Concept information
Preferred term
Created: 2019-09-04T12:02:37
Definition
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A bioherm is “any dome-like, mound-like, lens-like, or otherwise circumscribed mass, built exclusively or mainly by sedentary organisms such as corals, stromatoporoids, algae, brachiopods, molluses, crinoids, et cetera, and enclosed in normal rock of different lithologic character.”
(en)
Created: 5/5/22
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Farklı orijinli kayalarla çevrili, mercan, alg ve istiridye gibi sedenter organizmaların oluşturduğu resif veya yığın.
(tr)
Source: https://terimler.org/
Created: 1/12/24
Broader concept
- reefs (en)
Scope note
- The concepts bioherms and biogenic reefs both refer to structures built by organisms, but they differ in terms of formation, structure, and scale. Bioherms are usually smaller and embedded in sediment. For biogenic reefs, see <c_c_6b9e2625>. (en)
In other languages
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bioherms
Created: 2024-06-17T17:09:42Z
Arabic
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біягерм
Created: 2024-09-09T10:37:33
Belarusian
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生物礁
Created: 2024-03-07T17:09:42Z
Chinese
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bioherme
Created: 2022-05-05T10:50:30
French
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Bioherm
Created: 2024-01-24T12:50:28
German
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biohermer
Created: 2024-01-19T13:36:54
Norwegian Bokmål
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Bioherma
Created: 2025-01-15T11:45:41
Polish
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биогерм
Created: 2024-06-28T11:11:42Z
Russian
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биохерми
Created: 2023-05-26T13:31:40
Serbian
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Biohermo
Created: 2022-05-05T10:50:31
Last modified: 2024-01-19T13:37:24
Spanish
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bioherm
Created: 2024-10-26T12:38:45
Swahili
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biyoherm
Created: 2022-06-02T14:49:44
Turkish