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Parameter: Growth_rate

Dataset: 
P. australis physiological data (temperature experiments)
Parameter: 
growth
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 growth
Short Description:
 growth
Official Name:
 growth
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

The act or process of increasing in physical size.  Exact definition and use are dataset dependent.  See dataset documentation for specific details.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
Growth_rate
Supplied Units: 
per day (d-1)
Datatype: 
Float
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
Description: 
Growth rate per day. Chlorophyll a samples were collected at T-initial and T-final and used for determination of growth rates. The following equation was used to calculate specific growth rates: growth rate = ln(Tfinal-Tinitial)/2 (where Tfinal and Tinitial are the chlorophyll a samples collected at their respective times, and 2 is the number of days between sampling).