Parameter: mean_SiO4

Dataset: 
Pleurochrysis carterae 24 hour culture dynamics
Parameter: 
Silicate
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 SiO4
Short Description:
 Silicate
Official Name:
 SiO4
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

Silicate; siliic acid/reactive 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 the first and last timepoint. 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 was used for timepoints when carbonate chemistry values were calculated.