Parameter: COLLECTION_EVENT

Dataset: 
Vent Parasite Dissection Data
Parameter: 
event type
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 ev_type
Short Description:
 event type
Official Name:
 ev_type
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

an abbreviation code describing the sampling event type, e.g. CTD, TM, MULVFS, MOCNESS, trap

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
COLLECTION_EVENT
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Datatype: 
String
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

Free text providing additional information on the collection event (i.e., slurp, grab, trap), deployed collection device (i.e., trap or colonization surface), or storage container on HOV Alvin or ROV Jason (i.e., forward biobox). These values may correspond with collection events recorded in dive logs (i.e., SeaLog). Missing data identifier NR (not recorded).