Parameter: treatment

Dataset: 
coral growth isotope spike experiment
Parameter: 
treatment
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 treatment
Short Description:
 treatment
Official Name:
 treatment
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

Experimental conditions applied to experimental units.  In comparative experiments, members of the complementary group, the control group, receive either no treatment or a standard treatment.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
treatment
Supplied Units: 
dimensionless
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

Experimental treatment: combination of water temperature and isotope spike used to mark the coral. Corals marked with 86Sr were held at either 19 or 26 degrees Celsius. Corals marked with 135Ba were held at either 16 or 24 degrees Celsius.