Enum: EcosystemCategory

Ecosystem category within top-level ecosystem classification. Second level of the GOLD ecosystem hierarchy.

URI: https://w3id.org/kbase/nmdc_core/EcosystemCategory

Permissible Values

Value	Meaning	Description
Aquatic	None	Aquatic environments including freshwater (lakes, rivers, wetlands) and marin...
Terrestrial	None	Land-based environments including soils, deep subsurface, and caves
Plants	None	Plant-associated environments including rhizosphere, phyllosphere, and endoph...

Slots

Name	Description
ecosystem_category	Ecosystem category (second level)

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

• from schema: https://w3id.org/kbase/nmdc_core

LinkML Source

name: EcosystemCategory
description: Ecosystem category within top-level ecosystem classification. Second
  level of the GOLD ecosystem hierarchy.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/kbase/nmdc_core
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  Aquatic:
    text: Aquatic
    description: Aquatic environments including freshwater (lakes, rivers, wetlands)
      and marine ecosystems. 3+ studies in NMDC focus on freshwater systems like the
      Columbia River.
  Terrestrial:
    text: Terrestrial
    description: Land-based environments including soils, deep subsurface, and caves.
      Most common category with studies on soil microbiomes and deep shale carbon
      reservoirs.
  Plants:
    text: Plants
    description: Plant-associated environments including rhizosphere, phyllosphere,
      and endophytic communities. Includes tropical forest soil studies.