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Oxygen Minimum

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-020069

Region in the water column where oxygen is reduced (relative to surrounding waters) due to high respiration rates, usually associated with high concentrations of organic matter.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-020069
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesFederal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-020069",
  "term": "Oxygen Minimum",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Region in the water column where oxygen is reduced (relative to surrounding waters) due to high respiration rates, usually associated with high concentrations of organic matter.",
  "references": [
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/oxygen-minimum/"
}

Record 20,069 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.