Parameter: EXTERNAL_PROTECTION

Dataset: 
EPR vent colonists functional traits
Parameter: 
sample description
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 sample_descrip
Short Description:
 sample description
Official Name:
 sample_descrip
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

text description of sample collected

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
EXTERNAL_PROTECTION
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Datatype: 
String
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
A scoring level with three modalities that categorizes the external protection of a species. "Soft bodied" indicates this species has no external protection. An example would be an unsclerotized worm. "Moderately protected" indicates this species has an exposed body, but has a slightly protective cuticle or lives in a thin mucous or papery tube. "Well protected" indicates this species has a hard protective shell or exoskeleton. An example would be a crab or snail.