Environmental Thesaurus

Last uploaded: September 14, 2024
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http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20961

Preferred Name

nitrogen cycling

Definitions

The circulation of nitrogen in nature, consisting of a cycle of chemical reactions in which atmospheric nitrogen is compounded, dissolved in rain, and deposited in the soil, where it is assimilated and metabolized by bacteria and plants, eventually returning to the atmosphere by bacterial decomposition of organic matter.

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Type

http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept

scopeNote

US LTER controlled vocabulary

narrower

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20965

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20975

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20966

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20973

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20962

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20971

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20976

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20972

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20963

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20967

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20977

creator

herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

definition

The circulation of nitrogen in nature, consisting of a cycle of chemical reactions in which atmospheric nitrogen is compounded, dissolved in rain, and deposited in the soil, where it is assimilated and metabolized by bacteria and plants, eventually returning to the atmosphere by bacterial decomposition of organic matter.

note

[source of definition ] http://www.thefreedictionary.com/" , "[controlled by ] Tomas Staszevski , 2013-06-08

prefLabel

nitrogen cycling

created

2016-03-31

broader

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20960

modified

2019-02-14

exactMatch

https://vocab.lternet.edu/vocab/vocab/?tema=375

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nitrogen_cycling

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01001330

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