Parameter: diss_rate1

Dataset: 
pteropod shell dissolution
Parameter: 
No BCO-DMO term
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 no_bcodmo_term
Short Description:
 No BCO-DMO term
Official Name:
 no_bcodmo_term
No Data Value:
Description:
 

An association with a community-wide standard parameter has not yet been made.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
diss_rate1
Supplied Units: 
percentage (%)
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

Type I dissolution rate as determined by SEM. Bednarsek et al. (2012) describe Type I dissolution as "First indices of slightly increased porosity. Aragonite crystals within the upper-prismatic layer affected by dissolution - 'cauliflower heads' present."