Parameter: Canopy_Closure_above_P_astreoides

Dataset: 
Porites astreoides Photosynthetic Induction and Octocoral Community St. Johh U.S. Virgin Islands
Parameter: 
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Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
Canopy_Closure_above_P_astreoides
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Datatype: 
Float
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Description: 
Canopy Closure above Porites astreoides colony. Proportion of the sky closed by the octocoral canopy as determined by the number of points out of 300 superimposed on a photograph taken facing up from the colony that fell on octocoral branches.