ocean_mass_content_of_mature_individuals_of_biological_taxon_expressed_as_wet_weight g m-2 [UGMS]
Change Date: 12 Mar 2026, 10:24 a.m.
ocean_mass_content_of_mature_individuals_of_biological_taxon_expressed_as_wet_weight g m-2 [UGMS] "Content" indicates a quantity per unit area. Mature individuals refer to individuals that have reached sexual maturity. "Biological taxon" is a name or other label identifying an organism or a group of organisms as belonging to a unit of classification in a hierarchical taxonomy. There must be an auxiliary coordinate variable with standard name biological_taxon_name to identify the taxon in human readable format and optionally an auxiliary coordinate variable with standard name biological_taxon_identifier to provide a machine-readable identifier. See Section 6.1.2 of the CF convention (version 1.8 or later) for information about biological taxon auxiliary coordinate variables. 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.