Found something that should go in unit dictionary (I think)

[Dan Higgins]

Hi David,
    Isn't the unit here really 'number per milliliter' rather that 
'cells per milliliter'. (i.e. just a number density) Cells is the thing 
being counted. Otherwise, one would have units of 'tadpoles per liter', 
'apples per square mile', 'oranges per acre'. etc with a different unit 
for every possible thing that one might want to count.

Dan Higgins

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David Blankman wrote:

> Chad and Tim,
>
> I am starting to do EML conversions for the McMurdo LTER. They have a 
> number of data tables  that relate to plankton. The unit that they use 
> is cells/milliliter. I am guessing that this is a unit that others 
> might use.
>
> David
>