Parameter: REGION

Dataset: 
Hydrothermal vent parasite species reported in published literature
Parameter: 
region
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 region
Short Description:
 region
Official Name:
 region
No Data Value:
Description:
 

geographical area of sampling

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

The oceanic region from which the sample was collected. This conforms to the InterRidge Vents Database ver 3.4 term "Region," and generally indicates the regional setting of the vent field along the world plate boundaries https://vents-data.interridge.org/about_the_database. Exceptions include vent fields at intra-plate volcanoes and coastal faults. The Region tends to form part of the hierarchical vocabulary for each vent field Name Feature_ID VentField in MGDS. Missing data identifier NR (not reported in original publication)