Parameter: column_treatment

Dataset: 
Dendraster_Beh_OA_Expt2017
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: 
column_treatment
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
NA
Description: 
Identifies the experimental treatment of the water column that larvae were placed into. The first word indicates the pCO2 condition of the water layer at the top of the column and the second word indicates the pCO2 condition of the water layer at the bottom of the column. "Acidic" water was bubbled to be 1500ppm and the "neutral" water was bubbled to be 400ppm.