Published protocols are also referenced in the individual data set documentation descriptions. Any specific modifications to existing procedures are noted there as well.

Palmer LTER data, methods, procedures, and standards are summarized in the following tables:

• Cruise (core)
• Cruise (other)
• Station (core)
• Station (other)

and in the following documents:

• Palmer LTER Program Sampling Grid:
  K.J.Waters, R.C.Smith, 1992
  Antarctic Journal of the United States 27:236-239.
• CTD Operations
Cruise Conductivity/Temperature/Salinity Measurement Manual
• Ship BioOptical Water Column Profiling
  R.C. Smith, D.Menzies, C.R.Booth, 1996
  Oceanographic bio-optical profiling system II, Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, Washington, SPIE13 2963:777-789.
• Station Zodiac Water Column Profiling:
  R.Smith, L.Quetin, J.Jones, D.Menzies, T.Newberger, 1996
  Palmer LTER: Small boat design for water column sampling, Antarctic Journal of the United States
• Chlorophyll Sampling:
  R.C. Smith, K.S.Baker, P.Dustan, 1981
  Fluorometer techniques for measurement of oceanic chlorophyll in the supportof remote sensing, Visibility Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Univer. of Calif., San Diego, La Jolla, SIO Ref. 81-17
• Biodiversity and Species Lists
• Microbial Protocols
• Palmer Station Satellite Pass Protocols
• Online Data Repository Format
• DOE Handbook of Methods for the analysis of carbon dioxide
• JGOFS Protcols Report 19