Parameter: other

Master parameters information
Short Name:
 proportion_cover
Short Description:
 proportion_cover
Official Name:
 proportion_cover
No Data Value:
Description:
 

Proportion (0-1) of an area that is covered by an identified category.  Often used as a proportion of the seafloor covered by an organism or sediment category.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
other
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Datatype: 
String
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Description: 

Proportion (0-1) of proportion of sample area that is covered by an organism that does not have its own column. See Methods and Sampling section for more details.