Parameter: calcification_rate

Dataset: 
Photosynthetic and calcification rates
Parameter: 
calcification
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 calcification
Short Description:
 calcification
Official Name:
 calcification
No Data Value:
Description:
 

Accumulation of calcium salts including calcium carbonate (CaCO3) in various forms (e.g. aragonite, calcite).  Can be a measured amount, percent of organism, or rate of accumulation.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
calcification_rate
Supplied Units: 
micrograms per liter per day
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

Rate of inorganic carbon production by Pleurochrysis based on a 3 h incubation in the light, but divided by 0.125 (3 h/24 h) to give a rate per day.