Parameter: oldest_stage

Dataset: 
Zostera marina flowering shoots
Parameter: 
stage
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 stage
Short Description:
 stage
Official Name:
 stage
No Data Value:
Description:
 

Organism life history stage, reported as a code or text.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
oldest_stage
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Datatype: 
String
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
The flowering stage that the oldest spathe on a given flowering shoot is in at time of collection. The oldest spathe is considered the bottommost spathe on a shoot. If there is only one spathe on a flowering shoot, then it is filled in as the oldest spathe and the youngest is left blank. Stages were defined following De Cock (1980); see metadata for description.