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Parameter: Grazer

Dataset: 
Chemical Defenses-3: Senft-Batoh et al. 2015 (Harmful Algae)
Parameter: 
taxon
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 taxon
Short Description:
 taxon
Official Name:
 taxon
No Data Value:
Description:
 

taxonomic group or entity. This may be a family, class, genus, species, etc.; usually this parameter will contain a mixture of taxonomic entities.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
Grazer
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Datatype: 
String
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
Eight grazers: the protists, Polykrikos kofoidii (Dinoflagellata) and Tiarina fusus (Ciliophora) the bivalve molluscs, Mytilus edulis and Mya arenaria (Mollusca), the ascidians, Molgula manhattensis and Botrylloides violaceus (Chordata), and the copepod, Eurytemora herdmani, and Acartia hudsonica (Arthropoda)