Parameter: Calcification

Dataset: 
Acropora cervicornis calcification rates
Parameter: 
calcification
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 calcification
Short Description:
 calcification
Official Name:
 calcification
No Data Value:
Description:
 

Accumulation of calcium salts including calcium carbonate (CaCO3) in various forms (e.g. aragonite, calcite).  Can be a measured amount, percent of organism, or rate of accumulation.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
Calcification
Supplied Units: 
micromoles of calcium carbonate per centimeter squred per hour (CaCO3/cm2/h)
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

Rate at which the coral is utilizing calcium carbonate for skeletal growth