Enum: EcosystemType

Specific ecosystem types within categories. Third level of GOLD ecosystem classification providing more detail.

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

Permissible Values

Value	Meaning	Description
Soil	None	Soil environments - surface and subsurface soils
Freshwater	None	Freshwater environments including lakes, rivers, and wetlands
Deep subsurface	None	Deep subsurface environments including shale formations, aquifers, and caves
Unclassified	None	Unclassified or mixed ecosystem types where specific classification is not av...

Slots

Name	Description
ecosystem_type	Specific ecosystem type (third level)

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

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

LinkML Source

name: EcosystemType
description: Specific ecosystem types within categories. Third level of GOLD ecosystem
  classification providing more detail.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/kbase/nmdc_core
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  Soil:
    text: Soil
    description: Soil environments - surface and subsurface soils. 3 studies focus
      on soil including tropical forest soils and peatlands.
  Freshwater:
    text: Freshwater
    description: Freshwater environments including lakes, rivers, and wetlands. Columbia
      River hyporheic zone and Minnesota peatlands are examples.
  Deep subsurface:
    text: Deep subsurface
    description: Deep subsurface environments including shale formations, aquifers,
      and caves. Marcellus/Utica shale study examines deep carbon reservoirs.
  Unclassified:
    text: Unclassified
    description: Unclassified or mixed ecosystem types where specific classification
      is not available or environment spans multiple types.