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Format

Record:

Start	FieldCode	Datatype	Code List	Header	Description / Aditional Information
1	RecordType	char(2)		Record type
2	NationalColonyID	char(30)		National unique identifier of the colony
3	AphiaID	int(6)	SpecWoRMS	WoRMS AphiaID	Species reference code
4	Species_name	char(50)		Species Latin name
5	Year	char(4)		Year
6	Count	int(8)		Number of animals counted or estimated (not corrected for distance).
7	Count_unit	char(2)	BD_CountUnit	Abundance count unit
8	Count_flag	char(20)	BD_CountFlag	Abundance count flag
9	Count_method	char(15)	BD_CountMethod	Abundance count method
10	Sample_breeding	char(2)	BD_SampleBreeding	Breeding sampling method
11	Plot_combination	int(2)		Plot combination	Unique identifier for the plot combination (null if the whole colony counted)
12	Adjustment_factor	decimal(5)		Adjustment factor	Factor to adjust plot count to the whole count
13	Time_period	char(2)	BD_TimePeriod	Time period
14	Data_access	char(15)	Data_access	Data access policy
15	SurveyID	char(50)		Unique identifier for the survey

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