Preferred Label : wetlands;
MeSH definition : Environments or habitats at the interface between truly terrestrial ecosystems and
truly aquatic systems making them different from each yet highly dependent on both.
Adaptations to low soil oxygen characterize many wetland species.;
MeSH synonym : wetland;
DeCS synonym : Biofilters (Artificial Swamps); Artificial Swamps;
MeSH hyponym : swamps; bogs; mangrove swamps; marshes; Mangrove Swamp; Swamp, Mangrove; Swamps, Mangrove; Mangrove Forests; Forest, Mangrove; Forests, Mangrove; Mangrove Forest; Swamp; Bog; Marsh;
MeSH annotation : note entry term MANGROVE SWAMPS: MANGROVE, GREY and MANGROVE, BLACK see AVICENNIA
and MANGROVE, AMERICAN and MANGROVE, RED see RHIZOPHORACEAE are also available;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetland;
Origin ID : D053833;
UMLS CUI : C1721088;
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- Semantic type(s)
Environments or habitats at the interface between truly terrestrial ecosystems and
truly aquatic systems making them different from each yet highly dependent on both.
Adaptations to low soil oxygen characterize many wetland species.
