Definition of "Bulk (or Community) Sample"

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Definition of "Bulk (or Community) Sample" #36

Open gdadade opened 3 years ago

gdadade commented 3 years ago

Field	Value
Term	Bulk Sample
Definition	tbd
Examples	tbd
Reference	tbd
DwC:materialSample	tbd
ABCD:KindOfUnit	tbd
GGBN:materialSampleType	tbd
Comment	GGBN developed a preparation vocabulary including date, person, method, materials and type of preparation, hence the new more precise term "preparationType"

gdadade commented 3 years ago

Different communities seem to use this term in various contextes (i) an insect trap with one ore more taxa, (ii) a pooled sample from one single organism, (iii) a pooled sample from different organisms (same taxon). Can anyone add a reference with an existing definition?