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biological_taxon_name  

Definition

  • "Biological taxon" is a name or other label identifying an organism or a group of organisms as belonging to a unit of classification in a hierarchical taxonomy. The quantity with standard name biological_taxon_name is the human-readable label for the taxon such as Calanus finmarchicus. The label should be registered in either WoRMS (http://www.marinespecies.org) or ITIS (https://www.itis.gov/) and spelled exactly as registered. See Section 6.1.2 of the CF convention (version 1.8 or later) for information about biological taxon auxiliary coordinate variables.

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  • Mapping to be determined

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https://vocab.met.no/CFSTDN/biological_taxon_name

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