Parameter: Biovolume

Dataset: 
IFCB Image Data
Parameter: 
biovolume
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 biovolume
Short Description:
 biovolume
Official Name:
 biovolume
No Data Value:
Description:
 

The volume of cells or organisms in a unit amount of water.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
Biovolume
Supplied Units: 
cibed pixels
Datatype: 
Float
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
volume estimate for the largest blob; assuming cross-sections in the third dimension are locally circular (solid of revolution for simple shapes; distance map based for complex shapes);Moberg and Sosik 2012; doi: 10.4319/lom.2012.10.278