Parameter: Damage

Dataset: 
Identity and Heights of Octocoral Species
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: 
Damage
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Datatype: 
Integer
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
Description: 
Damage (1 when < 25% of the colony have injuries, 2 when injuries are in > 25% but < 50% of the colony, 3 when in juries are > 50% of the colony but < 75%, 4 when a colony has injuries in > 75% of the colony)