Data Object Description
Identifier:knb-lter-mcr.8.6
Name:Percent cover - Long Table
Description:Raw data for percent cover of substrate type and benthic taxa inlcuding macroalgae. In addition to the time and location of observation, this table contains one column describing the observed cover and one column holding the percent cover.
Physical Structure Description:
Object Name:knb-lter-mcr.8.txt
Text Format:
Number of Header Lines:1
Attribute Orientation:column
Simple Delimited:
Field Delimeter:comma
Online Distribution Info:
 http://mcr.lternet.edu/data/script/database/dbrequest.php?docid=knb-lter-mcr.8&entityindex=1&format=csv_xl
Attribute(s) Info:
NameColumn LabelDefinitionType of ValueMeasurement TypeMeasurement DomainMissing Value CodeAccuracy ReportAccuracy AssessmentCoverageMethod
Date  
Month of Observation.date  
dateTime
         
Location  
Name of the unique quadrat the observation was made at.varchar  
string  
nominal
DefUnique location name
         
Taxonomy / Substrate / Functional Group  
Either the Taxonomy of the observed Macroalgae, or the Name of the observed Substrate or Functional Group.varchar  
string  
nominal
DefTaxonomy of the observed Algae, or Name of the observed Substrate or Functional Group.
         
Percent Cover  
Percent cover in quadrat.double precision  
ratio
Unitdimensionless
Precision0.01
Typereal
Min
Max100