Chrzanowski, T., L.H. Stevenson, and B. Kjerfve. 1979. Adenosine 5'triphosphate flux through the North Inlet marsh system. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 37: 841-848.
Stevenson, L.H., T. Chrzanowski, and C. Erkenbecker. 1979. The adenosine triphosphate assay: Conceptions and misconceptions. P. 99-116. Symposia proceedings. Native Aquatic Bacteria. American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, PA.
Chrzanowski, T.H. and J.D. Spurrier. 1987. Exchange of microbial biomass between a Spartina alterniflora marsh and the adjacent tidal creek. Estuaries. 10(2): 118-125.
Chrzanowski, T.H. and R.G. Zingmark. 1989. Bacterial abundance, biomass, and secondary production along a forest to ocean landscape gradient. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 125(3): 253-266.
Stevenson, L.H., T.H. Chrzanowski, and B. Kjerfve. 1980. Short-term fluxes through major outlets of the North Inlet marsh in terms of adenosine 5'-triphosphate. P. 355-369. In: Estuarine and Wetland Processes. P. Hamilton and K.B. MacDonald (eds.). Plenum Press, NY.
Wilson, C., H. Stevenson, and T. Chrzanowski. 1981. The contribution of bacteria to the total adenosine triphosphate extracted from the microbiota in the water of a salt marsh creek. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 50: 183-195.
Stevenson, L.H. C.A. Wilson, and T.H. Chrzanowski. 1981. The assay of adenosine 5'triphosphate extracted from salt-marsh microbiota. Can. J. Microbiol. 27: 633-635.
Dame, R.F., T. Chrzanowski, K. Bildstein, B. Kjerfve, H.N. McKellar Jr., D. Nelson, J. Spurrier, S. Stancyk, H. Stevenson, F.J. Vernberg, and R. Zingmark. 1986. The outwelling hypothesis in North Inlet, South Carolina. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 333: 217-229.
Additional ATP data were generated at North Inlet as a part of an Outwelling study during the period from November 1977 to November 1979. The data set includes ATP, ATP spline, POC, POC spline, DOC, DOC spline, fungi, fungi spline, and velocity.
Additional ATP data were also generated as part of the Bly Creek study done at North Inlet during the period of June 1983 - June 1984. The data consists of BCSYN1 - BCSYN34 (raw unedited ATP data), SYN1COR - SYN34COR (raw but corrected and edited ATP data), SYN1 - SYN34 (ATP means). Also included in the Bly Creek data are several other related datasets: BSCAL (marsh flume calibration, unedited ATP), VMARATP (mean ATP values from marsh flume calibration), BCSCAL2 (oyster reef calibration, unedited data), OYSREATP (mean ATP values from oyster reef calibration), BCSCAL3 (transect calibration, unedited data), TRANSATP (mean ATP values from transect calibration), VDOMECO1 (oyster dome calibration, edited data), VDOMECO2 (oyster dome calibration, edited data), WEIRATP (WEIR data), and WEIRMEAN (mean ATP values for WEIR data).
The Outwelling and Bly Creek ATP data are not accessible on the Internet as of June 2003; however, digital files are available at Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences. See Contact Information.
Clambank Creek (CB): The Clambank Creek monitoring site is located roughly in the center of the North Inlet. The site is surrounded by a Spartina marsh and drains associated uplands. Salinity ranges from 0 to 36. The bottom is mostly comprised of oyster shell hash and some fine sediment. This site is considered pristine and is influenced by its close proximity to the Inlet mouth. Clambank Creek monitoring site: 33.20'0'' Lat., 79.11'33'' Long.
Oyster Landing (OL): The Oyster Landing monitoring site is considered a fairly pristine and undisturbed area. Samples are collected at the end of the Oyster Landing pier. The pier stretches into the upper reaches of Crab Haul Creek in the mid-western portion of North Inlet. The creek drains pine forested uplands and wetlands. Salinity can range from 0 to 36 parts per thousand and average tidal flux is approximately 1.4 m. The creek has an average depth of ~2 m MHW and an average width of ~150m MHW at the sample site. The bottom is mostly comprised of oyster shell hash with some fine sediment and detritus. Oyster Landing monitoring site (in Crab Haul Creek): 33.21'2'' Lat., 79.11'27'' Long.
Town Creek (TC): The Town Creek monitoring site is located the closest to the ocean, in the mouth of North Inlet just behind the southern tip of Debidue Island. Salinities are dominated by the oceanic conditions. The current velocities are the strongest here, and the bottom is comprised of course sand with some shell hash. Town Creek monitoring site: 33.19'38'' Lat., 79.10'0'' Long.
These three tidal marsh creeks reside in the North Inlet Estuary. The North Inlet Estuary lies east of the uplands of Hobcaw Barony (also known as the Belle W. Baruch Property). To the north of the Estuary is the Debordieu Colony Property. The Estuary is located in Georgetown County, South Carolina.
Related programs include CVMEAN, SASMEAN, and MNMEAN. CVMEAN is a basic means job run on the triplicates, which lists in the output, variable, N, mean, standard deviation, minimum value, maximum value, standard error of the mean, sum, variance and coefficient of the variance. Coefficient of the variance was used to create an edited data set. SASMEAN was a means job run on the edited data set created above. The output from this job consisted only of the variables: date, site, and ATP mean. MNMEAN was a means job run on the edited data set also. The output from this job consisted only of a year, month and ATP mean for the entire month.
Variable Type Units and Range of measurement ATP (ml) real (6.4) 0.0001-0.9999 x grams x exp ATP (m3) real (6.4) 0.0000-0.9999 x grams x exp ATP (m3) real (10.8) 0.00000000-0.99999999 gramsNote: In 2003, the Data Rescue and Dissemination Project changed the units of measurement for the Disseminated Rescued files. Original text files remain unchanged. ATP data that were originally recorded as grams per milliliter or per cubic meter multiplied by an exponent were converted to nanograms per milliliter. However, the number of decimal places was kept to four based on the original data values being four. See Process Step for more details on this change.
Missing Data:
Missing data values are due to either the sample not having been collected on the day in question or a lack of necessary materials to process the sample. Sometime in late October/November 1982 Oyster Landing and Clambank Creek were sampled on the weekends. At Clambank Creek there were 196 days sampled in 1981, 238 days sampled in 1982, 350 days sampled in 1983, 361 days sampled in 1984, and 89 days sampled in 1985. At Oyster Landing there were 191 days sampled in 1981, 237 days sampled in 1982, 347 days sampled in 1983, 362 days sampled in 1984, and 89 days sampled in 1985. At Town Creek there were 280 days sampled in 1981, 310 days sampled in 1982, 342 days sampled in 1983, 350 days sampled in 1984, and 88 days sampled in 1985. Go to Appendix A in the hardcopy version of this documentation or go to this link to view or print out the list of missing values at each site for each date: <http://links.baruch.sc.edu/data/LTERATP/metadata/LTERATP.MissingData.htm>. Missing data were denoted with a period (.) and were inserted into the Final Rescued data files.
Missing "Replicate" Samples:
Data Files LTERCO 1 - 32 contains data from samples taken at Oyster Landing, Town Creek and Clambank Creek. The majority of samples taken included 2 and 3 "replicate" samples, per water sample, per day. In some cases, only 1 sample (no replication) was taken, and in one instance, 4 "replicate" samples were taken.
Data Files: PLOT 1 -32 and LTER 1 -32 contain means from each site for each date; however, caution must be used in using these data because some means may only be based on 1 sample from each site while the majority of the means are derived from 2 or 3 or 4 "replicate" samples. The following table lists the site and date when only one "replicate" sample was taken from the water sample.
List of dates where only one "replicate" sample was taken per site
1981 CB 1981 OL 1981 TC 12/17/1981 11/19/1981 12/15/1981 12/21/1981 12/9/1981 12/21/1981 12/22/1981 12/18/1981 12/22/1981 12/31/1981 1982 CB 1982 OL 1982 TC 7/26/1982 1/7/1982 1/7/1982 10/8/1982 1/8/1982 4/5/1982 11/12/1982 7/16/1982 6/19/1982 12/21/1982 7/24/1982 10/8/1982 12/29/1982 1983 CB 1983 OL 1983 TC NA NA 1/7/1983 2/20/1983 4/19/1983 7/16/1983 8/27/1983 1984 CB 1984 OL 1984 TC 4/12/1984 4/13/1984 9/8/1984 4/14/1984 1985 CB 1985 OL 1985 TC NA 1/17/1985 NA 4 samples taken: 1982 CB 12/20/1982
Data Capture of Original Raw and Final Data Files and Documentation (2002-2003) Original ascii text data files, which were uploaded in the 1980's to the main campus of the University of South Carolina's mainframe computer, were downloaded to Baruch Institute's data manager's personal computer in 2002. The original data files were archived onto CD and onto Baruch Field Laboratory's Data Management Server; they have not been modified and remain in ascii text format. These original files were imported into Microsoft Excel 2000, reviewed and modified for rescue, documentation, and dissemination purposes.
Rescue Process Data set file editing and description (June 2003): Original corrected "triplicate" files, LTERCO1-32, were imported into Microsoft Excel and saved for further rescue processing. The Rescue Process file contains chem #, day.month.year, site, time, I Depth, Depth, ATP (grams per milliliter) times an Exponent, and ATP (grams per cubic meter) times an Exponent. PLOT1-32, LTER1-32, and MONTHS were also imported and saved as Excel files. File: LTER13 and PLOT1-32/PLOT13: problem with years jumping from 1983 to 1984 and then back to 1983 in the next file. The problem was corrected by verifying the years with a final computer printout (blue IBM binder that was labeled LTERATP). File: PLOT11 and PLOT12 are the same file, however PLOT11 does not contain the correct information and dates. The problem was corrected by verifying the original data to the file LTER1-32. PLOT1-32 and LTER1-32 contain the same information; however the files are sorted by different categories. PLOT1-32 is sorted by month, day, year and LTER1-32 is sorted by site. File: PLOT13: Two mean values were listed for one site for the same date which was erroneous. The data were corrected by comparing values with the corresponding LTERCO file.
Data Verification, Editing, and Graphing (June 2003) The data files, LTERCO1-32, were merged into annual files. The ATP values are originally listed as real numbers with exponents following the values. As this is not a standard way to publish data, the data rescue team changed the notation of units from grams per milliliter to nanograms per milliliter. This enabled us to remove the exponents in the final, rescued ATP data values. For example: an original value of 0.2927 D-09 grams per milliliter was converted by the rescue team and recorded as 0.2927 nanograms per milliliter (i.e. the exponent D-09 equals 10-9, and a nanogram is equal to 10-9 grams). The number of decimal places the data value had was changed to reflect the exponent value as shown below:
0.2927 D-09 grams per milliliter = 0.2927 nanograms per milliliter 0.0023 D-08 grams per milliliter = 0.0230 nanograms per milliliter 0.0048 D-07 grams per milliliter = 0.4800 nanograms per milliliterColumns of data that were redundant for final dissemination purposes, were removed from the final database. These were Time, IDepth, Depth, and ATP measured in grams per cubic meter. Site codes of 1, 2, or 3 were changed to the letter codes: TC, OL, CB, respectively. Missing data were inserted into the corrected "triplicate" files. The computer program Sigma Plot was used to generate the graphs by year by site. All triplicate values were plotted to help find anomalous data. Anomalous data points were identified and then verified with original data.
Anomalous Data: In the Data Rescue and Dissemination Project of 2003, Baruch's data managers found the following files to have erroneous data values and/or documentation and were corrected as described below. For a complete listing of data files and their content, go to the Distribution Section of this documentation.
LTERCO Datafiles: Data values were plotted and based on data value patterns, the data from 10/28/1983 to 11/9/1983 at all three sample sites and from Oyster Landing on 3/26/1982 were listed as anomalous. Caution should be used when using the data. This does not imply that the values are erroneous, just that they are suspect. Data in October and November of 1983 are especially suspect; the values are all well above the normal for the season or year. No mention of probable cause was listed in the original data documentation.
File: LTERCO21: 1/15/84, SITE 3, value of 0.6888 D-03: exponent looked out of place since other "replicates" were D-09, however, the value was compared with a final computer printout (blue IBM binder that was labeled LTERATP) and was corrected to 0.6888 D-09. Note: D-03 values =10-3; D-09 =10-9.
File: LTERDMT: Data that was not actually missing were listed in the missing data section of the original LTERATP documentation file called LTERDMT. The dates included 2/24/1983 - TC, 11/15/1983 - TC, OL, CB, 4/8/1984 - CB and 4/9/1984 - CB. This was corrected in the missing documentation located within this FGDC metadata document.
File: LTERCO1-32 lists the sample depth as 0.1 meter, but the original documentation lists it as 50 centimeters (0.50meters). The data managers of the Data Rescue and Dissemination project verified that the water samples were taken at the 0.5 meter depth.
Creation of Final Rescued/Disseminated Databases (June 2003) The final, disseminated LTERCO file was renamed as LTERATP.CB.1981-1985 or LTERATP.OL.1981-1985 or LTERATP.TC.1981-1985; all five years were combined into one file for each site. They contain 3 variables: Date, Site, and ATP measured in nanograms per milliliter. The LTERATP.1981-1985 files were used to create a mean with standard error files, using Statistical Analysis System (SAS). These summary data files called ATPMEAN.CB or OL or TC.1981-1985 were exported into Microsoft Excel 2000 and then graphed using Sigma Plot. Both the triplicate LTERATP.1981-1985 files and ATPMEAN.81-85 files were saved as Excel and .csv formatted files. All plots were exported as .jpg images.
Data Archive and Dissemination of Rescued Data, Documentation, and Graphics (July 2003) Rescued final data, graphics, and metadata are all printed out into a hardcopy paper version and also burned onto CD. All original ascii text data was also burned to CD; the hardcopy and CD versions are compiled into a 3-ring binder notebook and stored at the BMFL Computer Laboratory. All original printed documentation is also in the 3-ring notebook. CD's of the Original files and Rescued Final data files are kept in a fireproof cabinet at the BMFL data manager's office. Final data, graphics, and metadata are also available on Baruch Institute's web site: <http://links.baruch.sc.edu/data/> and archived on Baruch's Rescue Server. Metadata are published on the BMFL's Isite Node. The original blue IBM binder that was labeled LTERATP.
Original data file variable list of names, column delineation, type, format, range and units based on original 1980's documentation.
LTERDA (unedited triplicates)
Var # Var Name Cols. Type/Format Range/Units 1 Chem # 2-5 integer/I4 0/Consecutive Numbers 2 Day 8-9 integer/I2 1-31/Day of month 3 Month 11-12 integer/I2 1-12/Month of year 4 Year 14-15 integer/I2 81-85/Year 5 Site 18 integer/I1 1-3/1=Town Creek (TC), 2=Oyster Landing (OL), 3=Clambank Creek (CB) 6 Time 20-23 integer/I4 1200/Hour of Day 7 IDepth 25 integer/I1 1-3/1=Surface, 2=Mid, 3=Bottom 8 Depth 27-30 real/F4.2 0.1/Meters 9 ATP (ml) 34-43 real/F6.4 0.0000-0.1381/Grams/ml x Exponent 10 ATP (m3) 46-55 real/F6.4 0.0000-0.1381/Grams/ m3 x ExponentLTERCO (corrected, edited data)
Var # Var Name Cols. Type/Format Range/Units 1 Chem # 1-4 integer/I4 0/Consecutive Numbers 2 Day 7-8 integer/I2 1-31/Day of month 3 Month 10-11 integer/I2 1-12/Month of year 4 Year 13-14 integer/I2 81-85/Year 5 Site 17 integer/I1 1-3/1=TC, 2=OL, 3=CB 6 Time 19-22 integer/I4 0100-2400/Hour of Day 7 IDepth 24 integer/I1 1-3/1=Surface, 2=Mid, 3=Bottom 8 Depth 26-29 real/F4.2 0.1/Meters 9 ATP (ml) 33-34 real/F6.4 0.0001-0.1158/Grams/ml, x Exponent 10 ATP (m3) 45-54 real/F6.4 0.0001-0.1158/Grams/ m3, x ExponentLTER (means by date, by site)
Var # Var Name Cols. Type/Format Range/Units 1 Month 1-2 integer/I2 1-12/Month of year 2 Day 5-6 integer/I2 1-31/Day of month 3 Year 9-10 integerI2 81-85/Year 4 Site 13 integer/I1 1-3/1=TC, 2=OL, 3=CB 5 ATP 16-25 real/F10.8 0.00001066-0.34666667/Grams/m3PLOT (means by site, by date)
Var # Var Name Cols. Type/Format Range/Units 1 Site 1 integer/I1 1-3/1=TC, 2=OL, 3=CB 2 Month 4-5 integer/I2 1-12/Month of year 3 Day 9-10 integer/I2 1-31/Day of month 4 Year 12-13 integer/I2 81-85/Year 5 ATP 16-25 real/F10.8 0.00001066-0.34666667/Grams/ m3MONTHS (means by site, by year, by month)
Var # Var Name Cols. Type/Format Range/Units 1 Site 1 integer/I1 1-3/1=TC, 2=OL, 3=CB 2 Month 4-5 integer/I2 1-12/Month of year 3 Year 8-9 integer/I2 81-85/Year 5 ATP 12-21 real/F10.8 0.00036164-0.00240109/Grams/ m3Coded Variable Definitions (In Original Databases, LTERDA, LTERCO, LTER, PLOT, and MONTHS)
Variable Name Code Definition
Chem # 0 No Chem #'s found in LTER data
Site 1,2, or 3 1 = Town Creek (TC), 2 = Oyster Landing (OL),
3 = Clambank Creek (CB)
IDepth 1,2, or 3 1 = top, 2 = mid, 3 = bottom
Data Rescue Managers discerned from original documentation that "top" means 0.5m from water surface.
Rescued Data Files 2003
Variable list of names, column delineation, type, format, range and units for final "Triplicate" Data (LTERATP.sitename.1981-1985) and final Averaged Data (ATPMEAN. sitename.1981-1985). These files were used to create graphics. (Derived from original LTERCO - corrected, edited files). Coded Variable Definitions are the same as used in the original data files.
LTERATP.CB.1981-1985 Variable Name Type Range/Units Date (mm/dd/yyyy) integer 1-12/Month, 1-31/Day, 1981-1985/Year Site alpha CB=Clambank Creek ATP real (6.4) 0.0390-8.2970/nanograms per milliliter LTERATP.OL.1981-1985 Variable Name Type Range/Units Date (mm/dd/yyyy) integer 1-12/Month, 1-31/Day, 1981-1985/Year Site alpha OL=Oyster Landing ATP real (6.4) 0.0107-7.8390/nanograms per milliliter LTERATP.TC.1981-1985 Variable Name Type Range/Units Date (mm/dd/yyyy) integer 1-12/Month, 1-31/Day, 1981-1985/Year Site alpha TC=Town Creek ATP real (6.4) 0.0107-7.8390/nanograms per milliliter ATPMEAN.CB.1981-1985 Variable Name Type Range/Units Site alpha CB Date (mm/dd/yyyy) integer 1-12/Month, 1-31/Day, 1981-1985/Year N integer 1-3/sample size ATP Mean real (7.4) 0.0496-8.0965/nanograms per milliliter ATP Standard Error real (6.4) 0.0000-1.8598/nanograms per milliliter ATPMEAN.OL.1981-1985 Variable Name Type Range/Units Site alpha OL Date (mm/dd/yyyy) integer 1-12/Month, 1-31/Day, 1981-1985/Year N integer 1-3/sample size ATP Mean real (7.4) 0.0107-7.0015/nanograms per milliliter ATP Standard Error real (6.4) 0.0000-2.1425/nanograms per milliliter ATPMEAN.TC.1981-1985 Variable Name Type Range/Units Site alpha TC Date (mm/dd/yyyy) integer 1-12/Month, 1-31/Day, 1981-1985/Year N integer 1-3/sample size ATP Mean real (7.4) 0.0146-10.5163/nanograms per milliliter ATP Standard Error real (6.4) 0.0000-1.0492/nanograms per milliliter
LTER ATP database LTER Microbial population databaseDataset Identification names and content for original database
LTERDA1 - LTERDA32: unedited triplicates LTERCO1 - LTERCO32: corrected, edited data; sorted by year, month, day and site LTER1 - LTER32: means sorted by date, by site PLOT1 - PLOT32: means sorted by site, by date MONTHS: means sorted by site, by year, by month Computer programs and output: ATPCOR, WEIRATP, SASMEAN, CVMEANThese files were stored in two locations: 1) on magnetic tape # T009766, and 2) in mass storage under a directory called Knoche. The tape and Knoche files are duplicates of each other as far as we know.
Date Raw Triplicate Data Corrected Triplicate Data Means 17MAR81 - 29APR81 LTERDA1 LTERCO1 LTER1/PLOT1 30APR81 - 27JUN81 LTERDA2 LTERCO2 LTER2/PLOT2 28JUN81 12AUG81 LTERDA3 LTERCO3 LTER3/PLOT3 13AUG81 - 15OCT81 LTERDA4 LTERCO4 LTER4/PLOT4 15OCT81 - 26NOV81 LTERDA5 LTERCO5 LTER5/PLOT5 26NOV81 - 26JAN82 LTERDA6 LTERCO6 LTER6/PLOT6 27JAN82 - 14MAR82 LTERDA7 LTERCO7 LTER7/PLOT7 15MAR82 - 26MAY82 LTERDA8 LTERCO8 LTER8/PLOT8 26MAY82 - 20JUL82 LTERDA9 LTERCO9 LTER9/PLOT9 21JUL82 - 23SEP82 LTERDA10 LTERCO10 LTER10/PLOT10 24SEP82 - 23NOV82 LTERDA11 LTERCO11 LTER11/PLOT11 23NOV82 - 13JAN83 LTERDA12 LTERCO12 LTER12/PLOT12 14JAN83 - 23FEB83 LTERDA13 LTERCO13 LTER13/PLOT13 24FEB83 - 05APR83 LTERDA14 LTERCO14 LTER14/PLOT14 05APR83 - 15MAY83 LTERDA15 LTERCO15 LTER15/PLOT15 16MAY83 - 24JUN83 LTERDA16 LTERCO16 LTER16/PLOT16 25JUN83 - 05AUG83 LTERDA17 LTERCO17 LTER17/PLOT17 06AUG83 - 15SEP83 LTERDA18 LTERCO18 LTER18/PLOT18 15SEP83 - 27OCT83 LTERDA19 LTERCO19 LTER19/PLOT19 28OCT83 - 07DEC83 LTERDA20 LTERCO20 LTER20/PLOT20 08DEC83 - 19JAN84 LTERDA21 LTERCO21 LTER21/PLOT21 19JAN84 - 29FEB84 LTERDA22 LTERCO22 LTER22/PLOT22 29FEB84 - 10APR84 LTERDA23 LTERCO23 LTER23/PLOT23 10APR84 - 23MAY84 LTERDA24 LTERCO24 LTER24/PLOT24 23MAY84 - 02JUL84 LTERDA25 LTERCO25 LTER25/PLOT25 02JUL84 - 11AUG84 LTERDA26 LTERCO26 LTER26/PLOT26 11AUG84 - 20SEP84 LTERDA27 LTERCO27 LTER27/PLOT27 22SEP84 - 01NOV84 LTERDA28 LTERCO28 LTER28/PLOT28 01NOV84 - 12DEC84 LTERDA29 LTERCO29 LTER29/PLOT29 12DEC84 - 09JAN85 LTERDA30 LTERCO30 LTER30/PLOT30 09JAN85 - 19FEB85 LTERDA31 LTERCO31 LTER31/PLOT31 20FEB85 - 31MAR85 LTERDA32 LTERCO32 LTER32/PLOT32Dataset Identification names and content for Final Rescued database (2003)
The Rescued LTERATP database has the following Directories and Contents:
Directory: LTERATP.ORIGINAL RAW: (Total size 1.32 Mb, 2 Folders, 64 files)
CONTENTS: Knoche and Tape Directories; all unchanged by 2003 Baruch data managers. LTERDA1 - LTERDA32: unedited triplicatesDirectory: LTERATP.ORIGINAL.FINAL: (Total size 1.27 Mb; 5 Folders, 67 files)
CONTENTS: Knoche and Tape Directories; all unchanged by 2003 Baruch data managers. Directory: DATA: LTERCO1 - LTERCO32: corrected, edited data files; sorted by year, month, day and site Directory: DOCUMENTATION: LTERDMT files: original LTERATP documentationDirectory: LTERATP.ORIGINAL.ANALYSES: (Total size 0.64 Mb; 8 Folders, 137 files)
CONTENTS: Knoche and Tape Directories; all unchanged by 2003 Baruch data managers. Directory: LTER1 - LTER32: means sorted by date, by site Directory: PLOT1 - PLOT32: means sorted by site, by date Directory: MONTHS: means sorted by site, by year, by month Directory: PROGRAMS: computer programs and analyses output; ATPCOR, CVMEAN, WEIRATP, SASMEANDirectory: LTERATP.RESCUE2003.PROCESS: (Total size 6.47 MB; 7 Folders, 101 files)
CONTENTS: Edits made by 2003 Baruch Data Managers documented in Process Step Directory: DATA: all files are in MICROSOFT EXCEL WORKBOOK FORMAT LTERCO1 - LTERCO32: corrected, edited data files; sorted by year, month, day and site LTER1 - LTER32: daily means sorted by date, by site PLOT1 - PLOT32: daily means sorted by site, by date MONTHS: monthly means sorted by site, by year, by month Directory: GRAPHICS: all files are in SIGMAPLOT 8.0 FORMAT Contain 1981-1985 Triplicate and Mean and SE CB, OL, TC plots LTERCO1981-1985 ATP Mean Directory: PROGRAMS: ATPMEANSE program file is in SAS and text FORMATDirectory: LTERATP.RESCUE2003.FINAL (Total size 6.08Mb, 3 Folders, 35 files)
CONTENTS: Files derived from LTERATP.RESCUE2003.PROCESS Directory: FINAL.DATA: all files are in .csv Text and EXCEL WORKBOOK FORMAT LTERATP.CB.1981-1985: corrected, edited data files; sorted by date LTERATP.OL.1981-1985: corrected, edited data files; sorted by date LTERATP.TC.1981-1985: corrected, edited data files; sorted by date ATPMEAN.CB.1981-1985: daily means, by date ATPMEAN.OL.1981-1985: daily means, by date ATPMEAN.TC.1981-1985: daily means, by date Directory: FINAL.GRAPHICS: all files are in .JPG FORMAT 81-85DailyAveCBATP 81-85DailyAveOLATP 81-85DailyAveTCATP 81DailyCBTripATP 81DailyOLTripATP 81DailyTCTripATP 82DailyCBTripATP 82DailyOLTripATP 82DailyTCTripATP 83DailyCBTripATP 83DailyOLTripATP 83DailyTCTripATP 84DailyCBTripATP 84DailyOLTripATP 84DailyTCTripATP 85DailyCBTripATP 85DailyOLTripATP 85DailyTCTripATP Directory: FINAL.DOCUMENTATION: all files are in Text and MICROSOFT WORD FORMAT LTERATP.FINAL.FGDC LTERATP.MissingData
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