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Preferred term

matter storage

Definition

  • Soil Organic Matter (SOM) is a heterogeneus mixture consisting of plant, animal, and microbial materials in all stages of decay combined with a variety of decomposition products of different ages and levels of complexity.

Broader concept

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21194

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