ICES Data Guidelines for Discrete Water Samples. (Compiled December 1999, revised August 2001; June 2006) .

Abstract

In the context of this guideline, discrete water sample data are considered to be any data that result from a single collection of water and so cover s a huge variety of parameters. This collection of water must have a specific, identifiable time, position and depth. Such data could originate from a single bottle attached to a rosette or water drawn from a non - toxic supply. No integrated samples ar e considered as part of discrete water sample data. Thus, tows that result in integrated data values are not considered in discrete water sample data. Nor are integrated samples from a pumping system or sediment trap.