There is no appropriate value.
accepted
inapplicable
All parameters associated with radioactivity in the atmosphere, including radiation counts, isotope activities and activity ratios.
Radioactivity in the atmosphere
Parameters describing usage of Fish Aggregating Devices (FAD) in fisheries (particularly purse seine tuna fisheries).
Fish aggregating device usage statistics
Parameters describing the vertical distance (height or elevation) of river or lake water from a specified point of reference to the water's surface. Rivers are defined as being upstream from the tidal limit.
Lake and river water level parameters
Raw pH parameter output from any type of pH sensor.
Raw pH sensor output
Raw direct output parameters from microstructure sensors, probes or profilers that are used to determine the distribution of water body properties on a millimetric scale.
Raw turbulence sensor output
Physical, chemical or optical properties of individual solid particles.
Single particle characterisation
Parameters associated with seafloor landforms and features such as bedforms, seamounts and ridges, including morphology, evolution and associated transport phenomena.
Seabed geomorphology
Qualitative and quantitative parameters related to the sampling activity; includes terms related to sampling effort, sampling gears, sample processing.
Sampling parameters
Parameters derived from flow cytometry data analysis of water samples using in situ or bench-top flow cytometers.
Flow cytometry parameters in water bodies
Concentration parameters for substances synthesised by man to kill other life forms in suspended particulate material (SPM) collected by water column filtration, centrifugation or sediment trapping. Only includes parameters expressed per unit mass of SPM and not per unit volume of the water column.
Pesticide concentrations in suspended particulate material
Measurements made at a given time of any state variable in a sample that is the subject of an experiment that will change the composition over time, such as the water sample in an incubation experiment.
Experiment state variables
Parameters that quantify or classify the physical or financial resources used in fishing activities
Fishing effort
Parameters related to the health and conservation status of coral species and coralligenous habitats.
Coral infection and damage
Parameters used to characterize and monitor biological invasion by non-native organisms.
Invasive species monitoring parameters
Deprecated term from a misguided attempt to distinguish between NO3 and NO3+NO2 for discovery. Use parameter group NTRA instead
deprecated
Nitrate+nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Parameters that characterize or quantify the contents of the stomach and gut of an animal or group of animals.
Stomach and gut contents
Parameters that quantify any attribute of a biological entity specified elsewhere in the data model and therefore do not map to the existing biologically classified P02 categories. This concept is used as a temporary grouping of parameter codes created for the SeaDataNet biological standard format.
SeaDataNet biological format biotic parameters
Any quantification of the mass (e.g. carbon, nitrogen, weight) of microalgae present on hard substrate or soft sediment at the bottom of any body of fresh or salt water.
Microphytobenthos biomass
Parameters associated with the quantification of primary production by plants living on (e.g. corals, seaweed and seagrass) or in (e.g. benthic diatoms) the seabed. Primary production is defined as the fixation of carbon dioxide into either organic or inorganic carbon by living entities and so includes photosynthesis and calcification.
Benthic primary production
A measure of the tendency of any body of fresh or salt water to either gain or lose electrons when it is subject to change by introduction of a new species.
Water body redox potential
Parameters describing the abundance and nature of microscopic particles of man-made materials and in particular microplastics present in any body of fresh or salt water.
Micro-litter in water bodies
Parameters describing the abundance and nature of debris released on coastlines.
Beach litter abundance
Parameters describing the abundance and nature of microscopic particles of man-made materials and in particular microplastics present in the sediment.
Micro-litter in sediments
Parameters describing the abundance and nature of litter data collected on the seabed.
Sea-floor litter abundance
Parameters (including geometries, labels and categorizations) relating to areas where authorities have and-or excercise specific rights or obligations.
Administrative units
Parameters measured by variable fluorescence instruments such as pump and probe and fast repetition rate fluorometers
Variable fluorescence parameters
Parameters describing the variety of entity types encountered in a population of living organisms
Biodiversity indices
Development stage parameters (such as proportion but excluding abundance or biomass) of zooplankton and zoobenthos. Benthic and planktonic animals have not been seggregated because there is a degree of overlap (eg shrimps).
Zooplankton and zoobenthos development stage parameters
Concentration (not 380nm light absorption) parameters for dissolved or total organic matter (includes humics, yellow matter, Gelbstoff) in any body of salt or fresh water.
Concentration of organic matter in water bodies
Parameters quantifying the uptake rate of nitrogen from excretion products (ammonium and urea) by flora and fauna living in any body of salt or fresh water
Regenerated production in water bodies
Any parameters quantifying ionising radiation emitted by cores or samples comprising rock, sediment (including surface sediment such as fluff)
Geological sample radioactivity
Parameters quantifying fauna and flora that indicate physical or chemical conditions in the water column such as colonisation depths and abundance of indicator species.
Water quality bioindicators
Concentration parameters for carbon compounds regarded as environmentally harmful in sediment, which is considered to be anything from the bed sampled by a grab or corer, including 'fluff' that are not included in other specific categories
Concentration of other organic contaminants in sediment samples
Microzooplankton carbon biomass parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. These may be at any taxonomic level from sub-species upwards., but exclude morphological classifications such as 'heterotrophic flagellate'.
Microzooplankton taxonomy-related biomass expressed as carbon per unit volume of the water column
Parameters quantifying rates associated with nitrification (oxidation of reduced nitrogen such as ammonium) and denitrification (conversion of nitrate into gaseous compounds such as nitric oxide, nitrous oxide and molecular nitrogen) processes in the water column of any body of fresh or salt water.
Nitrification and denitrification rates in water bodies
Parameters quantifying the capture of non-target species during commercial and non-commercial fishing trips
Fishing by-catch
Bacteria carbon biomass parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. These may be at any taxonomic level from sub-species upwards. Bacteria are defined as all taxa that fall into Kingdom Monera in the ITIS taxonomy, which includes cyanobacteria.
Bacteria taxonomy-related biomass expressed as carbon per unit volume of the water column
Fish (Osteichthyes, Agnatha and Chondrichthyes) ash-free dry weight biomass per unit area of bed (sea, river, lake etc.) parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. Includes animals normally considered as planktonic if they have been returned from sediment samples.
Fish taxonomy-related ash-free dry weight biomass per unit area of the bed
Concentration of total (organic plus inorganic) or organic dissolved nitrogen per unit volume of the water column. Grouped together as organic nitrogen frequently determined as total nitrogen.
Dissolved total and organic nitrogen concentrations in the water column
Parameters quantifying the amount of naturally-produced organic (molecules containing carbon) compounds that are built from multiple instances of structural units (monomers) that are covalently-bonded to produce larger structures in any sediment (material collected by a corer including fluff). Includes polynucleotides (RNA and DNA), polypeptides and polysaccharides (e.g. cellulose).
Concentrations of biopolymers in sediment
Nutrient (nitrate, nitrite, ammonium, phosphate, silicate and urea) concentrations in sediment pore waters
Nutrient concentrations in sediment pore waters
Parameters describing aspects of a geologic unit that are the result of bulk chemical, mineralogical or physical changes related to change in the physical or chemical environment. Includes weathering, supergene alteration, hydrothermal alteration and metasomatic effects not considered metamorphic.
Rock alteration
Parameters quantifying the amount of organic compounds containing both a carboxyl group and an amino group (including compounds such as salts and esters) sinking vertically as particles through a unit area of a water body in units time.
Sedimentation flux of amino acids and associated compounds in water bodies
Aliphatic hydrocarbon (alkane, alkene, alkyne, polycyclic aliphatics like hopane, terpenes etc.) concentrations in sediment, which is considered to be anything from the bed sampled by a grab or corer, including 'fluff'
Concentration of aliphatic hydrocarbons in sediment samples
Concentrations of volatile halocarbons (compounds comprising carbon atoms covalently bonded to fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine atoms) other than tracers (i.e. freons/chlorofluorocarbons) and contaminants in any body of fresh or salt water.
Other halocarbon concentrations in water bodies
Digital images of the seabed obtained using either still or video cameras
Seabed photography
Parameters quantifying the accidental spillage of liquid or dry pollutants from vessels or marine industries. Parameters may include quantities of pollutant, areas affected and event duration.
Pollution events
Concentration of total (organic plus inorganic) or organic dissolved phosphorus per unit volume of the water column. Grouped together as organic phosphorus frequently determined as total phosphorus.
Dissolved total or organic phosphorus concentration in the water column
Fish (Osteichthyes, Agnatha and Chrondrichthyes) size and shape parameters not included under FATM. Most commonly used for the generic term 'fish' that maps to multiple taxa.
Fish non taxonomy-related morphology
Parameters quantifying the number of birds (Class Aves) in a survey but not expressed per unit area. Includes presence/absence indicators.
Bird counts
Concentration of inorganic silicon species (element or compounds) in any phase of the atmosphere
Inorganic silicon species concentrations in the atmosphere
Parameters related to the reproduction of cetaceans (Order Cetacea)
Cetacean reproduction
Alkanamine concentrations in all phases of the water column
Concentration of alkanamines (amines) in the water column
Parameters describing or quantifying the mineralogical composition of rocks and unlithified sediments.
Mineralogical composition
Concentrations of proteins per unit mass or unit volume of sediment (material collected by a corer including fluff)
Concentration of proteins in sediment
Parameters specifying the proportions of inorganic components (major/minor/trace elements, trace metals etc.) in sediment or rock samples. Major elements includes the H2O+ and H2O- parameters reported by convention in oxide weight per cent geochemical major element analyses.
Inorganic chemical composition of sediment or rocks
Zooplankton (mesozooplankton plus larger pelagic animals excluding fish, reptiles and mammals) nitrogen biomass parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. These may be at any taxonomic level from sub-species upwards.
Zooplankton taxonomy-related biomass expressed as nitrogen per unit volume of the water column
Parameters as logged by measuring devices, including raw counts/voltages and ADCP relative velocities
Raw current meter output parameters
PAH concentrations in all phases of the water column. This group includes concentrations per unit volume of the water column in the particulate phase, but not concentrations per unit wieght of SPM.
Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the water column
Concentrations of metal elements per unit weight of sediment. Sediment is understood to be the solid phase of the bed, including the recently settled material sometimes known as fluff collected from the bed surface.
Metal concentrations in sediment
Insect (Class Insecta) and earthworm (Subclass Oligochaeta) abundance per unit area of the littoral zone (between spring tide high and low water) parameters.
Insect and earthworm taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of the littoral zone
Concentrations of total, organic and inorganic carbon per unit weight of suspended particulate material collected by water column filtration, centrifugation or sediment trapping.
Carbon concentrations in suspended particulate material
Lipids are defined as small water-insoluble biomolecules including fats, fatty acids, esters, sterols, isoprenoid compounds, etc.. Sediment is defined as material collected by a corer (including fluff).
Sediment lipid concentrations
Concentrations of metal elements in sediment pore waters
Metal concentrations in sediment pore waters
Raw light meter output
Parameters relating to the rates of creation and consumption of volatile halocarbons (compounds comprising carbon atoms covalently bonded to fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine atoms) other than tracers (i.e. freons/chlorofluorocarbons) and contaminants in any body of fresh or salt water.
Other halocarbon dynamics in water bodies
Used for plankton abundance parameters where no differentiation between phytoplankton, microzooplankton or zooplankton is possible
Plankton abundance per unit volume of the water column
Any quantification of the number (e.g. count, abundance) of microalgae present on hard substrate or soft sediment at the bottom of any body of fresh or salt water.
Microphytobenthos abundance
Measured or stratigraphically estimated ages of secondary mineral deposits in caves. This includes stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, and crystal growths.
Speleothem age
Concentration parameters for substances synthesised by man to kill other life forms in sediment, which is considered to be anything from the bed sampled by a grab or corer, including 'fluff'.
Pesticide concentrations in sediment
PCB concentrations in either whole organisms or their constituent parts
Concentration of polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) in biota
Technical parameters that provide information on how well an instrument or data acquisition system is working
Engineering parameters
Metal concentrations in either whole organisms or their constituent parts.
Metal concentrations in biota
Zooplankton (mesozooplankton and larger, exclusing fish, mammals, reptiles and insects) biomass determined by weighing unprocessed catch samples.
Zooplankton wet weight biomass
Bacteria ash-free dry weight biomass in sediment parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. The taxa may be at any taxonomic level from sub-species upwards. Bacteria are defined as all taxa that fall into Kingdom Monera in the ITIS taxonomy, which includes cyanobacteria.
Bacteria taxonomy-related ash-free dry weight biomass in sediment
Parameters quanitifying the transfer of substances considered harmful from land to sea, including river discharge rates of contaminant species (but not freshwater discharge rates).
Contaminant fluxes between the terrestrial and marine environment
Concentrations of adenylates (ADP, ATP etc) per unit mass or unit volume of sediment (material collected by a corer including fluff)
Concentration of adenylates in sediment
Fluxes of species other than metals and nutrients between the bed (ie the sediment) and the water column sometimes termed benthic fluxes or sediment demand
Other fluxes between the bed and the water column
Parameters related to the rates of TCO2 production and consumption based on light/dark bottle incubations
Dissolved inorganic carbon production and respiration in the water column
Parameters describing the size, shape or physiological activity including disease and parasite infection status of cetaceans (Order Cetacea). Includes both parameters mapped to taxa and those mapped to non-taxonomic groupings.
Cetacean morphology and physiology
Parameters quantifying the amount of compounds that lower the surface tension of a liquid, the interfacial tension between two liquids, or that between a liquid and a solid in any body of salt or fresh water. The term surfactants includes detergents, wetting agents, emulsifiers, foaming agents and dispersants.
Surfactant concentrations in water bodies
Includes all variants of phaeopigment (chlorophyll degradation products). Sediment is defined as any solids collected by a corer, including fluff..
Phaeopigment concentrations in sediment
PCB concentrations in sediment, which is considered to be anything from the bed sampled by a grab or corer, including 'fluff'
Concentration of polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) in sediment samples
Concentrations of total, organic and inorganic nitrogen per unit weight of suspended particulate material collected by water column filtration, centrifugation or sediment trapping. Note that it is common practice to assume all nitrogen in SPM is organic.
Nitrogen concentrations in suspended particulate material
Flux of biological detritus (material derived from the water column such as exuvia and faecal pellets) in the water column
Sedimentation flux of biological detritus in the water column
Any enumeration (e.g. count, number per litre) of macroalgae (seaweeds) designated by terms other than taxonomic names (e.g. total) in any fresh or salt water body.
Macroalgae generic abundance in water bodies
Uptake of nutrients other than nitrogen species (ie phosphate and silicate) by the water column
Uptake of other nutrients in the water column
Concentrations of the elements classically regarded as major (>1% by weight as oxide: namely: Si, Ti, Al, Fe3+, Fe2+, Mg, Mn, Ca, Na, and K) plus affiliated parameters such as H2O- (adsorbed water) and H2O+ (or loss on ignition) in rocks or sediments.
Geological sample major element chemistry
Parameters associated with the concentration of algae-generated toxins in either whole organisms or their constituent parts
Concentration of phycotoxins in biota
Concentrations of alkenones (unsaturated aliphatic ketones) and alkenoates (carboxylic acid esters) in all phases of the water column.
Concentration of alkenones and alkenoates in the water column
Parameters quantifying the electrical properties of geological units in the field. Includes parameters used to determine resistivity structure for shallow sediment properties, porosities and presence of hydrocarbon (CSEM), deeper crust and mantle studies (Magnetotellurics) and ore body location (polarisation).
Field resistivity, electromagnetics and polarisation
Includes all pigments that cannot be explicitly classified as chlorophylls, phaeopigments or carotenoids. Generally, these are parameters where different pigments have been grouped together. Concentrations are expressed in terms of per unit volume or unit area of the water column. Does not include data expressed per unit mass of SPM.
Unclassified pigment concentrations in the water column
Concentrations of halogens as elements or their inorganic compounds in all phases of any body of fresh or salt water
Concentration of inorganic halogens in water bodies
'Other' (than metals or organic contaminants) substance concentrations in either whole organisms or their constituent parts. This is a 'bucket' grouping that may be reclassified as the dictionary developes.
Concentration of other substances in biota
PCB concentrations in suspended particulate material, regarded as anything sampled by a water bottle, SAP, sediment trap etc. This group is for SPM composition measurements (concentration per unit weight) and NOT concentrations per unit volume of the water column in the particulate phase.
Concentration of polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) in suspended particulate material
Fish (Osteichthyes, Agnatha and Chondrichthyes) abundance per unit area of bed (sea, river, lake etc.) parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. Includes animals normally considered as planktonic if they have been returned from sediment samples.
Fish taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of the bed
Parameters describing the size, shape or physiological activity including disease and parasite infection status of true seals (Phocidae), eared seals (Otariidae) and walruses (Odobenidae).
Seal morphology and physiology
Includes all parameters relating to all mechanisms of waste release except respiration.
Excretion rate parameters in the water column
Concentration parameters for substances synthesised by man to modify bodily function or diagnose, cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent disease in sediment, which is considered to be anything from the bed sampled by a grab or corer, including 'fluff'.
Pharmaceutical concentrations in sediments
Parameters related to compounds containing two oxygen atoms joined by a single bond but no carbon atoms in any body of fresh or salt water.
Inorganic peroxides in water bodies
All concentration parameters for inorganic dissolved gases other than oxygen and the noble gases in the water column
Dissolved concentration parameters for other gases in the water column
Morphological parameters of zooplankton and zoobenthos (essentially any animal except for insects, earthworms or fish), such as size, shape and weight. Benthic and planktonic animals have not been seggregated because there is a degree of overlap (eg shrimps).
Zooplankton and zoobenthos morphological parameters
Concentrations of carbohydrates, phenols, alkanols (alcohols), ethers,aldehydes and simple (non-alkenone) ketones in unlithified sediment (material collected by a corer including fluff).
Concentration of carbohydrates, phenols, alkanols (alcohols), ethers, aldehydes and ketones in sediment
Includes all SPM grain size measurements and derived statistics
Suspended particulate material grain size parameters
Concentrations of metal elements in the colloidal phase of the water column. Usually the dissolved concentration difference between conventionally filtered water and ultra-filtered water.
Colloidal metal concentrations in the water column
Chemical analyses of minerals extracted from rocks or sediment or analysed in-situ using techniques like the electron microprobe.
Mineral chemistry
Parameters quantifying the flux of thermal energy within the solid Earth or between the solid Earth and water bodies or atmosphere.
Geothermal heat flow
PAH concentrations in sediment, which is considered to be anything from the bed sampled by a grab or corer, including 'fluff'
Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sediment samples
Concentrations of total, organic and inorganic phosphorus per unit weight of suspended particulate material collected by water column filtration, centrifugation or sediment trapping.
Phosphorus concentrations in suspended particulate material
Parameters quantifying the exchange of metalsbetween the bed (ie the sediment) and the water column sometimes termed benthic fluxes
Metal fluxes between the bed and the water column
Parameters quantifying and categorising terrestrially-derived detritus (eg dust and pollen) in the water column
Terrestrial detritus in the water column suspended particulate material
Concentrations of adenylates (ADP, ATP etc) in all phases of the water column
Concentration of adenylates in the water column
Parameters describing the effects of substances on living organisms.
Bioassay and contaminant biological impact
Concentrations of halogens as elements or simple inorganic compounds (eg iodate) in sediments (anything collected by a corer including fluff
Concentration of inorganic halogens in sediment
Insect (Class Insecta) and earthworm (Subclass Oligochaeta) ash-free dry weight biomass per unit area of the littoral zone (between spring tide high and low water) parameters.
Insect and earthworm taxonomy-related ash-free dry weight biomass per unit area of the littoral zone
Parameters that quantify the size, shape, age and life processes (including mortality) of shellfish (molluscs - including cephalopods - and crustaceans of interest to fisheries research and commercial fisheries).
Shellfish morphology, age and physiology
Parameters that quantify and specify material output into the environment as a result of industrial activity
Industrial discharges
Fish (Osteichthyes, Agnatha and Chrondrichthyes) count parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. These may be at any taxonomic level from sub-species upwards. Count includes presence/absence indicators.
Fish taxonomy-related counts
Parameters quantifying the mass of fish (Osteichthyes, Agnatha and Chrondrichthyes)in total or by species per unit area or per unit volume in any body of fresh or salt water expressed in any form (e.g. wet weight, dry weight, carbon, nitrogen, etc.).
Fish biomass in water bodies
Concentration parameters for metalloid elements in sediment. Sediment is understood to be the solid phase of the bed, including the recently settled material sometimes known as fluff collected from the bed surface. Metalloids are considered as B, Ge, As, Sb, Te and Po (but not Si which is classed separately because of its major role in environmental chemistry)
Trace metalloid concentrations in sediment
PAH concentrations in suspended particulate material, regarded as anything sampled by a water bottle, SAP, sediment trap etc. This group is for SPM composition measurements (concentration per unit weight) and NOT concentrations per unit volume of the water column in the particulate phase.
Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in suspended particulate material
Concentrations of metal elements in suspended particulate material collected by water column filtration, centrifugation or sediment trapping. Deprecated as semantic overlap with MTWP.
Metal concentrations in suspended particulate material
Parameters used to encode information specifying access rights to data, usually in terms of authorised roles
Security tags and keys
Concentration parameters for carbon compounds regarded as environmentally harmful in solution or suspension (i.e.includes measurements in both the dissolved and particulate phases) in any body of salt or fresh water that are not included in other specific categories
Concentration of other organic contaminants in the water column
Stable isotope parameters (concentrations, ratios and enrichments) in both the dissolved and particulate phases of any body of fresh or salt water.
Stable isotopes in water bodies
Includes all pigments that cannot be explicitly classified as chlorophylls, phaeopigments or carotenoids (usually groups of pigments). Sediment includes anything collected by a grab or corer, including the fluff layer from the top of the consolidated sediment.
Unclassified pigment concentrations in sediment
Concentration parameters for metallic elements in ice and snow
Metal concentrations in the cryosphere
Parameters that describe the degree to which sedimentary, igneous or metamorphic rocks are able to conduct heat
Rock thermal conductivity
Concentrations of dissolved organic carbon in sediment pore waters
Dissolved organic carbon concentrations in sediment pore waters
All concentration parameters for inorganic dissolved gases other than oxygen and the noble gases in sediment pore water samples
Dissolved concentration parameters for other gases in sediment pore waters
Fish (Osteichthyes, Agnatha and Chrondrichthyes) abundance per unit volume parameters not included under FATX. Most commonly used for the generic term 'fish' that maps to multiple taxa.
Fish non taxonomy-related abundance per unit volume of the water column
Parameters describing the extent, intensity, timing and method of reproduction in fish (Osteichthyes, Agnatha and Chrondrichthyes) including fecundity, reproductive rates, spawning, and nursery grounds.
Fish reproduction
Concentration parameters for trace metalloid elements and non-organic selenium species in the dissolved phase of any body of fresh or salt water. This may include a contribution from the particulate phase if this has not been totally removed by filtration and the metalloid in question is reactive (ie detected as if it were dissolved) to the analytical technique used. Trace metalloids are considered as B, Ge, As, Sb, Te, and Po (but not Si which is classed separately because of its major role in environmental chemistry).
Dissolved trace metalloid and inorganic selenium concentrations in water bodies
Includes all variants of phaeopigment (chlorophyll degradation products) expressed in terms of per unit volume or unit area of the water column. Does not include data expressed per unit mass of SPM.
Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column
Direct output parameters from TS instruments such as thermosalinograph or CTD
Raw temperature and/or salinity instrument output
Concentration of phycobolin group pigments such as phycocyanin and phycoerythrin in the water column
Phycobolin pigment concentrations in the water column
Parameters describing the actions or reactions of birds (Class Aves), usually in response to the environment. Includes both parameters mapped to taxa and those mapped to non-taxonomic groupings.
Bird behaviour
Parameters that quantify the numbers or amount of living material of shellfish (molluscs - including cephalopods - and crustaceans of interest to fisheries research and commercial fisheries) in any body of fresh or salt water.
Shellfish abundance and biomass in water bodies
Concentrations of total, organic and inorganic phosphorus per unit weight of sediment. Sediment is understood to be the solid phase of the bed, including the recently settled material sometimes known as fluff collected from the bed surface.
Phosphorus concentrations in sediment
Parameters characterising structure in sedimentary rocks and unlithified sediment such as bedding, lamination and bioturbation.
Sedimentary structure
Fluxes expressed as number per unit area per unit time of any biota or remains thereof (excluding faecal pellets which are classed as SPM) downwards through the water column
Sedimentation flux of identified biota in the water column
Macroalgae (Rhodophycota, Chromphycota, Chlorophycota) and seagrass (Charophyta, Anthophyta) count parameters presented at the level of taxa at any level from sub-species upwards. Count includes presence/absence indicators.
Macroalgae and seagrass taxonomy-related counts
Concentration parameters for inorganic sulphur species in suspended particulate material (anything collected by filtration or sediment trapping). Group does not include parameters expressing data per unit volume of the water column
Concentration of inorganic sulphur species in suspended particulate material
Parameters quantifying the level of radioactive emissions from in-situ geologic units
Radiation geophysics
Parameters relating to the elucidation of geological structure by quantifying the proportion of waves from a high energy source reflected by sub-surface layers.
Seismic reflection
Any enumeration of bacteria (Kingdom Monera so includes cyanobacteria) designated by taxonomic names (e.g. species, genus, family) in any body of fresh or salt water.
Bacteria taxonomic abundance in water bodies
Parameters describing the abundance and nature of material classed as refuse introduced to the environment by activities of man that are not covered by the more specific P02 terms for micro-litter (UMLS and UMLW), beach litter (BLIT) or seafloor litter (SLIT).
Litter abundance and type
Concentrations of total and organic carbon in the particulate phase of the water column as extracted by a filtration technique. This is the particle-bound concentration per unit volume of the water column and is both a function of the SPM concentration in the water column and the concentration of carbon per unit weight of SPM. Total and organic carbon are classed together to circumvent confusion caused by total carbon data sets labelled 'POC' on the assumption that the inorganic carbon fraction is negligible
Particulate total and organic carbon concentrations in the water column
Parameters related to the reproduction of reptiles (Class Reptilia)
Reptile reproduction
Measured or stratigraphically estimated ages of lithified sediments, igneous rock or metamorphic rock.
Rock age
Parameters related to bacterial production determination by measurement of dissolved organic molecule (e.g. leucine, thymidine) uptake rates
Bacterial production in the water column
Parameters describing the causes and rate of mortality in cetaceans (Order Cetacea). Includes both parameters mapped to taxa and those mapped to non-taxonomic groupings.
Cetacean mortality
Parameters relating to the abundance and nature of bacteria (Kingdom Monera) infecting other biota.
Bacteria in biota
Acoustic noise in the water column
Concentrations of total, organic and inorganic carbon per unit weight of sediment. Sediment is understood to be the solid phase of the bed, including the recently settled material sometimes known as fluff collected from the bed surface.
Carbon concentrations in sediment
Parameters characterising the environment in which sediments were deposited either by observation or interpretation of sedimentary rocks and unlithified sediments.
Depositional environment
Parameters relating to the elucidation of geological structure by quantifying the refration of waves from a high energy source by sub-surface layers.
Seismic refraction
Measured parameters expressing turbulence in the water column plus parameters derived from these measurements
Turbulence in the water column
All organometallic and orgamometalloid compound concentration parameters (including saturations for gaseous species) in all phases of sediments (including pore waters)
Organometallic and organometalloid species concentration parameters in sediments
Parameters quantifying the critera for and extent of sediment resuspension
Sediment resuspension
Sediment resistivity
Concentration of inorganic phosphorus species (element or compounds) in any phase of the atmosphere
Inorganic phosphorus species concentrations in the atmosphere
Parameters describing the causes and rate of mortality of true seals (Phocidae), eared seals (Otariidae) and walruses (Odobenidae).
Seal mortality
Parameters quantifying the amount of organic compounds containing both a carboxyl group and an amino group in unlithified seabed material.
Amino acids in sediment
Raw parameters (usually membrane current and temperature) from dissolved oxygen sensors
Raw oxygen sensor output
Bacterial consumption in the water column
All concentration parameters including saturations and statistics such as standard deviations
Dissolved noble gas concentration parameters in the water column
Parameters expressing depth (possibly as pressure) of an instrument on a suspended underwater mooring. These are primarily collected to monitor mooring performance by quantifying knock-down and should not be regarded as instrument z co-ordinates (accurate calibration is rare) or as sea level measurements.
Moored instrument depth
Parameters that describe the degree to which unlithified sediment is able to conduct heat
Sediment thermal conductivity
Parameterisations that describe climatic conditions in the past. Includes climate indices, climate indicators and indirect measurements of climate-related phenomena such as sea level and water table depth.
Palaeoclimatic indicators and parameters
Concentrations of total, organic and inorganic nitrogen per unit weight of sediment. Sediment is understood to be the solid phase of the bed, including the recently settled material sometimes known as fluff collected from the bed surface.
Nitrogen concentrations in sediment
Parameters concerned with the complexation of metals as ligands in the water column
Metal ligand parameters in the water column
Parameters relating to the intensity of ultra-violet radiation in either the atmosphere or the water column
Ultra-violet (UV) radiation
Alkane concentration parameters (including saturation of gaseous species) in all phases of the water column. Does not include parameters expressed per unit weight of SPM.
Concentration of alkanes in the water column
Any enumeration of bacteria (Kingdom Monera so includes cyanobacteria) designated by taxonomic names (e.g. species, genus, family) in any soil or sediment.
Bacteria taxonomic abundance in sediment
Parameters quantifying the amount of naturally-produced organic (molecules containing carbon) compounds that are built from multiple instances of structural units (monomers) that are covalently-bonded to produce larger structures in any body of salt or fresh water. Includes polynucleotides (RNA and DNA), polypeptides and polysaccharides (e.g. cellulose).
Concentrations of biopolymers in water bodies
Reduction rates of any species in sediment cores
Reduction rates in bed sediments
Includes all variants of chlorophyll. Sediment includes anything collected by a grab or corer, including the fluff layer from the top of the consolidated sediment
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in sediment
Parameters quantifying the volume, mass or thickness of particulate material that gathers on the seabed per unit time.
Sediment accumulation rate
Parameters relating to diseases and parasites of macroalgae (Rhodophycota, Chromphycota, Chlorophycota) and seagrass (Charophyta, Anthophyta) and damage to seagrass beds
Macroalgae and seagrass infection and damage
Parameters describing the actions or reactions of cetaceans (Order Cetacea), usually in response to the environment. Includes both parameters mapped to taxa and those mapped to non-taxonomic groupings.
Cetacean behaviour
Parameters describing rocks on the basis of physical characteristics such as colour, structure, mineralogy and grain size
Lithology
Parameters expressing the total sedimentation flux in terms of particle mass, volume or counts
Sedimentation flux quantification in the water column
Parameters related to the study of human interaction with the sea through the investigation of associated physical remains, be they vessels, shore side facilities, port-related structures, cargoes, human remains or submerged landscapes
Marine archaeology
Suspended particulate material setting velocity parameters
Parameters describing the location, nature and extent of objects that pose a threat to travel on the water column such as wrecks and obstructions
Hazards to navigation
Parameters quantifying the amount of groundwater in a given system such as aquifer water level and rate of flow of water through rock formations.
Groundwater amount
Any enumeration (e.g. count, abundance) of free-floating autotrophic biological entities designated by terms other than taxonomic names (e.g. microphytoplankton, ciliate, flagellate) in any body of fresh or salt water.
Phytoplankton generic abundance in water bodies
Parameters quantifying the amount of alkenones (unsaturated aliphatic ketones) and alkenoates (carboxylic acid esters) in any unconsolidated sediment including fluff.
Concentration of alkenones and alkenoates in sediment
Parameters related to the rates of oxygen production and consumption
Oxygen production and respiration in the water column
Microzooplankton biovolume parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. These may be at any taxonomic level from sub-species upwards.
Microzooplankton taxonomy-related biovolume per unit volume of the water column
Bacteria environmental parameters
Parameters quantifying the extent and nature of recreational activities in coastal waters, estuaries and their margins such as beaches.
Marine environment leisure usage
Quality control flags
Zooplankton (mesozooplankton plus larger pelagic animals excluding fish, reptiles and mammals) protein biomass per unit volume for entities that have not been identified by taxonomic name
Zooplankton non taxonomy-related biomass expressed as protein per unit volume of the water column
Microzooplankton surface area per unit volume of the water column parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. These may be at any taxonomic level from sub-species upwards.
Microzooplankton taxonomy-related biosurface area per unit volume of the water column
Parameters quantifying polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) concentrations in all phases of the atmosphere
Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the atmosphere
The identity of the parameter is not declared. Covers cases such as internal working parameters and dummy channels.
Unspecified
Any zoobenthos wet weight biomass per unit area of the seabed parameters that are not included in parameter group ZWTX.
Zoobenthos non taxonomy-related wet weight biomass per unit area of the bed
Digital images of the water column obtained using either still or video cameras
Water column photography
Parameters describing the actions or reactions, usually in response to the environment, of true seals (Phocidae), eared seals (Otariidae) and walruses (Odobenidae).
Seal behaviour
Parameters describing the extent, intensity, timing and method of fisheries
Fishery characterisation
Lipids are defined as small water-insoluble biomolecules including fats, fatty acids, esters, sterols, isoprenoid compounds, etc.. Biota includes any type of sample originating from a living organism.
Biota lipid concentrations
Concentration parameters for carbon compounds regarded as environmentally harmful in either whole organisms or their constituent parts that are not included in other categories
Concentration of other organic contaminants in biota
Parameters that do not easily fit into any of the other SPM data categories.
Other physical and chemical properties of suspended particulate material
Parameters that quantify the fecundity, reproductive rates or nature of reproduction in shellfish (molluscs - including cephalopods - and crustaceans of interest to fisheries research and commercial fisheries).
Shellfish reproduction
Parameters pertaining to zooplankton growth rates including biochemical proxies such as AARS activity
Zooplankton growth rates
Parameters that describe the distribution of the degree of hotness within a body of rock or unlithified sediment.
Temperature of geological units
Sediment includes anything collected by a grab or corer, including the fluff layer from the top of the consolidated sediment
Carotenoid pigment concentrations in sediment
Output as logged from any type fluorometer.
Raw fluorometer output
Faecal pellet production and gut evacuation rates
Zooplankton defecation rates in the water column
Concentration parameters for silicon species (including opal) in sediment (anything collected by a corer including fluff)
Concentration of silicon species in sediment
Chemical composition of zooplankton expressed in terms of mass (or molar quantity) per specimen or per unit tissue mass
Zooplankton chemical composition
Parameters quantifying the magnitude of earth movements resulting from artificial sources (such as explosions) far away from the measurement site.
Active seismic refraction
Parameters that quantify the size, shape, age and life processes (including mortality) of fish (Osteichthyes, Agnatha and Chrondrichthyes).
Fish morphology, age and physiology
Zoobenthos count parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. These may be at any taxonomic level from sub-species upwards. Count includes presence/absence indicators.
Zoobenthos taxonomy-related counts
Zooplankton (mesozooplankton plus larger pelagic animals excluding fish, reptiles and mammals) nitrogen biomass per unit volume parameters not included in group ZCTC. Usually used for generic names such as 'mesozooplankton'.
Zooplankton non taxonomy-related biomass expressed as nitrogen per unit volume of the water column
Zooplankton egg hatch proportion
Parameters that describe the the mass per unit volume of any samples of rock or unlithified sediment.
Geological sample density
A technique for mapping the morphology of the seafloor using a sonar swath projected sideways from a towed underwater vehicle.
Side-scan sonar
Parameters relating to diseases and parasites of reptiles (Class Reptilia)
Reptile disease and parasites
Parameters quantifying the rate of alkenones (unsaturated aliphatic ketones) and alkenoates (carboxylic acid esters) sinking as particles through any body of water.
Sedimentation flux of alkenones and alkenoates in the water column
Parameters that describe the distribution of the degree of hotness within geologic units of lithified sedimentary, igneous of metamorphic rock.
Rock temperature
Parameters identifying or quantifying zooplankton gut pigments
Zooplankton gut pigments
Fluxes of terrestrial biological or lithological material
Sedimentation flux of terrestrially derived material in the water column
Parameters related to the reproduction of birds (Class Aves)
Bird reproduction
Parameters relating to the uptake rates of metals from the dissolved phase into the particulate phase
Metal uptake rates in the water column
Zoobenthos wet weight biomass per unit area parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. Includes animals considered as planktonic if they have been returned from sediment samples.
Zoobenthos taxonomy-related wet weight biomass per unit area of the bed
Urea concentration parameters (including statistical parameters such as standard deviation) in the water column
Urea concentration parameters in the water column
All organometallic and organometalloid compound concentration parameters (including saturations for gaseous species) in all phases of any body of fresh or salt water.
Organometallic and organometalloid species concentration parameters in water bodies
Stable isotope parameters (concentrations, ratios and enrichments) in sediment, including biota-associated parameters such as isotope enrichment in foraminifera tests.
Stable isotopes in sediment
Parameters related to the distribution of true seals (Phocidae), eared seals (Otariidae) and walruses (Odobenidae)at a particular time and location, including presence/absence indicators.
Seal abundance
Concentration parameters (including saturation if gaseous) for inorganic sulphur species in all phases of sediment pore waters
Concentration of inorganic sulphur species in sediment pore water
Any fauna (class Animalia) abundance per unit are of sea, river or lake bed. Broad group overlapping a number of more specific groups that should be used preferentially, but this group is provided as an alternative to one-to-many mappings.
Fauna abundance per unit area of the bed
Integrated zooplankton (mesozooplankton and larger, exclusing fish, mammals, reptiles and insects) carbon biomass parameters
Zooplankton carbon biomass per unit area of the water column
Parameters related to the infection of Fish (Osteichthyes, Agnatha and Chrondrichthyes) by parasites and disease. Includes visual assesements and analytical data.
Fish disease and parasites
Concentration parameters for substances synthesised by man to modify bodily function or diagnose, cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent disease in either whole organisms or their constituent parts.
Pharmaceutical concentrations in biota
Stable isotope parameters (concentrations, ratios and enrichments) from measurements on living (at the time of sampling) organisms or parts thereof.
Stable isotopes in biota
Includes all parameters covering the strength of acoustic signal return, including absolute measurements of returning signal strength as well as parameters expressed as backscatter (the proportion of transmitted signal returned)
Acoustic backscatter in the water column
All parameters (including concentration, saturation, turnover and fluxes) for dissolved oxygen in sediment and sediment pore waters.
Dissolved oxygen parameters for sediments
Parameters quantifying the ingestion of food by zooplankton (mesozooplankton and larger but excluding fish) in terms of identified biota or chemical species and the effects of nutrition on life processes such as physiology and reproduction.
Zooplankton feeding
Stable isotope parameters (concentrations, ratios and enrichments) in both the gaseous and aerosol phases of the atmosphere.
Stable isotopes in the atmosphere
Raw concentration parameters from a gas analyser such as a LiCor
Raw gas analyser output
Concentration parameters for organic sulphur species in ice
Concentration of organic sulphur species in ice
Stable isotope parameters (concentrations, ratios and enrichments) in secondary mineral deposits in caves. This includes stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, and crystal growths.
Stable isotopes in speleothems
Zooplankton (mesozooplankton and larger, exclusing fish, mammals, reptiles and insects) biomass determined by drying to constant weight.
Zooplankton dry weight biomass per unit volume of the water column
Any enumeration (e.g. count, number per square metre) of animals living on or near the seabed designated by terms other than taxonomic names (e.g. total).
Zoobenthos generic abundance
All parameters associated with coastal landforms such as beaches and dunes including morphology, evolution and associated transport phenomena
Coastal geomorphology
Parameters quantifying the amount of organic compounds containing both a carboxyl group and an amino group dissolved in a body of water.
Dissolved amino acid concentrations in the water column
Parmeters describing the space for fluids or gases within a geologic unit comprising lithified sediments, igneous rock or metamorphic rock.
Rock porosity and permeability
PCB concentrations in all phases of the water column. This group excludes SPM composition measurements (concentration per unit weight).
Concentration of polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) in the water column
Concentrations of carbohydrates, phenols, alkanols (alcohols), aldehydes and simple (non-alkenone) ketones in all phases of any body of fresh or salt water
Concentration of carbohydrates, phenols, alkanols (alcohols), aldehydes and ketones in water bodies
Alkene and alkyne concentrations in all phases of the water column
Concentration of alkenes and alkynes in the water column
Parameters describing the size, shape or physiological activity of bacteria, defined as Kingdom Monera (includes cyanobacteria). Includes parameters both parameters mapped to taxa and those mapped to non-taxonomic groupings.
Bacteria morphology and physiology
Concentration parameters for substances synthesised by man to modify bodily function or diagnose, cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent disease in either solution or suspension (i.e.includes measurements in both the dissolved and particulate phases) in any body of salt or fresh water.
Pharmaceutical concentrations in water bodies
All parameters related to zooplankton reproduction rates
Zooplankton reproduction rate parameters
Zooplankton biovolume
Any parameterisation of cell volume of free-floating autotrophic biological entities designated by taxonomic names (e.g. species, genus, family) in any body of fresh or salt water.
Phytoplankton taxonomic volume in water bodies
Measured or stratigraphically estimated ages of marine sediments
Sediment age
Nitrate concentration parameters in ice. Includes nitrate+nitrite, which is often loosely referred to as nitrate.
Concentration of nitrates in ice
Concentrations of halogens as elements or their inorganic compounds in all phases of sediment pore water
Concentration of inorganic halogens in sediment pore waters
Raw parameters (voltages and counts) from in-situ suspended particulate material sensors including transmissometers, nephelometers,in-situ particle sizers and ABS (including ADCP echo intensity).
Raw suspended particulate material concentration sensor output
PAH concentrations in either whole organisms or their constituent parts
Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in biota
Parameters relating to the elucidation of sediment structure by quantifying the proportion of waves from a low energy source reflected by sub-surface layers.
Sediment acoustics
Stable isotope parameters (concentrations, ratios and enrichments) in frozen precipitation (snow, hail, ice and slush), its accumulations (e.g. glaciers), sea ice and frozen fresh water.
Stable isotopes in ice and snow
Parameters quantifying the chemistry of terrestrial groundwater bodies such as aquifers and waters percolating through rock formations.
Groundwater chemistry
Concentration of any chemical species in water collected from the atmosphere. Includes rain, snow, hail and fog but excludes cloud samples or snow accumulations on the ground.
Precipitation chemistry
Direct output parameters from spectophotometric or chemical in-situ nutrient analysers
Raw in-situ nutrient analyser output
Any enumeration (e.g. count, abundance) of free-floating autotrophic biological entities designated by taxonomic names (e.g. species, genus, family) in any body of fresh or salt water.
Phytoplankton taxonomic abundance in water bodies
Concentration parameters for trace metalloid elements and inorganic selenium species in water occupying the space between sediment grains. Trace metalloids are considered as B, Ge, As, Sb, Te, and Po (but not Si which is classed separately because of its major role in environmental chemistry).
Trace metalloid and inorganic selenium concentrations in sediment pore water
Concentration parameters for inorganic sulphur species in ice
Concentration of inorganic sulphur species in ice
Parameters related to the abundance of reptiles (Class Reptilia)
Reptile abundance
Concentration parameters for trace metalloid elements and inorganic selenium species in the particulate phase of any body of fresh or salt water collected by fitration, centrifugation or sediment trapping. Trace metalloids are considered as B, Ge, As, Sb, Te and Po (but not Si which is classed separately because of its major role in environmental chemistry).
Particulate trace metalloid and inorganic selenium concentrations in water bodies
Redox potential in sediment
Any enumeration (e.g. count, number per square metre) of animals living on or near the seabed designated by taxonomic names (e.g. species, genus).
Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance
Statistical parameters derived from wave data expressing wave properties other than height, period and direction
Other wave statistics
Fluxes of any biota or remains thereof (excluding faecal pellets which are classed as SPM) downwards through the water column
Sedimentation flux of identified biota expressed as carbon in the water column
Data record, event, sample or measurement reference numbers
Reference numbers
Insect (Class Insecta) and earthworm (Subclass Oligochaeta) ash-free dry weight biomass per unit area of bed (sea, river, lake etc.) parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. Includes animals normally considered as planktonic if they have been returned from sediment samples. This parameter group has been implemented to separate predominantly freshwater taxa from predominantly marine taxa.
Insect and earthworm taxonomy-related ash-free dry weight biomass per unit area of the bed
Hydrolytic activity in sediment
Any quantification of the dry mass of zoobenthos (animals living on, in or near the bed of any water body). Includes animals normally considered planktonic if collected in sediment and data expressed ash-free and in terms of carbon, nitrogen etc..
Zoobenthos dry weight biomass
Insect (Class Insecta) and earthworm (Subclass Oligochaeta) abundance per unit area of bed (sea, river, lake etc.) parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. Includes animals normally considered as planktonic if they have been returned from sediment samples. This parameter group has been implemented to separate predominantly freshwater taxa from predominantly marine taxa.
Insect and earthworm taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of the bed
Zooplankton (mesozooplankton and larger, exclusing fish, mammals, reptiles and insects) biomass determined by gravimetric measurement of loss on ignition
Zooplankton ash-free dry weight biomass per unit volume of the water column
Parameters relating to the abundance, size and morphology of particle aggregates in the SPM
Suspended particulate material aggregates
Any zoobenthos ash-free dry weight biomass per unit area of the littoral zone (between spring tide high and low water) parameters that are not fish or terrestrial animals (insecta/oligochaeta)
Zoobenthos taxonomy-related ash-free dry weight biomass per unit area of the littoral zone
Parameters that express the consumption of the phytoplankton population by the microzooplankton. Generally the results of dilution experiments on water samples screened through a 200-micron mesh.
Microzooplankton grazing
Concentration parameters for silicon species (including opal) in SPM (material gathered by filtration or sediment trapping). Only includes parameters expressed per unit mass of SPM and not per unit volume of the water column
Concentration of silicon species in suspended particulate material
Parameters specifying the physical dimensions of the particles comprising lithified sedimentary rocks (including expressions of shape such as aspect ratio) and statistics derived from their variation in a sample (e.g. mean, mode, sorting, skewness).
Rock grain size
Any enumeration of bacteria (Kingdom Monera so includes cyanobacteria) designated by terms other than taxonomic names (e.g. total) in any soil or sediment.
Bacteria generic abundance in sediment
Parameters quantifying the level of activity moving people or cargo from one place to another.
Transport activity
Parameters quantifying and describing biota take by fishing activities
Fish and shellfish catch statistics
Parameters quantifying the magnitude of naturally occurring low frequency earth movements such as used for earthquake seismology and natural noise studies.
Passive seismic refraction
Parameters relating to human built structures on the coast or offshore and their impact on the environment.
Man-made structures
Bird (Class Aves) abundance per unit area (of land or sea) presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS.These may be at any taxonomic level from sub-species upwards.
Bird taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of surface
Parameters describing the amount in a sample of a tracer (rhodamine, SF6, 3He, etc.) that has been purposely released into a water body to track water mass movements or quantify exchanges with the atmosphere.
Water body released tracers
Zooplankton (mesozooplankton plus larger pelagic animals excluding fish, reptiles and mammals) protein biomass per unit volume for entities that have been identified by taxonomic name
Zooplankton taxonomy-related biomass expressed as protein per unit volume of the water column
Any parameters quantifying the magnetic (e.g. magnetic susceptibility), electrical (e.g. resistivity) or acoustic (e.g. P-wave propogation speed) of sediment or rock cores and samples
Geological sample magnetic, electrical and acoustic properties
Parameters that quantify the numbers of fish (Osteichthyes, Agnatha and Chrondrichthyes) at a given location in any body of salt or fresh water.
Fish abundance in water bodies
Lipids are defined as small water-insoluble biomolecules including fats, fatty acids, esters, sterols, isoprenoid compounds, etc.. Water body includes any body of fresh or salt water. As lipids are insoluble in water the concencentrations are associated with the particulate phase.
Water body lipid concentrations
Colloidal organic carbon per unit volume of the water column.
Colloidal organic carbon concentration in the water column
Concentration parameters for trace metalloid elements and inorganic selenium species in either whole organisms or their constituent parts. Trace metalloids are considered as B, Ge, As, Sb, Te, and Po (but not Si which is classed separately because of its major role in environmental chemistry).
Trace metalloid and inorganic selenium concentrations in biota
Phytoplankton growth
Any zoobenthos abundance per unit area of the littoral zone (between spring tide high and low water) parameters that are not fish or terrestrial animals (insecta/oligochaeta)
Zoobenthos taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of the littoral zone
Any enumeration (e.g. count, number per litre) of microzooplankton (free swimming heterotrophic organisms smaller than 200um) designated by taxonomic names (e.g. species, genus or family) in any fresh or salt water body.
Microzooplankton taxonomic abundance in water bodies
Any parameters relating to molecular biology or genetics
Molecular biology parameters
Concentration of alkanols, phenols and ethers per unit mass or unit volume of sediment (material collected by a corer including fluff)
Concentration of alkanols (alcohols), phenols and ethers in sediment
Concentrations of proteins in all phases of the water column
Concentration of proteins in the water column
Parameters relating to structure beneath sea-bed determined by the reflection of seismic energy along multiple parallel tracks.
Three-dimensional seismic reflection
Sediment pollen content
Insecta abundance parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. These may be at any taxonomic level from sub-species upwards.
Insecta taxonomy-related abundance per unit volume of the water column
Concentrations of halogens as elements or their inorganic compounds in ice
Concentration of inorganic halogens in ice
Stable isotope parameters (concentrations, ratios and enrichments) in either the solute or solvent phase of sediment pore waters.
Stable isotopes in sediment pore waters
Any enumeration (e.g. count, number per square metre) of viruses in any body of fresh or salt water.
Virus abundance in water bodies
Insecta carbon biomass parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. These may be at any taxonomic level from sub-species upwards.
Insecta taxonomy-related biomass expressed as carbon per unit volume of the water column
Concentration parameters for inorganic sulphur species in sediment (anything collected by a corer including fluff)
Concentration of inorganic sulphur species in sediment
Any enumeration of bacteria (Kingdom Monera so includes cyanobacteria) designated by terms other than taxonomic names (e.g. total) in any body of fresh or salt water.
Bacteria generic abundance in water bodies
Any parameter relating to the rate of DOC concentration change in the water column
Dissolved organic carbon uptake and production in the water column
Carbonate system parameters (DIC/TCO2, pH, alkalinity, pCO2) in sediment pore waters
Carbonate chemistry in sediment pore waters
All parameters associated with radioactivity in any body of fresh or salt water, including radiation counts, isotope activities and activity ratios. Activities per unit mass of SPM are included.
Radioactivity in water bodies
Zooplankton (mesozooplankton plus larger pelagic animals excluding fish, reptiles and mammals) abundance per unit volume parameters not included in group ZATX. Usually used for generic names such as 'mesozooplankton'.
Zooplankton non taxonomy-related abundance per unit volume of the water column
Parameters quantifying the proportion of organic material in a soil or sediment sample
Concentration of organic matter in sediments
Carotenoid and flavenoid pigment concentrations in water bodies
Parameters that quantify the level of industrial activity or industrial output
Industrial activity
All parameters associated with radioactivity in either whole organisms or their constituent parts
Radioactivity in biota
Any parameterisation of cell surface area of free-floating autotrophic biological entities designated by taxonomic names (e.g. species, genus, family) in any body of fresh or salt water.
Phytoplankton taxonomic surface area in water bodies
Any enumeration (e.g. count, number per litre) of microzooplankton (free swimming heterotrophic organisms smaller than 200um) designated by terms other than taxonomic names (e.g. total) in any fresh or salt water body.
Microzooplankton generic abundance in water bodies
Sedimentation flux of pigments in the water column
Distribution coefficients of species between the dissolved and particulate phases of the water column
Distribution coefficients in the water column
Parameters that specify the number of specified members of Order Cetacea present at a particular time and location, including presence/absence indicators.
Cetacean abundance
Sediment porosity (water content by volume) and water content by weight parameters
Sediment water content, porosity and surface area
Parameterisations of the intensity and inclination of Earth's magnetic field
Magnetics
Sedimentation flux of carbohydates in the water column
'Other' organic contaminant (substances regarded as harmful other than PCBs and PAHs) concentrations in suspended particulate material, regarded as anything sampled by a water bottle, SAP, sediment trap etc. This group is for SPM composition measurements (concentration per unit weight) and NOT concentrations per unit volume of the water column in the particulate phase.
Concentration of other organic contaminants in suspended particulate material
Bacteria non taxonomy-related biomass expressed as protein per unit volume of the water column
Concentration parameters (including saturation if gaseous) for inorganic sulphur species in all phases of the water column
Concentration of inorganic sulphur species in the water column
Parameters relating to the size, shape and form of microfossils in sediment samples
Sediment microfossil morphology parameters
All measurements of the quantity or mass of any organometallic compound in any living organisms or their component parts
Organometallic species concentration parameters in biota
Parameters relating to structure beneath sea-bed determined by the reflection of seismic energy along a single track.
Two-dimensional seismic reflection
Bacterial growth
Raw X-Ray fluorometer (XRF) output from sediment samples
Used for plankton carbon biomass parameters where no differentiation between phytoplankton, microzooplankton or zooplankton is possible
Plankton biomass expressed as carbon per unit volume of the water column
Parameters describing the actions or reactions of fish (Osteichthyes, Agnatha and Chondrichthyes), usually in response to the environment. Includes both parameters mapped to taxa and those mapped to non-taxonomic groupings.
Fish behaviour
Parameters indicating the health of zooplankton and zoobenthos taxa, such as fecundity, egg condition, presence of parasites/diseases etc.
Zooplankton and zoobenthos physiological condition parameters
Concentration parameters for substances synthesised by man to kill other life forms in either solution or suspension (i.e.includes measurements in both the dissolved and particulate phases) in any body of salt or fresh water.
Pesticide concentrations in water bodies
Zooplankton (mesozooplankton plus larger pelagic animals excluding fish, reptiles and mammals) abundance parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. These may be at any taxonomic level from sub-species upwards.
Zooplankton taxonomy-related abundance per unit volume of the water column
Parameters quantifying the amount of liquids (e.g. ship's ballast) or solids (e.g. dredge spoil) deposited into the water column as a result of man's activities
Quantity of material dumped
Parameters quantifying the amount of organic compounds containing both a carboxyl group and an amino group in solids suspended in a body of water.
Particulate amino acid concentrations in the water column
Parameters quantifying the properties of rocks and sediments that are relevance to engineering such as physical strength and load-bearing capacity. Includes the disciplines of rock mechanics and soil mechanics.
Geotechnics
Parameters quantifying the exchange of nutrients between the bed (ie the sediment) and the water column sometimes termed benthic fluxes
Nutrient fluxes between the bed and the water column
'Other' (not alkanes, alkenes, alkynes or PAHs) hydrocarbon concentration parameters (including saturation of gaseous species) in all phases of the water column. Does not include parameters expressed per unit weight of SPM.
Concentration of other hydrocarbons in the water column
Parameters related to the reproduction of true seals (Phocidae), eared seals (Otariidae) and walruses (Odobenidae).
Seal reproduction
Concentration parameters for substances synthesised by man to kill other life forms in either whole organisms or their constituent parts.
Pesticide concentrations in biota
Basically any bacteria carbon biomass parameters that aren't included in parameter group BATC because they cannot be mapped to specific taxa in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. Bacteria are defined as Kingdom Monera, which includes cyanobacteria.
Bacteria non taxonomy-related biomass expressed as carbon per unit volume of the water column
Parameters quantifying the flow of electrical current through or the electrical resistance of a body of water at any point between the bed and the atmosphere
Electrical conductivity of the water column
All organosulphur and organoselenium compound concentration parameters (including saturations for gaseous species) in all phases of any body of fresh or salt water.
Organosulphur and organoselenium species concentration parameters in water bodies
Measured or stratigraphically estimated age of ice
Ice age
Parameters relating to the rates of creation and consumption of organic sulphur compounds (such as DMS and carbonyl sulphide) in the water column
Organic sulphur compound dynamics in the water column
Measurements of optical visibility in the water column
Secchi disk depth
Concentrations of total and organic phosphorus in the particulate phase of the water column, which is a function of both the SPM concentration in the water column and the concentration of phosphorus per unit weight of SPM.
Particulate total and organic phosphorus concentrations in the water column
Parameters quantifying metal and metalloid fluxes as element concentration or isotope activities per unit area per unit time
Sedimentation flux of metallic and metalloid elements and isotopes in water bodies
Temperature of the water column surface as measured by a radiometer. It does NOT include temperature measurements in the upper few metres of the water column such as thermosalinograph data
Skin temperature of the water column
Basically, any microzooplankton carbon biomass measurement that isn't included in parameter group MATC. May include data integrations such as 'total microzooplankton'.
Microzooplankton non taxonomy-related biomass expressed as carbon per unit volume of the water column
Zooplankton (mesozooplankton plus larger pelagic animals excluding fish, reptiles and mammals) carbon biomass parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. These may be at any taxonomic level from sub-species upwards.
Zooplankton taxonomy-related biomass expressed as carbon per unit volume of the water column
Parameters relating to the extent of light penetration into the water column
Light extinction and diffusion coefficients
Partial pressure (pCO2) and fugacity (fCO2) of carbon dioxide in the water column
Parameters relating to the rate of electromagnetic radiation intensity decrease as it travels through the water column
Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
Parameters quantifying SPM concentration in the water column by weight, by volume or in terms of turbidity
Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column
Concentrations of total and organic nitrogen in the particulate phase of the water column, which is a function of both the SPM concentration in the water column and the concentration of nitrogen per unit weight of SPM. Note that it is commonly assumed that all particulate nitrogen is organic.
Particulate total and organic nitrogen concentrations in the water column
Bucket group for parameters that cannot be classified elsewhere
Other meteorological measurements
DOC per unit volume of the water column. Note that this includes some parameters that are strictly defined as total carbon, because the water was unfiltered on the assumption that POC was negligible.
Dissolved organic carbon concentration in the water column
Parameters quantifying the upward and downward motion of objects mounting sensors or collecting samples.
Vertical platform movement
Parameters quantifying the uptake rate of nitrate or gaseous nitrogen by flora and fauna living in any body of salt or fresh water
New production in water bodies
Parameters specifying the physical dimensions of the particles comprising unlithified sediment (including expressions of shape such as aspect ratio) and statistics derived from their variation in a sample (e.g. mean, mode, sorting, skewness).
Sediment grain size parameters
Sound velocity and travel time in the water column
Direct measurements (including visual estimates) plus statistically derived parameters
Wave direction
Depth of the water column or elevation of land surface relative to sea surface, geoid or other datum
Bathymetry and Elevation
Vertical water movement parameters including non-directional speeds
Vertical velocity of the water column (currents)
Temperature parameters in any body of water at any point between the bed and the atmosphere excluding the top few microns sampled by radiometers known as the skin
Temperature of the water column
Fluxes of chemical species from the atmosphere to sea or land surface including precipitation and aerosol deposition but excluding fluxes due to exchange of gases
Atmospheric deposition rates
Any parameterisation of biomass (e.g. wet weight, dry weight, carbon, nitrogen etc.) of free-floating autotrophic biological entities identified by their taxonomic names (e.g. family, genus, species) in any body of fresh or salt water.
Phytoplankton taxonomic biomass in water bodies
Parameters related to the volume of water passing through a point in a river system per unit time, including the rates of freshwater, dissolved material and particulate load discharge from a river into the sea.
River flow and discharge
Parameters relating to land (including marshes and the intertidal zone) vegetation
Land vegetation
Parameters expressing the variation of temperature in the water column either as a function of space or of time
Temperature variation in the water column
Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters (including statistical parameters such as standard deviation) in any body of fresh or salt water.
Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies
Includes all parameters covering the strength of emitted microwave radiation return, including absolute measurements of returning signal strength as well as parameters expressed as backscatter (the proportion of transmitted signal returned)
Radar backscatter
Parameters relating to atmospheric clarity, such as optical transmittance/attenuance, and resultant visibility
Atmospheric visibility and transparency
Parameters quantifying the concentration of acids containing a carboxyl (-C(=O)OH) group, their anions or their salts in any phase of the atmosphere
Concentrations of carboxylic acids and carboxylates in the atmosphere
Any parameterisation of biomass (e.g. wet weight, dry weight, carbon, nitrogen etc.) of free-floating autotrophic biological entities designated by terms other than taxonomic names (e.g. microphytoplankton, ciliate, flagellate) in any body of fresh or salt water.
Phytoplankton generic biomass in water bodies
Concentration parameters for metal elements in the combined dissolved and particulate phases of any body of fresh or salt water.
Total metal concentrations in water bodies
Parameters that describe the displacement of platforms or instruments in space relative to various origins
Platform or instrument orientation
Fluxes of particulate total, organic and inorganic carbon (including as CaCO3) and nitrogen (often measured as 'total' but assumed to be 'organic'). Organic matter is defined as matter lost on ignition.
Sedimentation flux of carbon, nitrogen or organic matter in the water column
Total concentration of all dissolved inorganic nitrogen species in the water column, usually derived by summation of individual nutrient concentrations (NO3+NO2+NH4). Some workers may also include urea.
Dissolved inorganic nitrogen concentration in the water column
Parameters describing the nature and intensity of light generated by biological activity in the water column.
Bioluminescence parameters
Zooplankton (mesozooplankton plus larger pelagic animals excluding fish, reptiles and mammals) carbon biomass per unit volume parameters not included in group ZCTC. Usually used for generic names such as 'mesozooplankton'.
Zooplankton non taxonomy-related biomass expressed as carbon per unit volume of the water column
Quantity of any inorganic species such as silicon (opal) and phosphorus passing through unit area of the water column in unit time. Carbon and nitrogen are regarded as organic and explicitly excluded
Sedimentation flux of non-metallic inorganic species in the water column
Parameters quantifying polychlorobiphenyl (PCB) concentrations in all phases of the atmosphere
Concentration of polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) in the atmosphere
Concentrations of chlorofluorocarbons (also known as freons or CFCs) in sny body of water
Chlorofluorocarbon concentrations in the water column
Parameters quantifying the hydrogen ion concentration in water bodies
Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column
Water column spectral absorption parameters
Light absorption in the water column
Nitrite concentration parameters (including statistical parameters such as standard deviation) in the water column
Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column
Parameters for directional and non-directional spectral wave data, excluding wave directions derived from spectral data.
Spectral wave data parameters
Phosphate concentration parameters (including statistical parameters such as standard deviation) in the water column
Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column
Parameters related to the quantification of fluxes of any gaseous species from water column to atmosphere including parameters characterising closely related processes such as bubble formation in the surface layer.
Gas fluxes between the water column and the atmosphere
Measurements of wave height that are not based on the statistical analysis of wave records, such as heave, surface roughness and visual height estimates
Wave height estimates
All dissolved oxygen parameters (including saturation and utilisation) for the water column
Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column
All forms of horizontal spatial coordinates such as lat/lon and grid references
Horizontal spatial co-ordinates
Nitrate concentration parameters (including statistical parameters such as standard deviation) in the water column. Includes nitrate+nitrite, which is often loosely referred to as nitrate.
Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column
All parameters relating to horizontal platform travel, including distance run
Horizontal platform movement
Parameters related to the chemical composition of any kind of water sample that was frozen solid at the time of sampling or measurement
Snow and ice chemistry
Parameters related to physical properties (e.g. colour, density, in-situ temperature) or characteristics (e.g. sea ice type) of any kind of water sample that was in its solid state at the time of sampling or measurement
Snow and ice physical properties and characteristics
Parameters associated with the measurement of ocean colour, including visible waveband satellite spectral radiometer measurements, their calibration measurements (spectral water-leaving radiance and reflectance) and chart colour estimates.
Ocean colour and earth-leaving visible waveband spectral radiation
Parameters associated with the quantification of primary production. This is defined as the fixation of carbon dioxide into either organic or inorganic carbon by living entities and so includes photosynthesis and calcification.
Primary production in the water column
Concentration parameters for silicon species (including opal) in all phases of the water column
Concentration of silicon species in the water column
Parameters relating to the water held by land masses such as soil and vegetation moisture content
Terrestrial water content
Total dissolved inorganic carbon (TCO2) concentration in the water column
Parameters relating to land surface temperature including fire and other hot spot location
Land surface temperature
Parameters specifying the physical or chemical environment of a place where an organism is found.
Habitat characterisation
Parameters quantifying and categorising biological detritus (eg exuvia and faecal pellets) in the water column that have been derived from the water column
Biological detritus in the water column suspended particulate material
Parameters describing or predicting water column structure plus parameters quantifying the dynamic stability of that structure
Structure and stability of the water column
Ozone and oxygen concentration parameters in any phase of the atmosphere (but usually the gaseous phase)
Ozone and oxygen concentrations in the atmosphere
Concentration of sulphur species (element or compounds) in any phase of the atmosphere. Includes sulphur dioxide.
Sulphur species concentrations in the atmosphere
Concentration of metal elements in any phase of the atmosphere
Metal concentrations in the atmosphere
Parameters related to forces due to interactions between atmosphere and the surface of the earth or between atmospheric air masses
Wind stress and shear
Data parameters that carry information relating to a measured parameter such as measurement temperatures, integration depths, quantities sampled and incubation durations
Metadata parameters
Parameters quantifying concentrations of organic contaminants (substances regarded as harmful) other than PCBs and PAHs in all phases of the atmosphere
Concentration of other organic contaminants in the atmosphere
Concentrations of metal elements in the dissolved phase of the water column. This may include a contribution from the particulate phase if this has not been totally removed by filtration and the metal in question is reactive (ie detected as if it were dissolved) to the analytical technique used.
Dissolved metal concentrations in the water column
Concentrations of inorganic carbon in the particulate phase of the water column as extracted by a fitration technique. This is the particle-bound concentration per unit volume of the water column. Consequently, it is both a function of the SPM concentration in the water column and the concentration of inorganic carbon per unit weight of the SPM.
Particulate inorganic carbon concentrations in the water column
Parameters specifying the vertical and horizontal spatial extent of the ecological character of a place where an organism is found
Habitat extent
Parameters relating to the mapping of terrestrial features, including coastlines
Terrestrial mapping
Silicate concentration parameters (including statistical parameters such as standard deviation) in the water column
Silicate concentration parameters in the water column
Parameters quantifying and describing the release of substances into the atmosphere as a result of human activity
Atmospheric emissions
All date and time parameters
Date and time
Measurements and predictions of the displacement of the water column surface from a fixed, stable reference
Sea level
Parameters quantifying and categorising the particulate phases (solids and aerosols) of the atmosphere, excluding chemical composition
Atmospheric particulates
Parameters that classify cloud cover into types such as cumulus and cirrus.
Cloud type
Parameters describing the horizontal and vertical extent of cloud cover
Cloud cover height and extent
Parameters expressing the velocity (including scalar speeds and directions) of water column horizontal movement, commonly termed Eulerian currents
Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
Parameters quantifying the degree of hotness of the atmosphere. Specifically excludes indirect measurements of other parameters such as wet bulb temperatures.
Air temperature
Includes visible waveband measurements at discrete wavelengths and PAR integrated values as photon and energy fluxes. Does not include satellite radiometer and associated calibration parameters (e.g. water-leaving radiance and reflectance)
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the atmosphere
Concentration parameters for metallic elements in the particulate phase of the water column collected by fitration, centrifugation or sediment trapping
Particulate metal concentrations in the water column
Alkane concentrations in all phases of the atmosphere
Concentration of alkanes in the atmosphere
Parameters quantifying the concentration of sodium chloride in any body of water at any point between the bed and the atmosphere
Salinity of the water column
Includes all variants of chlorophyll expressed in terms of per unit volume, per unit area of any body of fresh or salt water, or as a relative colour index (e.g. PCI). Does not include data expressed per unit mass of SPM.
Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies
All vertical spatial parameters including depth, height and pressure when used as an independent variable.
Vertical spatial coordinates
Measurements of the displacement of the water column surface from a fixed, stable reference expressed as either total pressure or sea pressure
Sea level expressed as pressure
Parameters specifying the speed and direction of sea or land ice and the stresses associated with this motion.
Ice motion and related parameters
Long-wave radiation
Includes all parameters covering the strength of electromagnetic radiation signal return, including absolute measurements of returning signal strength as well as parameters expressed as backscatter (the proportion of transmitted signal returned)
Optical backscatter
Measurements of air pressure as the dependent variable (ie excluding air pressure measured to specify the z co-ordinate of a balloon or sonde), including derived parameters such as tendency (rate of change) and related parameters such as air density.
Air pressure
Parameters quantifying the irradiance of the sun impinging on the Earth's surface in the visible and infra-red waveband, generally accepted as wavelengths between 300 and 3000 nm
Solar Radiation
Concentrations of halogens as elements or their inorganic compounds in all phases of the atmosphere.
Concentration of inorganic halogens in the atmosphere
Parameters quantifying uncategorised organic substance concentrations in atmospheric, generally aerosol, samples such as organic matter and DOC.
Concentration of organic matter in the atmosphere
Alkene and alkyne concentrations in all phases of the atmosphere
Concentration of alkenes and alkynes in the atmosphere
Absolute determinations of water column density plus parameters (generally expressed as density anomaly) derived from temperature and salinity
Density of the water column
CO and CO2 concentration parameters in any phase of the atmosphere (but usuall the gaseous phase). Includes pCO2.
Carbon monoxide and dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere
Statistical parameters derived from wave records to express wave height and period.
Wave height and period statistics
'Other' (not alkanes, alkenes, alkynes or PAHs) hydrocarbon concentration parameters (including saturation of gaseous species) in all phases of the atmosphere.
Concentration of other hydrocarbons in the atmosphere
Includes measurements at discrete wavelengths and PAR integrated values, measurements as photon and energy fluxes.
Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column
Parameters that either quantify the water content of moist air or are specifically used in its determination (eg wet bulb air temperature)
Atmospheric humidity
Parameters describing the transport of material, heat or energy in the water column
Transport in the water column
Parameters relating to the measurement of the Earth's gravity field
Gravity
Parameters quantifying the extent or direction of atmospheric movement. Obvious examples are wind velocity, windspeed and wind direction, but can also include derived parameters such as force, energy, power and power density.
Wind strength and direction
Parameters quantifying heat exchange between any body of water and the atmosphere
Heat fluxes between the water column and the atmosphere
Parameters expressing the mean nett transport rates within the water column like Lagrangian currents. Note this is an unintentional duplicate of VDFC.
Lagrangian currents and transport rates in the water column
Concentrations of both organic (eg amines) and inorganic (eg ammonia and oxides of nitrogen) nitrogen species in all phases of the atmosphere
Concentration of nitrogen species in the atmosphere
Measurements of quantity (mass), thickness and spatial extent of snow and ice
Snow and ice mass, thickness and extent
Parameters relating to all kinds of precipitation (rain, snow, etc.) and water loss from the surface of the Earth
Precipitation and evaporation
Governance for vocabularies used in the EU SeaDataNet project implemented as consultation between BODC and the members of the SeaDataNet Technical Task Team
Terms describing fine-grained related groups of measurement phenomena designed to be used in dataset discovery interfaces.
SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary