Parameter: percent_of_Water_column_total

Dataset: 
Mussel Larvae Vertical Distribution
Parameter: 
abundance
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 abundance
Short Description:
 abundance
Official Name:
 abundance
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

Amount (number, mass, diversity/species variation) of the specific taxa/group counted per unit area or volume

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
percent_of_Water_column_total
Supplied Units: 
percent
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
The percent of water column total is number of Mytilus sp. divided by the sum of the number of Mytilus sp. at that location, date, and tidal phase for samples collected in 2014, and 1/3 of that same sum for samples collected in 2012 and 2013 to remove the effect of triplicate samples at each depth. These data remove the effect of variation in total abundance among sampling dates/sites and are presented in Fig. 2 of Weinstock et al., 2018.