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Preferred term

carbon assimilation

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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

Scope note

  • US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/USLterCV_87

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