Parameter: Total_height

Dataset: 
Identity and Heights of Octocoral Species
Parameter: 
height
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 height
Short Description:
 height
Official Name:
 height
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

The measurement of an organism or object from base to top

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
Total_height
Supplied Units: 
centimeters (cm)
Datatype: 
Float
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
Description: 
Maximum distance from the base of the octocoral colony until the farthest tips of the longest branch regardless of whether there was living tissue on the branch. The measurement was not necessarily perpendicular to the substrate.