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Parameter: fish_spp

Dataset: 
TEN Fish Survey Data
Parameter: 
taxon
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 taxon
Short Description:
 taxon
Official Name:
 taxon
No Data Value:
Description:
 

taxonomic group or entity. This may be a family, class, genus, species, etc.; usually this parameter will contain a mixture of taxonomic entities.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
fish_spp
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
Scientific name of the fish species (Genus_species). Where a species was unidentifiable to the species level, a genus of family-level name was given (i.e. Scarus_spp)