Algae count event

Phycology Section: ecology and taxonomy of freshwater algae, particularly diatoms

Soft Algae Count Report

C O U N T E V E N T

NRSA0082 PR1 A, official count

count method: (algae) NAWQA Quantitative
slide: NRSA0082 PR1 A
    from subsample: NRSA0082 PR1
        from sample: NRSA0082

View results for COUNT EVENT MEASURED ATTRIBUTE(S): 2

   natural units (cema_id: 127036 ma_id: 3)

   number of cells (cema_id: 127037 ma_id: 4)

count_event_id: 39904
taxonomy: ANSP-2007
person: Babs Rinkel ... person_id=721

started_on: 1/9/2009 12:00:00 AM
finished_on: 1/9/2009 12:00:00 AM
estimated_hours: 3.250000000
microscope_optivar_lens_id: 170
scan_length_mm: 636.000000000
volume_scanned: 0.099979200
phytoplankton_apparatus_id: 4
source_table: sa
institution_address_id: 1

added on: 1/26/2009 3:42:00 PM, added by: rinkel
modified on: 11/4/2010 3:33:00 PM, modified by: dbo

3 QUALIFIERS:

  Qualifier Code: TaxaNote
  Description: Notes taken about the taxa for a count; older data typically includes information such as beginning and end scan coordinates, unusual taxa, etc.
  Comments: 300 ncunits reached 29 mm total transect length 636 mm lugols very light; sample contained a reasonable high level of silt

  Qualifier Code: was5ct
  Description: changed count code from 5 to 1, and made count official
  Comments: NRSA data prep

  Qualifier Code: mult_up
  Description: In 2008 official soft algal counts (range NRSA0004-0541, and NRSA0582-0586) that also have a 45 count, multiply up undetermined diatoms live (249999) and undetermined diatoms dead (249998) using formula: Total transect (count 1)/total transect (count 45) x total diatoms; this done prior to any calculations.
  Comments: Diatoms multiplied up per Babs Rinkel request Apr 2010

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