Submitted Data file = 98081dat.wb1 (renamed to nutrients-proc-1998-081.txt) Cruise: PROC-1998-081 Ship: R/V Laurentian Cruise Dates: March 22 - April 3, 1998 PI: Tom Johengen Ph#: 734-741-2203 Email: tom.johengen@noaa.gov Data type: Particulate and dissolved nutrients on discrete water samples Total Dissolved Phosphorus (TDP) : molybdate/ascorbic acid method on AutoAnalyzer II, after persulfate digestion of 0.2 uM filtered samples Particulate Phosphorus (PP) : molybdate/ascorbic acid method on AutoAnalyzer II, after combustion, boiling HCL extraction of particles retained on a GFF filter Bioavailable Phosphorus (AVP) : molybdate/ascorbic acid method on AutoAnalyzer II, after NaOH digestion of particles retained on 0.2 uM nucleopore filter Particulate Silica (PSiO2) : molybdate/ascorbic acid method on AutoAnalyzer II, after NaOH digestion of particles retained on 0.2 uM nucleopore filter Soluble Reactive Phosphorus (SRP) : molybdate/ascorbic acid method on AutoAnalyzer II, of 0.2 uM filtered samples Nitrate + Nitrite (NO3): cadium reduction method on AutoAnalyzer II, of 0.2 uM filtered samples Ammonium (NH4): phenol method on AutoAnalyzer II, of 0.2 uM filtered samples Particulate Organic Carbon (POC): Perkin Elmer CHN elemental analyzer Particulate Organic Nitrogen (PON): Perkin Elmer CHN elemental analyzer TDP coeff of variance on field reps = 7.6% (n=9) PP coeff of variance on field reps = 6.0% (n=7) AVP coeff of variance on field reps = 2.5% (n=4) NO3 coeff of variance on duplicates = 0.7% (n=4) NH4 coeff of variance on duplicates = 17.2% (n=4) SRP coeff of variance on duplicates = 32.1% (n=4) POC coeff of variance on duplicates = 13.7% (n=9 pairs) PON coeff of variance on duplicates = 17.7% (n=9 pairs)