---TITLE: COMIDA Biota Contaminants

---AUTHOR(S):
	John H. Trefry
   	Department of Marine and Environmental Systems
   	College of Engineering
   	Florida Institute of Technology
   	F.W. Olin Life Sciences, 252
   	Email: jtrefry@fit.edu

---DATA SET OVERVIEW:
Data are for concentrations of the following trace metals (Ag, As, Ba, Be, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, methyl-Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sb, Se, Sn, Tl, V and Zn) in benthic fauna and fishes from the northeastern Chukchi Sea.

---INSTRUMENT DESCRIPTION:
	Unknown

---DATA COLLECTION and PROCESSING:
	Unknown

---DATA FORMAT:
Data are in Excel spreadsheet format but also orderable as a comma-separated value (csv) file.

Parameters include:

CruiseID		(Cruise ID)
StationNum 		(Station Number)
StationNme 		(Station Name)
DataDate 		(Date of Data Collection) 		- YYYY-MM-DD
DataYear 	      	(Year of Data Collection)		- YYYY
DataTime 		(Time of Data Collection)
TimeZone 		(Time Zone of DataDate)
UTCOffset 		(UTC Offset)
Latitude							- DD.DDDD
Longitude 							- -DDD.DDDD
Depth			(Meters)	
Organism	
SizeRange	
Replicate	
percentH2O	
ppmAg 			(Silver, Ag)				- ppm (µg/g) dry weight	
ppmAs 			(Arsenic, As) 				- ppm (µg/g) dry weight
ppmBa 			(Barium, Ba) 				- ppm (µg/g) dry weight
ppmBe 			(Beryllium, Be) 			- ppm (µg/g) dry weight
ppmCd 			(Cadmium, Cd)				- ppm (µg/g) dry weight
ppmCr 			(Chromium, Cr) 				- ppm (µg/g) dry weight
ppmCu 			(Copper, Cu) 				- ppm (µg/g) dry weight
ppmFe 			(Iron, Fe) 				- ppm (µg/g) dry weight	
ppmHg 			(Mercury, Hg) 				- ppm (µg/g) dry weight	
ppbMethHg	
ppmMn 			(Manganese, Mn) 			- ppm (µg/g) dry weight
ppmNi 			(Nickel, Ni) 				- ppm (µg/g) dry weight
ppmPb 			(Lead, Pb) 				- ppm (µg/g) dry weight
ppmSb 			(Antimony, Sb) 				- ppm (µg/g) dry weight
ppmSe 			(Selenium, Se) 				- ppm (µg/g) dry weight
ppmSn 			(Tin, Sn) 				- ppm (µg/g) dry weight
ppmTl 			(Thallium, Tl) 				- ppm (µg/g) dry weight
ppmV 			(Vanadium, V) 				- ppm (µg/g) dry weight
ppmZn 			(Zinc, Zn) 				- ppm (µg/g) dry weight


ppm = parts per million
ppb = parts per billion

---DATA REMARKS:
   N/A

---REFERENCES:
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