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Parameter: Initial_Salinity

Dataset: 
Salinity Effects on Oyster Spat Growth: Hatchery Spat
Parameter: 
salinity
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 sal
Short Description:
 salinity
Official Name:
 sal
No Data Value:
Description:
 

Salinity: The amount (mass or quantity of matter) of salt per amount (volume or mass) of a body of water.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
Initial_Salinity
Supplied Units: 
Practical Salinity Units (PSU)
Datatype: 
String
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Description: 

The salinity that the post-set spat were exposed to before the start of the experiment. For the Selected spat, this exposure was 2 weeks in duration; for the Hybrid spat this exposure was 3 weeks in duration.