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PREFERRED TERM

Created: 2024-02-19T12:46:34

land-ocean aquatic continuum  

DEFINITION

  • The land-ocean aquatic continuum encapsulates the transition zone between terrestrial ecosystems and the open ocean and has been used in this way to describe a series of biogeochemically and physically active systems that process carbon and nutrients as these elements move from upland soils to the open ocean.

    Created: 2/19/24

    (en)

BROADER CONCEPT

ENTRY TERMS

  • Created: 2024-02-19T12:51:08

    headwaters to oceans ecosystems (en)

  • Created: 2024-02-19T12:50:51

    land-ocean aquatic system (en)

  • Created: 2024-02-19T12:52:05

    LOAC (en)

  • Created: 2024-02-19T12:51:16

    source to sea continuum (en)

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URI

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6987da01

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