Table 4 Structure of the Resources table, which contains details about each primary and/or secondary scientific source from which trait data were compiled.
From: The Octocoral Trait Database: a global database of trait information for octocoral species
Variable | Value |
|---|---|
resource_id | An ID for the scientific source from which trait data was compiled. It can be cross-referenced with the resource_id (for primary sources) and resource_secondary_id (for secondary sources) columns from the core OctocoralTraits v2.2 table (described in Table 1). |
primary_secondary | Whether the resource_id of the previous column refers to a primary or secondary resource |
author | The author list of the publication |
year | The year in which the work was published |
title | The title of the publication |
resource type | Whether the resource is a published article, book, PhD thesis, MSc thesis, identification guide, short note, report or online datasets. |
doi_ISBN | When available, unique digital identifier DOI associated to the publications. For public resources without DOI and open access platforms (e.g., OBIS), the URL link to the publication/platform is given. For the case of identification guides, the ISBN is given. |
resource_journal | For works published in journals, the name of the journal. |
resource_volume_pages | For data published in journals, the volume and pages where the data was published. |
