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EM Identity and Description

EM ID variable.detail.emIdHelp ?	EM-1055
Document Author variable.detail.emDocumentAuthorHelp ?	McGill, L.M., Gerig, B.S., Chaloner, D.T. and Lamberti, G.A.
Document Year variable.detail.emDocumentYearHelp ?	2017

Variable General Info

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?	Biomass	Consumption / biomass	Diet composition data	Functional group	Production / biomass	Production / consumption	Unassimilated diet
Variable ID variable.detail.varIdHelp ?	26286	26288	26291	26285	26287	26289	26290
Symbol variable.detail.varSymbolHelp ?	Not reported	Q/B	Not reported	Not reported	P/B	P/Q	NA
Qualitative-Quantitative variable.detail.continuousCategoricalHelp ?	Quantitative (Cardinal Only)	Quantitative (Cardinal Only)	Quantitative (Cardinal Only)	Qualitative (Class, Rating or Ranking)	Quantitative (Cardinal Only)	Quantitative (Cardinal Only)	Quantitative (Cardinal Only)
Cardinal-Ordinal variable.detail.cardinalOrdinalHelp ?	Cardinal	Cardinal	Cardinal	Non-Ordinal	Cardinal	Cardinal	Cardinal
Units variable.detail.varUnitsHelp ?	g / m^2	year^-1	NA	Not applicable	year^-1	year^-1	Not reported

Variable Typology

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?	Biomass	Consumption / biomass	Diet composition data	Functional group	Production / biomass	Production / consumption	Unassimilated diet
Predictor-Intermediate-Response variable.detail.displayVariableTypeHelp ?	Predictor	Predictor	Predictor	Predictor	Predictor	Predictor	Predictor
Predictor Variable Type variable.detail.displayPredictorVariableTypeHelp ?	Time- or Space-varying Variable	Time- or Space-varying Variable	Time- or Space-varying Variable	Time- or Space-varying Variable	Time- or Space-varying Variable	Time- or Space-varying Variable	Time- or Space-varying Variable
Response Variable Type variable.detail.resClassHelp ?	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Data Source/Type variable.detail.dataTypeHelp ?	Local field/Lab data (e.g., particular to the EM study)	Map or database (e.g., wide coverage, wide availability, measured or modeled)	Map or database (e.g., wide coverage, wide availability, measured or modeled)	Local field/Lab data (e.g., particular to the EM study)	Map or database (e.g., wide coverage, wide availability, measured or modeled)	Map or database (e.g., wide coverage, wide availability, measured or modeled)	Derived/adjusted by calibration
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
	--Biomass, litter or residue characteristics	--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
	----Mass or quantity of biomass, litter or residue	----Biological characteristics, processes or requirements of ecological communities	----Biological characteristics, processes or requirements of ecological communities	----Biological characteristics, processes or requirements of ecological communities	----Biological characteristics, processes or requirements of ecological communities	----Biological characteristics, processes or requirements of ecological communities	----Biological characteristics, processes or requirements of ecological communities
		------River and stream communities	------River and stream communities	------River and stream communities	------River and stream communities	------River and stream communities	------River and stream communities

Variable Spatial Characteristics

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?	Biomass	Consumption / biomass	Diet composition data	Functional group	Production / biomass	Production / consumption	Unassimilated diet
Spatial Extent Area variable.detail.spExtentHelp ?	10-100 km^2	10-100 km^2	10-100 km^2	10-100 km^2	10-100 km^2	10-100 km^2	10-100 km^2
Spatially Distributed? variable.detail.spDistributedHelp ?	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Observations Spatially Patterned? variable.detail.regularSpGrainHelp ?	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Spatial Grain Type variable.detail.spGrainTypeHelp ?	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
Spatial Density variable.detail.spDensityHelp ?	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
EnviroAtlas URL variable.detail.enviroAtlasURLHelp ?

Variable Temporal Characteristics

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?	Biomass	Consumption / biomass	Diet composition data	Functional group	Production / biomass	Production / consumption	Unassimilated diet
Temporal Extent variable.detail.tempExtentHelp ?	1986-2014	1986-2014	1986-2014	1986-2014	1986-2014	1986-2014	1986-2014
Temporally Distributed? variable.detail.tempDistributedHelp ?	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Regular Temporal Grain? variable.detail.regularTempGrainHelp ?	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Temporal Grain Size Value variable.detail.tempGrainSizeValHelp ?	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
Temporal Density variable.detail.tempDensityHelp ?	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable

Variable Values

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?	Biomass	Consumption / biomass	Diet composition data	Functional group	Production / biomass	Production / consumption	Unassimilated diet
Units variable.detail.estUnitHelp ?	g / m^2	year^-1	NA	Not applicable	year^-1	year^-1	Not reported
Min Value variable.detail.minEstHelp ?	0.01	1.478	0.003	Not applicable	0.34	0.03	0.2
Max Value variable.detail.estHelp ?	80	6.252	0.9	Not applicable	37.5	0.35	0.6
Other Value Type variable.detail.natureOtherEstHelp ?	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Other Value variable.detail.otherEstHelp ?	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable

Variable Variability and Sensitivity

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?	Biomass	Consumption / biomass	Diet composition data	Functional group	Production / biomass	Production / consumption	Unassimilated diet
Variability Expression Given? variable.detail.variabilityExpHelp ?	No	No	No	Not applicable	No	No	No
Variability Metric variable.detail.variabilityMetricHelp ?	None	None	None	None	None	None	None
Variability Value variable.detail.variabilityValueHelp ?	None	None	None	None	None	None	None
Variability Units	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
Variability Expression Used in Modeling? variable.detail.variabilityUsedHelp ?	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable

Variable Operational Validation (Response Variables only)

Name variable.detail.varNameHelp ?
Variable ID variable.detail.varIdHelp ?
Validated? variable.detail.resValidatedHelp ?
Validation Approach (within, between, etc.) variable.detail.validationApproachHelp ?
Validation Quality (Qual/Quant) variable.detail.validationQualityHelp ?
Validation Method (Stat/Deviance) variable.detail.validationMethodHelp ?
Validation Metric variable.detail.validationMetricHelp ?
Validation Value variable.detail.validationValHelp ?
Validation Units
Use of Measured Response Data variable.detail.measuredResponseDataHelp ?

Name

Variable ID

Validated?

Validation Approach (within, between, etc.)

Validation Quality (Qual/Quant)

Validation Method (Stat/Deviance)

Validation Metric

Validation Value

Validation Units

Use of Measured Response Data

US EPA

EcoService Models Library (ESML)

Variables Details

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