Preferred term
organic matter
Type
- iop:Constraint
Definition
- Refers to the large pool of carbon-based compounds found within natural and engineered, terrestrial and aquatic environments.
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- amino acid
- auxin
- base pair
- biogenic volatile organic compound
- biological activated carbon
- blood plasma
- body fat
- cell membrane
- cellulose
- chlorophyll
- chlorophyll a
- coarse particulate organic matter
- detritus
- dissolved organic matter
- DNA
- food
- humus
- leucine
- mitochondrial DNA
- nuclear DNA
- nucleic acid
- plant tissue
- plasmid DNA
- sediment organic matter
- soil organic matter
- total organic matter
Note
- [controlled by ] Lars Lundin 20130614
Scope note
- US LTER controlled vocabulary
Creator
- herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at
In other languages
Arabic
- مادة عضوية
Bulgarian
- Органичен материал
Chinese
- 有机质
Croatian
- organska tvar
Czech
- látka organická
Danish
- organisk stof
Dutch
- organische stof
Estonian
- orgaaniline aine
Finnish
- orgaaninen aine
French
- matière organique
German
- Organische Substanz
Greek
- οργανική ύλη
Hungarian
- szerves anyag
Italian
- materia organica
Japanese
- 有機物
Latvian
- organiska viela
Lithuanian
- organinė medžiaga
Norwegian
- organisk materiale
Polish
- substancja ograniczna
Portuguese
- matéria orgânica
Romanian
- materie organică
Slovak
- organické látky
Slovenian
- organska snov
Spanish
- materia orgánica
Swedish
- organiskt material
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20887