ENVO

proposed ENVO classes:

Material ideas and information to be harvested into ENVO.

enrichment process

//mirror depletion

depletion process

//reduction in the concentration of something

nutrient transition to non biologically available form

nutrient depletion in marine water mass

A process during which nutrients within a water mass decrease a range below a threshold beneath which biological processes, resulting from the nutrient consumption of biotic growth processes. 

is a 'material decumulation process' 'results in formation of' some 'oligotrophic water' 'occurs in' some 'marine water mass' 'has participant' some 'cellular organisms' //cellular organisms 'causally downstream of' some PCO:'plankton bloom process' // phytoplankton blooms can be terminated by nutrient depletion

marine wind mixed layer

// existing term to fit into puzzle.

ENVO:marine warm-water sphere

ENVO:marine cold-water sphere

Biogenic particle flux & carbon pump classes

marine snow

//add axioms for has parts some CHEBI carbohydrates, lipids proteins.

seston

// perhaps make this //all particulate matter organic and inorganic which is suspended in a water body. //http://www.wordnik.com/words/seston

marine particle aggregation process

// synonym marine snow formation ?

sinking of suspended particles in a aquatic water body

is a 'material transport process' 'has synonym' 'vertical particle flux'

marine particle sinking process

//synonym: marine snow sinking

benthic export process

//has part some marine snow //marine carbon export process //for the carbon pump // is a material transport process //plankton bloom causually upstream of this

solar radiation & photosynthesis classes:

envo:illuminated biosphere part

// should be improved upon for area of photic radiation etc.

solar radiation

light penetration depth of marine water body

marine photic zone

// add synonym: euphotic zone // we have envo:'neritic epipelagic zone biome' which encompasses the euphotic zone should help with definiton/axioms.

put aside/ incorrect

environmental system process
  material transport process
    material flocking process
      biological flocking process

material flocking process

A process during which a large number of self-propelled material entities exhibit collective motion.

dbxref1, dbxref2

biological flocking process

A process during which a large number of self-propelled biological entities exhibit collective motion.

is a 'material flocking process' 'has part' some 'organism or virus or viroid' dbxref

fish shoaling process

A biological flocking process during which a collection of fish exhibit collective motion.

is a 'biological flocking process' 'adjacent to' some 'water body' ``'has related synonym' 'fish schooling' dbxref

object aggregate
  material flock
    biological swarm

material flock

An object aggregate which consists of a non-continuous mass of self-propelled material entities exhibiting collective motion. 

is a 'object aggregate' 'formed as result of' some 'material flocking process' dbxref

biological swarm

A material flock which consists of the aggregated mass of a collection of biological entities. 

is a 'material flock' 'has part' some 'organism or virus or viroid' dbxref1, dbxref2

biological swarm in a water body

A biological swarm which consists of biological entities in a water body. 

is a 'biological swarm' 'adjacent to' some 'water body'

swarm of shoaling fish

A biological swarm which consists of an aggregation of fish, resulting from a fish shoaling process.

is a 'biological swarm in a water body' 'formed as result of' some 'fish shoaling process' 'has related synonym' 'school of fish' dbxref

plankton bloom

A biological swarm which consists of an aggregation of plankton, resulting from a plankton bloom process.

is a 'biological swarm in a water body' 'formed as result of' some 'plankton bloom process' 'has quality' 'planktonic' //To make in PATO 'has part' some 'plankton community' dbxref

scyphozoa bloom

A biological swarm which consists of an aggregation of scyphozoa, resulting from a scyphozoa bloom process.

is a 'biological swarm in a water body' 'formed as result of' some 'scyphozoa bloom process' 'has related synonym' 'jellyfish bloom'

algal bloom

//existing ENVO class, definition:

A feature that arises from a rapid increase or accumulation in the population of algae (typically microscopic) in an aquatic system.

New definition:

A biological swarm which consists of an aggregation of algae (typically microscopic), resulting from an algal bloom process.

is a 'biological swarm in a water body' 'formed as result of' some 'algal bloom process' 'participates in' some ECOCORE:'photoautotrophy' 'has part' some CHEBI:chlorophyll 'has part' some PCO:'algae'

phytoplankton bloom

A plankton bloom which consists of an aggregation of phytoplankton, resulting from a phytoplankton bloom process.

is a 'plankton bloom' 'formed as result of' some 'phytoplankton bloom process' 'participates in' some ECOCORE:'photoautotrophy' 'has part' some CHEBI:chlorophyll 'has part' some PCO:'phytoplankton community' dbxref

zooplankton bloom

A plankton bloom which consists of an aggregation of zooplankton, resulting from a zooplankton bloom process.

axioms: is a 'plankton bloom' 'formed as result of' some 'zooplankton bloom process' 'participates in' some ECOCORE:heterotrophy 'has part' some PCO:'zooplankton community' dbxref

typical or measurable sea water

//Something along these lines. A potential new ENVO class to be created representing the fact that the average or typical seawater has a variety of constituent parts to it nutrients, temperature salinity etc. //Still not sure what to do about this one. is a seawater