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Parameter: rate_blank

Dataset: 
limpet aquatic respiration
Parameter: 
respiration rate
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 resp
Short Description:
 respiration rate
Official Name:
 respiration
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

Oxygen production and respiration in the water column

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
rate_blank
Supplied Units: 
umol oxygen/hour
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
average rate of change of oxygen concentration in the 3 blank chamber wells used in each trial. The same value is used to correct the respiration rates for all limpets in a trial run.