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: 
Treatment
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Datatype: 
String
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
Experimental Conditions: 'Sw Fil. 5 + V.p.': sea water (SW) passed through 0.5um filter to remove larger particles but retaining microbes (protists, bacteria, viruses) with V. parahaemolyticus (V.p.) added as prey bacterium. 'Auto SW + V.p.': Autoclaved sterilized SW amended with V.p.'SW no V.p.': SW unfiltered with no V.p. added.SW Fil. 0.8 + V.p.'- SW passed through a 0.8um filter to remove most protists and amended with V.p.'Fil. 0.2 + V.p.': SW passed through a 0.2 um filter to select for viruses and amended with V.p.'Natural + V.p.': Natural SW unfiltered amended with V.p.