Parameter: CITATION_FIRST_AUTHOR_LAST_NAME

Dataset: 
Hydrothermal vent parasite species reported in published literature
Parameter: 
author name (publication)
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 author
Short Description:
 author name (publication)
Official Name:
 author
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

AUTHOR is the person who wrote the publication about which these data are being served.

Note that the name of the person who entered an event in the cruise event log would be the term investigator.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
CITATION_FIRST_AUTHOR_LAST_NAME
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Datatype: 
String
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
The last name of the first author on the citation that describes the sample.