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Parameter: mean_SiO4

Dataset: 
Pleurochrysis carterae growth cycle culture dynamics
Parameter: 
Silicate (reactive silica)
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 SiO4
Short Description:
 Silicate (reactive silica)
Official Name:
 SiO4
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

Silicate; reactive silica.  Also referred to as dissolved silicate, dissolved silica.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
mean_SiO4
Supplied Units: 
umol/kg
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

Silicate concentration estimated as the average of the values from all the measured values. Biologically there should be no change in silicate concentration because coccolithophores do not take up silicate. However silicate values are needed to calculate the carbonate chemistry parameters in CO2sys so the average value was used for days when silicate concentrations were not measured.