Parameter: decimalLongitude

Dataset: 
Gastropod counts by species collected from inactive sulfides on the East Pacific Rise
Parameter: 
longitude
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 lon
Short Description:
 longitude
Official Name:
 longitude
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

longitude, in decimal degrees, East is positive, negative denotes West; Reported in some datsets as degrees, minutes

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
decimalLongitude
Supplied Units: 
decimal degrees
Datatype: 
Float
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
Description: 
geographic longitude east positive for the sampling event at the seafloor http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/decimalLongitude