This directory contains all the data used for the construction of the
germination rate function.  It was eventually decided to use data from 
the latest EGOM and WGOM experiments to construct the final function.  
This was due to some procedural differences between the experiments
carried out as part of the ECOHAB program and those done previously.

A detailed description of experimental methods can be found in and an
overview of the model construction can be found in:

Anderson et al. (2005), Alexandrium fundyense cyst dynamics in the Gulf
of Maine, Deep-Sea Research Part II, 52 (19-21), 2522-2542.

A detailed description of the procedures followed during the construction
of this germination model can be found at:

http://www.whoi.edu/science/cohh/alexbiomodels.htm

The "codes" directory contains various routines used to fit the functional
responses and plot them.

The "data" directory contains the germination time series data