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Parameter: object_skelarea

Dataset: 
ZooProcess and Ecotaxa Output for Zooplankton Mediated Aggregates
Parameter: 
surface_area
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 surface_area
Short Description:
 surface_area
Official Name:
 surface_area
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

The total area of the surface of a three-dimensional object or organism. For example, a coral colony.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
object_skelarea
Supplied Units: 
Pixels
Datatype: 
Integer
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
Description: 
Surface area of skeleton in pixels. In a binary image, the skeleton is obtained by repeatedly removing pixels from the edges of objects until they are reduced to the width of a single pixel. (Berube and Jebrak, 1999). [Source: Zooprocess]