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EM Identity and Description

EM ID variable.detail.emIdHelp ?	EM-105
Document Author variable.detail.emDocumentAuthorHelp ?	Ferraro, S. P. and Cole, F. A.
Document Year variable.detail.emDocumentYearHelp ?	2007

Variable General Info

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?	Abundance of all taxa per replicate	Abundance of facultative feeders per replicate	Brillouin's index (species diversity)	Deposit feeder abundance per replicate	Habitat species richness	Number of species per replicate	Suspension feeder abundance per replicate	Swartz's index (species diversity)	Total biomass of all taxa per replicate
Variable ID variable.detail.varIdHelp ?	1399	1404	1406	1402	1407	1400	1403	1405	1401
Symbol variable.detail.varSymbolHelp ?	A	AF	H	AD	HSR	S	AS	SI	B
Qualitative-Quantitative variable.detail.continuousCategoricalHelp ?	Quantitative (Cardinal Only)	Quantitative (Cardinal Only)	Quantitative (Cardinal Only)	Quantitative (Cardinal Only)	Quantitative (Cardinal Only)	Quantitative (Cardinal Only)	Quantitative (Cardinal Only)	Quantitative (Cardinal Only)	Quantitative (Cardinal Only)
Cardinal-Ordinal variable.detail.cardinalOrdinalHelp ?	Cardinal	Cardinal	Cardinal	Cardinal	Cardinal	Cardinal	Cardinal	Cardinal	Cardinal
Units variable.detail.varUnitsHelp ?	No./replicate	No. per replicate	none	No. per replicate	unitless	No. per replicate	No.per replicate	unitless	grams per replicate

Variable Typology

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?	Abundance of all taxa per replicate	Abundance of facultative feeders per replicate	Brillouin's index (species diversity)	Deposit feeder abundance per replicate	Habitat species richness	Number of species per replicate	Suspension feeder abundance per replicate	Swartz's index (species diversity)	Total biomass of all taxa per replicate
Predictor-Intermediate-Response variable.detail.displayVariableTypeHelp ?	Response	Response	Response	Response	Response	Response	Response	Response	Response
Predictor Variable Type variable.detail.displayPredictorVariableTypeHelp ?	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Response Variable Type variable.detail.resClassHelp ?	Observed Variable	Observed Variable	Observed Variable	Observed Variable	Observed Variable	Observed Variable	Observed Variable	Observed Variable	Observed Variable
Data Source/Type variable.detail.dataTypeHelp ?	Local Field/Lab Data (e.g., particular to the EM study)	Local Field/Lab Data (e.g., particular to the EM study)	Local Field/Lab Data (e.g., particular to the EM study)	Local Field/Lab Data (e.g., particular to the EM study)	Local Field/Lab Data (e.g., particular to the EM study)	Local Field/Lab Data (e.g., particular to the EM study)	Local Field/Lab Data (e.g., particular to the EM study)	Local Field/Lab Data (e.g., particular to the EM study)	Local Field/Lab Data (e.g., particular to the EM study)
Variable Classification Hierarchy variable.detail.vchLevel1Help ?	5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services	5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services	5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services	5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services	5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services	5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services	5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services	5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services	5. Ecosystem Attributes and Potential Supply of Ecosystem Goods and Services
	--Biological characteristics, processes or requirements of living ecosystem components	--Biological characteristics, processes or requirements of living ecosystem components	--Biological characteristics, processes or requirements of living ecosystem components	--Biological characteristics, processes or requirements of living ecosystem components	--Biological characteristics, processes or requirements of living ecosystem components	--Biological characteristics, processes or requirements of living ecosystem components	--Biological characteristics, processes or requirements of living ecosystem components	--Biological characteristics, processes or requirements of living ecosystem components	--Biological characteristics, processes or requirements of living ecosystem components
	----Biological characteristics, processes or requirements of fauna	----Biological characteristics, processes or requirements of fauna	----Biological characteristics, processes or requirements of fauna	----Biological characteristics, processes or requirements of fauna	----Biological characteristics, processes or requirements of fauna	----Biological characteristics, processes or requirements of fauna	----Biological characteristics, processes or requirements of fauna	----Biological characteristics, processes or requirements of fauna	----Biological characteristics, processes or requirements of fauna
	------Benthic macroinvertebrates	------Benthic macroinvertebrates	------Benthic macroinvertebrates	------Benthic macroinvertebrates	------Benthic macroinvertebrates	------Benthic macroinvertebrates	------Benthic macroinvertebrates	------Benthic macroinvertebrates	------Benthic macroinvertebrates

Variable Spatial Characteristics

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?	Abundance of all taxa per replicate	Abundance of facultative feeders per replicate	Brillouin's index (species diversity)	Deposit feeder abundance per replicate	Habitat species richness	Number of species per replicate	Suspension feeder abundance per replicate	Swartz's index (species diversity)	Total biomass of all taxa per replicate
Spatial Extent Area variable.detail.spExtentHelp ?	100-1000 km^2	100-1000 km^2	100-1000 km^2	100-1000 km^2	100-1000 km^2	100-1000 km^2	100-1000 km^2	100-1000 km^2	100-1000 km^2
Spatially Distributed? variable.detail.spDistributedHelp ?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Observations Spatially Patterned? variable.detail.regularSpGrainHelp ?	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Spatial Grain Type variable.detail.spGrainTypeHelp ?	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Spatial Grain Size variable.detail.spGrainSizeHelp ?	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Spatial Density variable.detail.spDensityHelp ?	38 observations in 1996, 90 in 1998	38 observations in 1996, 90 in 1998	38 observations in 1996, 90 in 1998	38 observations in 1996, 90 in 1998	38 observations in 1996, 90 in 1998	38 observations in 1996, 90 in 1998	38 observations in 1996, 90 in 1998	38 observations in 1996, 90 in 1998	38 observations in 1996, 90 in 1998
EnviroAtlas URL variable.detail.enviroAtlasURLHelp ?

Variable Temporal Characteristics

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?	Abundance of all taxa per replicate	Abundance of facultative feeders per replicate	Brillouin's index (species diversity)	Deposit feeder abundance per replicate	Habitat species richness	Number of species per replicate	Suspension feeder abundance per replicate	Swartz's index (species diversity)	Total biomass of all taxa per replicate
Temporal Extent variable.detail.tempExtentHelp ?	1996,1998	1996,1998	1996,1998	1996,1998	1996,1998	1996,1998	1996,1998	1996,1998	1996,1998
Temporally Distributed? variable.detail.tempDistributedHelp ?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Regular Temporal Grain? variable.detail.regularTempGrainHelp ?	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Temporal Grain Size Value variable.detail.tempGrainSizeValHelp ?	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Temporal Grain Size Units variable.detail.tempGrainSizeUnitHelp ?	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Temporal Density variable.detail.tempDensityHelp ?	2 observations over three years (1996-1998)	2 observations over three years (1996-1998)	2 observations over three years (1996-1998)	2 observations over 3 years (1996-1998)	2 observations over three years (1996-1998)	2 observations over 3 years (1996-1998)	2 observations over 3 years (1996-1998)	2 observations over 3 years (1996-1998)	2 over three years (1996-1998)

Variable Values

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?	Abundance of all taxa per replicate	Abundance of facultative feeders per replicate	Brillouin's index (species diversity)	Deposit feeder abundance per replicate	Habitat species richness	Number of species per replicate	Suspension feeder abundance per replicate	Swartz's index (species diversity)	Total biomass of all taxa per replicate
Units variable.detail.estUnitHelp ?	No. per replicate	No. per replicate	none	No. per replicate	unitless	No. per replicate	No. per replicate	unitless	grams per replicate
Min Value variable.detail.minEstHelp ?	7	0.88	0.35	3.4	41	4	0.01	2.5	0.01
Max Value variable.detail.estHelp ?	374	87	0.9	186	116	26	33	5.1	.57
Other Value Type variable.detail.natureOtherEstHelp ?	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean
Other Value variable.detail.otherEstHelp ?	159	20	0.78	120	72	19	0.24	3.8	0.32

Variable Variability and Sensitivity

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?	Abundance of all taxa per replicate	Abundance of facultative feeders per replicate	Brillouin's index (species diversity)	Deposit feeder abundance per replicate	Habitat species richness	Number of species per replicate	Suspension feeder abundance per replicate	Swartz's index (species diversity)	Total biomass of all taxa per replicate
Variability Expression Given? variable.detail.variabilityExpHelp ?	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Variability Metric variable.detail.variabilityMetricHelp ?	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None
Variability Value variable.detail.variabilityValueHelp ?	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None
Variability Units	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None
Resampling Used? variable.detail.bootstrappingHelp ?	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Variability Expression Used in Modeling? variable.detail.variabilityUsedHelp ?	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable

Variable Operational Validation (Response Variables only)

Name

Abundance of all taxa per replicate

Abundance of facultative feeders per replicate

Brillouin's index (species diversity)

Deposit feeder abundance per replicate

Habitat species richness

Number of species per replicate

Suspension feeder abundance per replicate

Swartz's index (species diversity)

Total biomass of all taxa per replicate

Variable ID

1399

1404

1406

1402

1407

1400

1403

1405

1401

Validated?

Not applicable

Validation Approach (within, between, etc.)

None

Validation Quality (Qual/Quant)

None

Validation Method (Stat/Deviance)

None

Validation Metric

None

Validation Value

None

Validation Units

None

Use of Measured Response Data

Statistical estimation

US EPA

EcoService Models Library (ESML)

Variables Details

: (EM-105)