Parameter: count

Dataset: 
Mid-Atlantic Bight Continuous Plankton Recorder 2014-2017
Parameter: 
count
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 count
Short Description:
 count
Official Name:
 count
No Data Value:
Description:
 

Number of individuals counted in sample or sample fraction

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
count
Supplied Units: 
abundance per sample
Datatype: 
Integer
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Description: 

Abundance of the taxon at the station. Numbers reflect abundance per 10 nautical miles sampled by the CPR device.

All taxa are counted whenever present. Absence of a taxon in a sample is indicated by a count of 0. "NA" means a numeric count value was not recorded during initial data collection, which suggests the taxon was not present. However, because a "0" was not explicitly recorded in these instances, "NA" is used in this dataset to denote a lack of a count value.