A new term has been added to S13 to describe biological entities with a percentage of necrosis greater than 10%

http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/S13/current/S1364/

This relates to request nvs-vocabs/P01#35

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Term name (PrefLabel)

non-colonial

Definition

organisms which are solitary and do not form part of a colony

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Constituent term to enable the creation of the following new P01 term: nvs-vocabs/P01#121

'in coral tissue' in the above P01 will be used to differentiate between zooxanthellae while in symbiosis with coral vs zooxanthellae free floating in the water column

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Term name (PrefLabel)

stranding

Definition

Term to be used when the property reported is said to be the characteristic of a stranding. The term applies to marine organisms (animals or seaweeds) found washed up on the shore in a dead, dying or abnormal state.

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Sources/references

https://github.com/nvs-vocabs/P01/issues/190

two new terms required:
fresh - A recently obtained biological sample; not frozen or otherwise preserved.
preserved - A biological sample that has been treated, for example by freezing or addition of chemicals such as formaldehyde or ethanol, to prevent decomposition.

Related to: nvs-vocabs/P01#203

To be used in P01 code for Proportion of Nucella lapillus penis bearing females. In relation to: nvs-vocabs/P01#214

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Term name (PrefLabel)

bloom

Definition

Term to be used when the property reported is said to be the characteristic of a bloom. An algal bloom is defined as a rapid increase and accumulation of algal biomass in water bodies including, for macroalgal blooms, intertidal areas. For more information see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algal_bloom

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Sources/references

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algal_bloom; https://github.com/nvs-vocabs/P01/issues/190

Mapping to other terminologies

http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/303; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_2000004