surface_mole_concentration_of_phytoplankton_expressed_as_silicon_in_sea_water
rejected
Created: 13 Oct 2016
Proposer: Paul Durack
Proposed Date: 2016-09-28
CMIP6 - OMIP
Added to rejected list following agreement to use existing name mole_concentration_of_phytoplankton_expressed_as_silicon_in_sea_water
Change Date: 13 Oct 2016, 2:18 p.m.
surface_mole_concentration_of_phytoplankton_expressed_as_silicon_in_sea_water mol m-3 [MLM3]
Change Date: 13 Oct 2016, 2:19 p.m.
surface_mole_concentration_of_phytoplankton_expressed_as_silicon_in_sea_water mol m-3 [MLM3] The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. Mole concentration means number of moles per unit volume, also called "molarity", and is used in the construction "mole_concentration_of_X_in_Y", where X is a material constituent of Y. A chemical or biological species denoted by X may be described by a single term such as "nitrogen" or a phrase such as "nox_expressed_as_nitrogen". The phrase "expressed_as" is used in the construction A_expressed_as_B, where B is a chemical constituent of A. It means that the quantity indicated by the standard name is calculated solely with respect to the B contained in A, neglecting all other chemical constituents of A. Phytoplankton are autotrophic prokaryotic or eukaryotic algae that live near the water surface where there is sufficient light to support photosynthesis. Standard names also exist for the mole concentration of a number of components that make up the total phytoplankton population, such as diatoms, diazotrophs, calcareous phytoplankton, picophytoplankton and miscellaneous phytoplankton.