Parameter: dominant_species

Short Description: dominant_species
Short Name: dominant_species
Official Name: dominant_species
Units: dimensionless
No Data Value: nd

Description

The most numerous species present in a single sample.
DatasetPI-Supplied DescriptionPI-Supplied Name
Carrie Bow Caye, Belize temperature data near Acroporid corals from August to September 2016 (Coral Hybridization project)the dominant coral species in the area dominant_species
Biological samples of Isotope concentrations of Cesium 134 and 137, Silver 110m, and Potassium 40 from cruise KOK1108 in June 2011 in the Western equatorial Pacific and Kurushio Extension (Fukushima Radionuclide Levels project)most numerous species in sample dominant_species
Identity and heights of Octocoral species found on transects at 6 sites on the south shore of St John, U.S. Virgin Islands in 2021 and 2022Millepora inicates Millepora overgrowing naked axis, Cyanobacteria indicates Cyanobacteria growing on the colony Comments
Results of a study examining how foundation species loss alters multiple ecosystem functions based on community surveys and biogeochemical sampling of tidepools in the Otter Rock Marine Reserve (ORMR) and Marine Garden, Oregon USA from June to August 2019mussel (Mytilus) or surfgrass (Phyllospadix) tide pool Foundation_spp
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