Parameter: abundance

Dataset: 
Bigelow Bight_sm invertebrates
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
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Description: 

number of organisms per meter squared. This is the corrected number of organisms of a given size class that are in a one meter square area of habitat. This number is derived by multiplying the number from the "number" column by the number of quadrates taken from the original sample and then dividing by the area sampled. Example: If you took a grab sample, split it into four parts and only possessed one of the four sub-samples then you would have to multiply your results by four to see the number for your entire sample.

Dataset parameter types [rank]
count variable