BIOMAD Bacterioplankton database format

BIOMAD Bacterioplankton database format
Gulf of Bothnia.
Sampling Site, Methods and Analytical Result Record.
File name: BPUMSC_YY-YY.dbf

#	Field name	Format	Field description, units, valid values
1	MYEAR	NUM	Sampling year.
2	SHIPC	CHAR	Ship code, see ICES (optional).
3	SERNO	NUM	Ship serial number (optional).
4	SDATE	CHAR	Sampling date (YYYY/MM/DD).
5	STATN	CHAR	Code/abbreviated name of the sampling station.
6	SMPNO	NUM	Sample number.
7	SMDEP	NUM	Sampling depth (m).
8	STIME	NUM	Sampling time (hhmm).
9	LATIT	NUM	Latitude, see ICES.
10	LONGI	NUM	Longitude, see ICES.
11	WADEP	NUM	Water depth at sampling site (m).
12	WLTYP	CHAR	Station type, see ICES.
13	METFP	CHAR	Method of preservation, see ICES.
14	BDMET	CHAR	Biological data sampling method, see ICES.
15	BCTPR	NUM	Bacterial production (cells/L*day).
16	PRFLG	CHAR	Flag for bacterial production [0=missing, 1=OK, 7=below detection limit].
17	BCTCNT	NUM	Number of bacteria (cells/L).
18	CNTFLG	CHAR	Flag for bacterial count [0=missing, 1=OK, 7=below detection limit].
19	COMNT	CHAR	Bacterioplankton record comment.
20	ALABO	CHAR	Analytical laboratory code, see ICES.
21	SLABO	CHAR	Sampling laboratory code, see ICES.