Whiting events
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-006809
Sudden, large-scale precipitation of fine-grained calcium carbonate and other organic compounds that gives a milky appearance to the water body. It could be due to photosynthetic activity of certain marine microbes or due to change in the water temperature.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-006809 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Fields of Study |
| References | NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0) |
| See also | Chemical precipitation; Biomineralization; Calcite; Calcium carbonate; Water quality; Water pollution; Algal blooms; Water temperature |
| Translations | Spanish: fenómenos blancos |
Record as JSON
{
"id": "MLC-T-AGR-006809",
"term": "Whiting events",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "Sudden, large-scale precipitation of fine-grained calcium carbonate and other organic compounds that gives a milky appearance to the water body. It could be due to photosynthetic activity of certain marine microbes or due to change in the water temperature.",
"subject": "Fields of Study",
"see_also": [
"chemical precipitation",
"biomineralization",
"calcite",
"calcium carbonate",
"water quality",
"water pollution",
"algal blooms",
"water temperature"
],
"references": [
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "fenómenos blancos"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/whiting-events/"
}
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