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 and 1994/95 datasets are Microsoft Excel version 6.0 files, and the 1995/96, 1996/97 and 1997/98 datasets 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 Metachn9697.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.
Data for the 2005-6 and 2006-7 season was updated in Oct 2009
Metadata was standardized to EML in 2006, and enhanced in 2014 using the Drupal Ecological Information Management System
In 2020, issues regarding how filter blank corrections were applied to the particulate organic carbon data were identified. The errors applied to the carbon data from the 2003-04 through the 2009-10 austral summer field seasons. All data from this period were re-processed according to the equations in the MCM LTER limno methods manual, and these corrections were applied to this data package in April 2021.