Table 6 Structure of the Methodologies table, which contains details about each methodology used to quantify trait data.
From: The Octocoral Trait Database: a global database of trait information for octocoral species
Variable | Value |
|---|---|
methodology_id | An ID for each methodology reported to have been used to measure a trait. It can be cross-referenced with the methodology_id column from the core OctocoralTraits v2.2 table (described in Table 1). Since this data descriptor was intended to be integrated with existing data for Scleractinians in the Coral Trait Database, we developed a code to prevent duplicates. Specifically, whenever a methodology was already present, the same ID number was used in this data descriptor. For methodologies not previously present, new numbers were assigned in order and preceded by the letters “mt “(e.g., mt1,mt2, mt3) |
methodology_name | The specific name associated to each methodology_id |
method_description | A brief description for each methodology. |
