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Parameter: field_code

Dataset: 
Octocoral transects - species list
Parameter: 
taxon_code
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 taxon_code
Short Description:
 taxon_code
Official Name:
 taxon_code
No Data Value:
Description:
 

taxonomic group or entity code, such as the AphiaID (from the World Register of Marine Species), NCBI taxon_id, or the ten digit number from the NODC Taxonomic List, v. 8.

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

Species code used in field datasets (e.g. octocoral transects - adult colony height https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/682966)