Preferred term
nitrogen
Definition
- [GEMET] An essential nutrient in the food supply of plants and the diets of animals. Animals obtain it in nitrogen-containing compounds, particularly amino acids. Although the atmosphere is nearly 80% gaseous nitrogen, very few organisms have the ability to use it in this form. The higher plants normally obtain it from the soil after micro-organisms have converted the nitrogen into ammonia or nitrates, which they can then absorb.
Broader concept
Entry terms
- N
Scope note
- US LTER controlled vocabulary
Creator
- herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at
In other languages
Arabic
- النيتروجين
Bulgarian
- Азот
Croatian
- dušik
Czech
- dusík
Danish
- kvælstof
Dutch
- stikstof
Estonian
- lämmastik
Finnish
- typpi
French
- azote
German
- Stickstoff
Greek
- άζωτο
Hungarian
- nitrogén
Italian
- azoto
Latvian
- slāpeklis
Lithuanian
- azotas
Norwegian
- nitrogen
Polish
- azot
Portuguese
- azoto
Romanian
- azot
Slovak
- dusík
Slovenian
- dušik
Spanish
- nitrógeno
Swedish
- kväve
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20832