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Preferred term

biomass

Is replaced by

variable

Definition

[Henderson's] n. (1) total weight, volume or energy equivalent of organisms in a given area; (2) plant materials and animal wastes used as a source of fuel or other industrial products; (3) in biotechnology, the microbial matter in the system.

Broader concept

deprecated concept

Scope note

US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

In other languages

French

biomasse

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/USLterCV_68

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Created 3/31/16, last modified 3/21/22

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