Parameter: age_otolith

Dataset: 
HerringHg
Parameter: 
age
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 age
Short Description:
 age
Official Name:
 age
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

Estimated age of an organism or a sample. Units and methods vary by dataset (e.g. years, months, days); values are numeric.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
age_otolith
Supplied Units: 
years
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
age estimate of individual herring based on analysis of otoliths; age estimates conducted by Lisa Pinkham of Maine Department of Marine Resources - Boothbay Harbor ME