2015 - data and metadata now managed using the Drupal Ecological Information Management System (Inigo San Gil, Ara Kooser and TIna Tacaks-Vesbach)
Data from this table was submitted to INSTAAR by John Priscu's team at Montana State University. The raw data files listed under 'file name' are the names of the original files submitted. The 1993/94 data is a Microsoft Excel version 6.0 file, and the 1996/97 and 1997/98 data are ascii text files. Upon arrival at INSTAAR, the data manager fine-tuned the location codes and limno runs to match those provided in the "locations, dates, codes for lake chemistry, biology samples" file. The file was imported into Microsoft Access on INSTAAR's Unix system, and can currently be found there. The file was then exported in ascii, comma delimited text and MS-DOS text (table layout) to present on the MCM LTER web site. Both of these files are linked to this web page above. Information for the metadata was obtained from the MetaDOC9697.rtf file. The file was called up using Microsoft Word version 6.0. Text from this file was used to create this page in html format. While processing the 1997-98 data, the data manager noticed that the values provided for dissolved organic carbon (DOC) from Lake Fryxell in the 1996-97 season did not have the appropriate conversion done between DOC (mg/L) and DOC (mM). The mM number should equal the mg/L value divided by 12, but in this case it was divisible by 2. Craig Wolf was contacted to look into this in November 1999, but since it was the middle of the field season, it took some time to resolve it. On 28-Feb-2000, the 1996-97 DOC (mM) values for Lake Fryxell were updated to the DOC (mg/L) values divided by 12 (rather than DOC (mg/L) divided by 2).
A major revision of the DOC metadata was conducted on 2014. Publication date and associated personnel added, along with new supporting methods metadata and several other corrections. In addition, metadata was liberated from the EML format into the Drupal Ecological Information Management System