Submitting Institute:  Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (SOSC)

Note:  This facility no longer exists.  The data were originally submitted 
in 1994, but the 1994 accession number was declared "illegal".  The data
were re-assigned a 2001 accession.


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- SAMPLING GEAR AND METHOD: -
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Gear information is poor at best.  The following is the OCL conversion.

   Tow_method was provided with a single character:
	H = horizontal, O = oblique, S = surface, V = vertical
        D = double oblique

   Mesh_size was frequently provided (units = um).  

   Net Diameter was frequently provided.


SOSC #	SOSC Description		OCL #	OCL Gear Description
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P100	MPS (Mult Plankton Smplr)	113	MPS
P101	BPS (Bathy Pel Smplr)		114	BPS
P102	Indian Ocean Standard Net	115	IOSN
P103	POFI Net			146 	Pac Ocean Fish & Invert
P105	Micro Net			147 	Micro Net (unspecified)
P107	Open Net			148 	Open Net (unspecified)
P108	Closing Net			149 	Closing Net (unspecified)
P109	Plankton Net			112	Plankton Net (unknown) 
P110	Clark-Bumpus			116	Clarke-Bumpus Net
P112	Speed Net			150 	Speed Net (unspecified)
P113	Neuston Net			117	Neuston Net
P114    WP2 free fall                   132 	WP2 NET
P115	Bongo Net			118	Bongo Net
P116	PUMP				119	Water Pump
P117	NORPAC Net			101	NORPAC Net
P118	Unknown/Plankton		112	Plankton Net (unknown)
P119	Plankton Trap			151 	Plankton Trap (unspecified)
P121    Unknown Plankton                112     Plankton Net (unspecified)
P122	Meter Net			107	Ring Net (1 meter diameter)


Sampling Time:
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  Sampling start time or duration is not provided in the SOSC format.


Numerical Coding:
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  Number provided is counts per aliquot, and the aliquot fraction is 
     provided.  

Freq. Unresolved aliquot names
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2405  Bad Aliquot: (blank, nothing there)   Perhaps this means "1" ???
   8  Bad Aliquot: /4
   1  Bad Aliquot: /8
   1  Bad Aliquot: 1
   1  Bad Aliquot: 1.8
   4  Bad Aliquot: 1/
   1  Bad Aliquot: 1//2
   1  Bad Aliquot: 111/4
  13  Bad Aliquot: 118
   1  Bad Aliquot: 132
   1  Bad Aliquot: 1616
   1  Bad Aliquot: 164
  27  Bad Aliquot: TRACE
   6  Bad Aliquot: XXX