Parameter: quality_flag

Dataset: 
Kelp Growth
Parameter: 
quality flag
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 q_flag
Short Description:
 quality flag
Official Name:
 q_flag
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

quality flag; based on a PI established code; identifies a problem/quality issue with sample(s) from a given water bottle or single observation

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
quality_flag
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Datatype: 
String
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
Description: 
Code for quality flag: G = good quality, healthy individual throughout experiment with no obvious degradation; F = fair quality, individual may have been difficult to measure due to data collection or image processing errors, or individual may have been compromised during experiment for some reason, but still appeared healthy; P = poor quality, individual highly degraded or compromised during experiment, and not recommended for use in analyses.