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Parameter: Concentrations of biopolymers in sediments

Short Description: 
Concentrations of biopolymers in sediments
Short Name: 
biopolymer_sediment
Official Name: 
biopolymer_sediment
Units: 
various
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External Identifier:
» skos:exactMatch http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P02/current/SDNA/
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Description

Concentrations of biopolymers in sediment.  Parameters quantifying the amount of naturally-produced organic (molecules containing carbon) compounds that are built from multiple instances of structural units (monomers) that are covalently-bonded to produce larger structures in any sediment (material collected by a corer including fluff). Includes polynucleotides (RNA and DNA), polypeptides and polysaccharides (e.g. cellulose).