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biomass density |
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Deliberately did not use the OBOE characteristic ArealDensity, because that one seemed to be specific to physics. Biomass, in ecology, is the mass of living biological organisms per unit area at a given time. Biomass can refer to species biomass, which is the mass of one or more species, or to community biomass, which is the mass of all species in the community. It can include microorganisms, plants or animals. |
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http://purl.dataone.org/odo/ECSO_00000552 |
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Deliberately did not use the OBOE characteristic ArealDensity, because that one seemed to be specific to physics. |
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| description |
the amount per unit size (i.e. the total mass of living matter in a given unit area) |
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| definition |
Biomass, in ecology, is the mass of living biological organisms per unit area at a given time. Biomass can refer to species biomass, which is the mass of one or more species, or to community biomass, which is the mass of all species in the community. It can include microorganisms, plants or animals. |
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| definition source |
IUPAC, Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book") (1997). Online corrected version: (2006–) "biomass". |
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WordNet |
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Use in ECSO: mass per area. |
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biomass_density_MeasurementType |
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biomass_density_MeasurementType |
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odo:ECSO_00000552 |
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biomass density |
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