Parameter: scientificName

Dataset: 
All taxa colonization counts
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: 
scientificName
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

Name from World Register of Marine Species (WORMS) at the lowest level that matches the data provider name. This corresponds to Darwin Core term http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/scientificName.; often the same as dataProviderName minus uncertainty additions such as sp./spp./unk A/etc.