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A community-driven ontology for the representation of environments
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NTR: Periphyton #1176

Open cmungall opened 3 years ago

cmungall commented 3 years ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periphyton

a mass of biological material consisting of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus that is attached to submerged surfaces in most aquatic ecosystems.

I believe this would fit in this hierarchy:

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optionally add has-part axioms to various NCBITaxon classes

I believe this belongs in ENVO and not PCO due to the fact this aggregate consists also of non-living organisms eg detritus, but ccing @ramonawalls

ramonawalls commented 3 years ago

I agree that this is an environmental material that has part a collection of organisms.