Concept: biogeochemical cycle in the concept vocabulary

Concept URI	http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/833
Preferred label	biogeochemical cycle
Definition	Movement of chemical elements in a circular pathway, from organisms to physical environment, back to organisms. The process is termed a nutrient cycle if the elements concerned are trace elements, which are essential to life. A biogeochemical cycle occurs when vegetation decomposes and minerals are incorporated naturally in the humus for future plant growth.
Notation
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2013-12-05
Accepted Date	2013-12-05
Not Accepted Date
Has broader	2457 (ecological parameter) in gemet2/concept
Has narrower	1164 (carbon cycle) in gemet2/concept 5607 (nitrogen cycle) in gemet2/concept 5759 (nutrient cycle) in gemet2/concept 798 (bioaccumulation) in gemet2/concept
Has exact match	http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_32983
Has close match	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Biogeochemical_cycle
Source	WRIGHT (The Environment Encyclopedia and Directory) in gemet2/source