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Preferred term

carbon assimilation

Definition

[Henderson's] conversion of carbon dioxide into organic compounds by living organisms, e.g. the conversion of carbon dioxide into carbohydrates that occurs in the stroma of chloroplasts during photosynthesis.

Broader concept

carbon dynamics

Scope note

US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20995

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Created 3/31/16, last modified 12/18/18

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