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Parameter: number_shells

Dataset: 
Survival and growth results from oyster reciprocal transplant experiment
Parameter: 
number
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 number
Short Description:
 number
Official Name:
 number
No Data Value:
Description:
 

number of organisms counted/observed, a generic term, specific to the data set in which it appears

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
number_shells
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Datatype: 
Integer
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
Number of shells attached to a post. This is the number of dead adult oyster valves which contained naturally settled, living juvenile oysters.