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Chapter contents Project summary Overview Objectives Methods Atmospheric and ship parameters Particle count data Low-volume membrane filtration samples High-volume membrane filtration samples Liquid impinger samples Surface water samples Results Ship and atmospheric data Particle counts High-volume membrane filtration samples Low-volume membrane filtration samples Liquid impinger samples Surface water samples Conclusions References Figures F1. Wind speed. F2. Average particle counts. F3. High-volume sample filters. F4. More high-volume sample filters. F5. Particle counts and CFUs. F6. Bacterial and viral surface water direct counts. F7. Bacterial direct counts. F8. African dust fall-out. F9. Forecast of African desert dust impacting Expedition 336 sites. PDF file			Previous \| Next doi:10.2204/iodp.proc.336.110.2012 References Barrie, L.A., Gregor, D., Hargrave, B., Lake, R., Muir, D., Shearer, R., Tracey, B., and Bidleman, T., 1992. 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