, Amphipod, Euphausiid, Isopod, Chaetognath, Hydromedusae, Siphonophore, Polychaete, Pteropod, Heteropod, Cephalopod with, Salp, Doliolid, Larvacean, Polychaete larvae (trochophores), Gastropod larvae, Bivalve larvae, Brachiopoda (lingula larvae), Ectoprocta (Bryozoa larave), Echinoderm, Barnacle nauplii, Barnacle cypprid, Stomatopod, Crab zoea, Crab megalopa, Other decapod, Anthozoan, Ascidian, Cumacean, Juvenile crab, Lancelet, Poecilostomatoid copepod, Pycnogonid, Sipunculid, Tanaid, Tornaria, Unidentified, unidentified nauplius, and water mite).
The file "GRIIDC_Cruise_Data_Documentation_Template_Zoop": The cruise documentation with cruise information for the R/V Point Sur cruise led by chief scientists Adam Greer & Alison Deary.