Parameter: treatment

Dataset: 
phyto_abund_NAtl
Parameter: 
treatment
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 treatment
Short Description:
 treatment
Official Name:
 treatment
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

Experimental conditions applied to experimental units.  In comparative experiments, members of the complementary group, the control group, receive either no treatment or a standard treatment.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
treatment
Supplied Units: 
dimensionless
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

Experimental conditions varied in order to observe a variable's effect. Four treatments were used: (1) 12 deg C and 390 ppm CO2 (LTLC), (2) 12 deg C and 690 ppm CO2 (LTHC), (3) 16 deg C and 390 ppm CO2 (HTLC), and (4) 16 deg C and 690 ppm CO2 (HTHC).

Dataset parameter types [rank]
profile discrete