Parameter: category

Master parameters information
Short Name:
 site_descrip
Short Description:
 site description
Official Name:
 site_descrip
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

Description or characteristics of a sampling site

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
category
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

Type of percent cover observation. Values include: SUBSTRATE (size of rock or sand over which the observation is taken); RELIEF (vertical relief within a 1m x 0.5m box around the sampled point); COVER (type of biotic subtrate associated cover present the uppermost layer at the observation point); SUPERLAYER (organisms which are super-numerous but not attached to the bottom and would not therefore otherwise be captured by the density or percent cover samping methods.)