Parameter: num_specimens

Dataset: 
Parameter: 
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: 
num_specimens
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Description: 

How many animals were picked from the tow. Sometimes this was a subsample of the total found in the net, sometime it was the total found in a particular net.