Preferred term
biomass
Definition
- [Henderson's] n. (1) total weight, volume or energy equivalent of organisms in a given area; (2) plant materials and animal wastes used as a source of fuel or other industrial products; (3) in biotechnology, the micro­bial matter in the system.
Broader concept
Scope note
- US LTER controlled vocabulary
Creator
- herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at
Editorial note
- too unspecific for the concept of biological substance (this should be something which can be classified in a chemical way)
In other languages
Arabic
- الكتلة الحيوية
Bulgarian
- Биомаса
Chinese
- 生物产量
Croatian
- biomass
Czech
- biomasa
Danish
- biomasse
Dutch
- biomassa
Estonian
- biomass, elusaine hulk
Finnish
- biomassa
French
- biomasse
German
- Biomasse
Greek
- βιομάζα
Hungarian
- biomassza
Italian
- biomassa
Japanese
- 生物体系学
Latvian
- biomasa
Lithuanian
- biomasė
Norwegian
- biomasse
Polish
- biomasa
Portuguese
- biomassa
Romanian
- biomasă
Slovak
- biomasa
Slovenian
- biomasa
Spanish
- biomasa
Swedish
- biomassa
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20790