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Preferred term

detritus cycle

Definition

  • A characteristic type of food chain taking place involving detritus feeders (detritivores), detritus and the micro-organisms that multiply on it.

Broader concept

Note

  • [source of definition ] Wikipedia" , "[controlled by ] Heikki Hamalainen

Scope note

  • LTER EU controlled vocabulary

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21226

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