#------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # WOD98 - TAXONOMIC SIZE CODES - TAXA VARIABLES 18 and 19 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Taxon_size Codeable Sizes (from Sieburth, Smetacek, & Lenz (1978)): # (Enter these values into the Size_min & Size_max variables) # # Classification TAXmin(mm) TAXmax(mm) Originators # ---------------- --------------------- ------------------- # Femto plankton 2.0E-5 2.0E-4 0.02 um 0.2 um # Pico plankton 2.0E-4 2.0E-3 0.2 um 2.0 um # Nano plankton 2.0E-3 2.0E-2 2 um 20 um # Micro plankton 2.0E-2 0.200 20 um 200 um # # Meso plankton 0.200 20.0 0.2 mm 20 mm # Macro plankton 20.0 200. 2 cm 20 cm # Mega plankton 200. 2000. 20 cm 200 cm # # Millimeter nekton 2 mm 20 mm # Centimeter nekton 2 cm 20 cm # Decimeter nekton 2 dm 20 dm # Meter Nekton 2 m 20 m # # -1 SMALL > originator's description -2 MEDIUM > originator's description -3 LARGE > originator's description -4 VERY SMALL > originator's description