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Parameter: pcnt_cover_bleached

Dataset: 
Coral cover Jarvis
Parameter: 
percent coverage
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 percent_cover
Short Description:
 percent coverage
Official Name:
 percent_cover
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

Percent cover is a method of determining relative abundance of a plant or sessile animal based on the amount of space they occupy within a plot of substrate. In this method, rather than counting the number of individuals, each species is assigned a percent cover based on a visual estimate of how much of the sample plot they occupy.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
pcnt_cover_bleached
Supplied Units: 
percentage (%)
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
observed bleached coral cover