Algae Survey - Species Lookup Table - Metadata

Table Description: The table that this metadata record refers to contains the algae species lookup data for Reef Check California?s South Coast MPA baseline monitoring for the years: 2011-2012. It defines the species names used in the SC_RCCA_algae_data_table.

Project Short Code: SC_CitSci_Kelp

Attribute Information:

Attribute Label

Attribute Name

Attribute Definition

SC_project_short_code

project short code

The unique short code that indicates the South Coast MPA Baseline Program project that the survey was a part of.

Kindgom

Kindgom

Taxonomic kingdom of the species or species group refered to under Classcode.

Phylum

Phylum

Taxonomicphylum of the species or species group refered to under Classcode.

Class

Class

Taxonomic class of the species or species group refered to under Classcode.

Order

Order

Taxonomic order of the species or species group refered to under Classcode.

Family

Family

Taxonomic family of the species or species group refered to under Classcode.

Genus

Genus

Taxonomic genus of the species or species group refered to under Classcode.

Species

Species

Taxonomic species name of the species or species group refered to under Classcode.