tendency_of_mole_concentration_of_diatoms_expressed_as_carbon_in_sea_water_due_to_aggregation mol m-3 s-1 [MM3S] The change in the mole concentration of diatoms, expressed as carbon, caused by aggregation. The quantity is the loss of phytoplankton carbon and is negative or zero.
The phrase "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. "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 species or biological group denoted by X may be described by a single term such as "nitrogen" or a phrase such as "nox_expressed_as_nitrogen".
Nanophytoplankton are phytoplankton in the size range 2 – 20 micrometers. Phytoplankton are algae that grow where there is sufficient light to support photosynthesis.
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. The specification of a physical process by the phrase "due_to_" process means that the quantity named is a single term in a sum of terms which together compose the general quantity named by omitting the phrase. Aggregation is the coagulation of cells into larger particles (marine snow) that are counted as detritus.
Change Date: 22 Oct 2026, 9:30 a.m.
tendency_of_mole_concentration_of_diatoms_expressed_as_carbon_in_sea_water_due_to_aggregation mol m-3 s-1 [MM3S] The change in the mole concentration of diatoms, expressed as carbon, caused by aggregation. The quantity is the loss of phytoplankton carbon and is negative or zero.
The phrase "tendency_of_X" means derivative of X with respect to time. "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 species or biological group denoted by X may be described by a single term such as "nitrogen" or a phrase such as "nox_expressed_as_nitrogen".
Diatoms are phytoplankton with an external skeleton made of silica. Phytoplankton are algae that grow where there is sufficient light to support photosynthesis.
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. The specification of a physical process by the phrase "due_to_" process means that the quantity named is a single term in a sum of terms which together compose the general quantity named by omitting the phrase. Aggregation is the coagulation of cells into larger particles (marine snow) that are counted as detritus.