Parameter: unknown_species_3

Master parameters information
Short Name:
 proportion_cover
Short Description:
 proportion_cover
Official Name:
 proportion_cover
No Data Value:
Description:
 

Proportion (0-1) of an area that is covered by an identified category.  Often used as a proportion of the seafloor covered by an organism or sediment category.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
unknown_species_3
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Datatype: 
String
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Description: 

Proportion (0-1) of sample area that was covered by category 'unknown_species_3', a consistently identified species of which the classification is unknown. Described as "soft brown stick." See Methods and Sampling section for more details.