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Parameter: Health

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

Any quantitative measurement of death, mortality, or fatality in an individual or study population. Death is defined as the cessation of all vital functions of the body.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
Health
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Datatype: 
String
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
Description: 
Health state of the fragment after removal of the fecal pellet; healthy (there was no lesion), lesion (there was one lesion, i.e., a patch where coral tissue had died), or dead (the entire fragment died).