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Parameter: vertical_growth

Dataset: 
Evensen and Edmunds 2016: coral growth
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: 
vertical_growth
Supplied Units: 
micrometers per day (mm/d)
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

Average change in height per day for each central P. verrucosa colony over the course of the incubation