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Parameter: GrowthRate

Dataset: 
Zill et al 2017 Coral Growth
Parameter: 
growth
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 growth
Short Description:
 growth
Official Name:
 growth
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

The act or process of increasing in physical size.  Exact definition and use are dataset dependent.  See dataset documentation for specific details.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
GrowthRate
Supplied Units: 
miligrams per centimeter squared per day (mg/cm2 day)
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

how much the coral grew on average per day over the duration of the experiment. Mass was calculated using the buoyant mass method (Davies 1989), and then converted to growth rate by dividing mass by surface for each coral and length of experiment (54 days).