Parameter: healthbinary

Dataset: 
Reef biogeochemistry, metabolomics, and metagenomics
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: 
healthbinary
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Datatype: 
String
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
Description: 
binary indicator of apparent condition of the coral colony with H = healthy and D = stony coral tissue loss disease. A third category of BS = black spot for any Siderastrea spp. corals that appeared to have a different disease. "Not applicable" = data is not relevant