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NUTRIENTES [2 records]

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Record 1 2016-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nutritive Elements (Biological Sciences)
  • Biochemistry
DEF

Chemicals required to support growth and reproduction, such as nitrogen, phosphorus, iron, and potassium.

CONT

Phytoplankton acquire nutrients directly from seawater.

OBS

nutrient: term usually used in the plural (nutrients).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments nutritifs (Sciences biologiques)
  • Biochimie
DEF

[...] ensemble des composés organiques ou inorganiques et des ions qui sont utilisés en premier lieu pour la nutrition des producteurs primaires (phytoplancton) [...]

OBS

nutriment; élément nutritif; substance nutritive : termes habituellement utilisés au pluriel (nutriments; éléments nutritifs; substances nutritives.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos nutritivos (Ciencias biológicas)
  • Bioquímica
CONT

Las células de las vellosidades, que tapizan el intestino delgado y, en menor número, constituyen la mucosa del colon o intestino grueso, captan los nutrientes.

OBS

nutriente; nutrimento; nutrimiento: términos utilizado generalmente en el plural (nutrientes; nutrimentos; nutrimientos).

Key term(s)
  • nutrientes
  • nutrimentos
  • nutrimientos
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Record 2 2016-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nutritive Elements (Biological Sciences)
  • Biochemistry
  • Oceanography
OBS

... in marine chemistry, ... the most important "micronutrients": phosphorus, inorganic nitrogen, and silicon.

OBS

nutrient salts; nutrients: terms rarely used in the singular (nutrient salt; nutrient).

Key term(s)
  • nutrient salt
  • nutrient

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments nutritifs (Sciences biologiques)
  • Biochimie
  • Océanographie
DEF

Formes assimilables par les végétaux marins de l'azote (nitrate, nitrites), du phosphore (phosphates) et de la silice (silicates) dissous dans l'eau de mer.

CONT

Les sels nutritifs sont des sels minéraux dissous contenant entre autre du phosphore (P) de l'azote (N) ou de la silice (Si).

OBS

nutriants; sels nutritifs : termes rarement utilisés au singulier (nutriant; sel nutritif).

Key term(s)
  • nutriant
  • sel nutritif

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos nutritivos (Ciencias biológicas)
  • Bioquímica
  • Oceanografía
DEF

Elementos asimilables por los seres vivos, fundamentalmente por los vegetales, que rigen la productividad en el medio ambiente.

OBS

sales nutritivas; nutrientes: términos de uso poco frecuente en singular (sal nutritiva; nutriente).

Key term(s)
  • sal nutritiva
  • nutriente
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