Parameter: Abundance

Dataset: 
Tide Pool Community Surveys: Sessile organisms
Parameter: 
abundance
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 abundance
Short Description:
 abundance
Official Name:
 abundance
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

Amount (number, mass, diversity/species variation) of the specific taxa/group counted per unit area or volume

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
Abundance
Supplied Units: 
percent (%) cover
Datatype: 
Float
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

Percentage of total tide pool surface area occupied by the named species. Dead barnacles and dead mussels were not assessed in June 2018, January-May 2019, or June-September 2020.