Glossary of ALL Terms for Data on EOL

m: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000008
Meters. A length unit which is equal to the length of the path traveled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299 792 458 of a second.
m^2: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000080
An area unit which is equal to an area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 meter long
maar: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000245
A broad, low relief crater that results from a phreatic eruption or explosion caused by groundwater contact with hot lava or magma. The maar typically fills with water to form a relatively shallow crater lake.
maastrichtian age: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Maastrichtian

International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
machair: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000417
A fertile low-lying raised beach found on the some of the coastlines of Ireland and Scotland, in particular in the Outer Hebrides.
macroalga: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OMIT_0013523
macroscopic, multicellular, marine algae
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaweed
macrophytes: http://eol.org/schema/terms/macrophytes
macroscopic aquatic plant
macropterous: http://eol.org/schema/terms/macropterous
The presence of fully functional wings.
macrothallus: http://eol.org/schema/terms/macrothallus
a tubular, branched, erect thallus that grows from a microthallus under short-day conditions and low temperatures.
H. Rietema. 1982. Effects of Photoperiod and Temperature on Macrothallus Initiation in Dumontia contorta (Rhodophyta). Marine Ecology Progress Series, Vol. 8, No. 2 (May 7 1982), pp. 187-196. Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/24814664
mafic lava: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000234
magnesium (mg): http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_25107
male: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000384
A biological sex quality inhering in an individual or a population whose sex organs contain only male gametes.
male and hermaphrodite: http://eol.org/schema/terms/maleAndHermaphrodite
male and hermaphroditic individuals are present
male cone type: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0005031
a strobilus - a reproductive shoot system - that bears only pollen
male female and hermaphrodite: http://eol.org/schema/terms/maleFemaleAndHermaphrodite
male female and hermaphroditic individuals are present
male female body mass ratio: http://eol.org/schema/terms/MaleFemaleBodyMassRatio
male flowers: http://eol.org/schema/terms/maleFlowers
staminate; having only functional stamens
male or unsexed: http://eol.org/schema/terms/maleOrUnsexed
male or unsexed individuals are represented in a sample or an occurrence.
male tenure: http://eol.org/schema/terms/MaleTenure
mammalivore: http://eol.org/schema/terms/mammalivore
carnivorous animal which eats primarily mammals
manca: http://eol.org/schema/terms/manca
post-larval juvenile in some crustaceans
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manca
manca: https://eol.org/schema/terms/manca
post-larval juveniles in some crustaceans. The manca stage is the defining characteristic of a clade called Mancoida which comprises all the member of the Peracarida except the Amphipoda. Mancae closely resemble the adult form, but for the absence of the last pair of pereiopods.
https://enacademic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/11686047/Manca Peter Ax (2000). "Peracarida". The Phylogenetic System of the Metazoa. Multicellular Animals. 2. Springer. pp. 174–178. ISBN 9783540674061. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=FweHI7uZ198C&pg=PA176. Albert O. Bush (2001). "Crustacea". Parasitism: the Diversity and Ecology of Animal Parasites. Cambridge University Press. pp. 226–241. ISBN 9780521664479. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Q6Kl0FbvStoC&pg=PA235.
mangrove island: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000103
An island formed of trees and shrubs that grow in saline coastal habitats in the tropics and subtropics.
mangrove swamp: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000057
An swamp formed of trees and shrubs that grow in saline coastal habitats in the tropics and subtropics.
mangrove swamp: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000181
A mangrove biome is a terrestrial biome which includes, across its spatial extent, mangrove plants (Rhizophoraceae). Mangrove plants are able to withstand high levels of salinity as well as regions of anoxia and frequent tidal inundation. Mangrove biomes often occur near tropical and sub-tropical estuaries and depositional marine coastal environments where fine sediments (often with high organic content) collect in areas protected from high energy wave action.
manoxylic: https://eol.org/schema/terms/manoxylic_wood
secondary vascular tissues with large amounts of softer storage cells (i.e. parenchyma) mixed with the wood or xylem cells. The stems of these plants are softer than the wood of trees we use for lumber.
https://sites.google.com/site/paleoplant/terminology/wood
mantle length: http://eol.org/schema/terms/MantleLength
marine: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000447
An aquatic biome that comprises systems of open-ocean and unprotected coastal habitats, characterized by exposure to wave action, tidal fluctuation, and ocean currents as well as systems that largely resemble these. Water in the marine biome is generally within the salinity range of seawater: 30 to 38 ppt.
marine: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000569
A habitat that is in or on a sea or ocean containing high concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids (typically >35 grams dissolved salts per litre).
marine animals: https://eol.org/schema/terms/marine_animals
marine benthic: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000024
The marine benthic biome (benthic meaning 'bottom') encompasses the seafloor and includes such areas as shores, littoral or intertidal areas, marine coral reefs, and the deep seabed.
marine carnivore: https://eol.org/schema/terms/marine_carnivore
A consumer that feeds primarily on marine animals
marine cold-water sphere: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000108
The marine cold-water sphere describes a water mass extending from the polar seas and across low latitudes at depths of ca. 800 to 1000 m, which is separated from the marine warm-water sphere by the permanent marine thermocline
marine fishes: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5364423
fish that live all or much of their lives in seawater
marine invertebrates: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3737872
marine littoral zone: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000125
a littoral zone which extends, approximately, from the spray region above the high tide mark to the edge of the coninental shelf.
marine mud: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00005795
marine park: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000362
A protected area of the sea usually established to preserve a specific habitat and ensure the ecosystem is sustained for the organisms that exist there. Most marine parks are designated by governments, and organized like watery national parks.
marine pelagic: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000023
The marine pelagic biome (pelagic meaning open sea) is that of the marine water column, from the surface to the greatest depths.
marine reef: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000029
A biome expressed by strips or ridges of rocks, sand, or coral that rises to or near the surface of a body of marine water.
marine sediment: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_03000033
Sediment which has been transported through the marine water column, settling on the seafloor
marine sludge: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00005796
The residual semi-solid material left in marine habitat from domestic or industrial processes, or wastewater treatment processes
marine snow: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000158
Marine snow is a continuous shower of mostly organic detritus falling from the upper layers of the water column. Its origin lies in activities within the productive photic zone.
marine warm-water sphere: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000109
The marine warm-water sphere describes a water mass extending to depths of ca. 800 to 1000 m in low and middle latitudes. It is separated from the marine cold-water sphere by the permanent marine thermocline
marine water mass: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000686
A mass of marine water.
marita: http://eol.org/schema/terms/marita
Marquesas Island: http://www.geonames.org/4019977
marsh: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000035
A wetland, featuring grasses, rushes, reeds, typhas, sedges, and other herbaceous plants (possibly with low-growing woody plants) in a context of shallow water.
mass: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000125
massif: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000381
A section of the Earths's crust that is demarcated by faults or flexures. In the movement of the crust, a massif tends to retain its internal structure while being displaced as a whole.
massive growth habit: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PORO_0000389
Large, compact structure without definable shape
http://www.coralsoftheworld.org/page/glossary/#Glossary_M
mating system: http://eol.org/schema/terms/MatingSystem
mature: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001701
A quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's exhibiting complete growth, differentiation, or development.
[database_cross_reference: Merriam-Webster:Merriam-Webster]
max: http://semanticscience.org/resource/SIO_001114
a maximal value is largest value of an attribute for the entities in the defined set.
max cell storage (ammonium): http://eol.org/schema/terms/max_cell_storage_ammonium
maximum cell content of ammonium under exponential growth with saturating nutrient supply
Droop, M. R. 1973. Some thoughts on nutrient limitation in algae. Journal of Phycology 9:264–272
max cell storage (nitrate): http://eol.org/schema/terms/max_cell_storage_nitrate
maximum cell content of nitrate under exponential growth with saturating nutrient supply
Droop, M. R. 1973. Some thoughts on nutrient limitation in algae. Journal of Phycology 9:264–272
max cell storage (phosphate): http://eol.org/schema/terms/max_cell_storage_phosphate
maximum cell content of phosphate under exponential growth with saturating nutrient supply
Droop, M. R. 1973. Some thoughts on nutrient limitation in algae. Journal of Phycology 9:264–272
max growth rate (ammonimum): http://eol.org/schema/terms/max_growth_rate_ammonimum
asymptotic maximum specific growth rate under unlimited ambient ammonium
Monod, J. 1949. The growth of bacterial cultures. Annual Review of Microbiology 3:371–394.
max growth rate (nitrate): http://eol.org/schema/terms/max_growth_rate_nitrate
asymptotic maximum specific growth rate under unlimited ambient nitrate
Monod, J. 1949. The growth of bacterial cultures. Annual Review of Microbiology 3:371–394.
max growth rate (phosphate): http://eol.org/schema/terms/max_growth_rate_phosphate
asymptotic maximum specific growth rate under unlimited ambient phosphate
Monod, J. 1949. The growth of bacterial cultures. Annual Review of Microbiology 3:371–394.
max growth rate - infinite quota (ammonimum): http://eol.org/schema/terms/max_growth_rate_internal_ammonimum
hypothetical asymptotic maximum specific growth rate at infinite internal cell concentration of ammonium
"Droop, M. R. 1973. Some thoughts on nutrient limitation in algae. Journal of Phycology 9:264–272
max growth rate - infinite quota (nitrate): http://eol.org/schema/terms/max_growth_rate_internal_nitrate
hypothetical asymptotic maximum specific growth rate at infinite internal cell concentration of nitrate
"Droop, M. R. 1973. Some thoughts on nutrient limitation in algae. Journal of Phycology 9:264–272
max growth rate - infinite quota (phosphate): http://eol.org/schema/terms/max_growth_rate_internal_phosphate
hypothetical asymptotic maximum specific growth rate at infinite internal cell concentration of phosphate
Droop, M. R. 1973. Some thoughts on nutrient limitation in algae. Journal of Phycology 9:264–272
max uptake rate (ammonium): http://eol.org/schema/terms/max_uptake_rate_ammonium
asymptotic maximum rate of ammonium uptake at infinite concentration
L. Michaelis, M.L. Menten. Kinetik der Invertinwirkung. Biochem. Zeitung, 49 (1913), pp. 333–369
max uptake rate (nitrate): http://eol.org/schema/terms/max_uptake_rate_nitrate
asymptotic maximum rate of nitrate uptake at infinite concentration
L. Michaelis, M.L. Menten. Kinetik der Invertinwirkung. Biochem. Zeitung, 49 (1913), pp. 333–369
max uptake rate (phosphate): http://eol.org/schema/terms/max_uptake_rate_phosphate
asymptotic maximum rate of phosphate uptake at infinite concentration
L. Michaelis, M.L. Menten. Kinetik der Invertinwirkung. Biochem. Zeitung, 49 (1913), pp. 333–369
maximum depth in meters: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/maximumDepthInMeters
The greater depth of a range of depth below the local surface, in meters.
maximum elevation in meters: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/maximumElevationInMeters
The upper limit of the range of elevation (altitude, usually above sea level), in meters.
mayotte: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3110238
meadow: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000108
A habitat of rolling or flat terrain where grasses predominate. Typically, what is called a meadow has more biodiversity than a grassland as the former contains not only grasses but a significant variety of annual, biennial and perennial plants.
meadow soil: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00005761
mean: http://semanticscience.org/resource/SIO_001109
a mean is the central tendency of a collection of numbers taken as the sum of the numbers divided by the size of the collection.
mean annual temperature: http://eol.org/schema/terms/meanAnnualTemperature
measurement accuracy: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/measurementAccuracy
The description of the potential error associated with the measurementValue.
measurement determined by: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/measurementDeterminedBy
A list (concatenated and separated) of names of people, groups, or organizations who determined the value of the MeasurementOrFact.
measurement method: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/measurementMethod
A description of or reference to (publication, URI) the method or protocol used to determine the measurement, fact, characteristic, or assertion.
measurement remarks: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/measurementRemarks
Comments or notes accompanying the MeasurementOrFact.
meat: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FOODON_00001006
A food product made of meat, the skeletal muscle and associated fat, and other edible tissues such as organs, livers, skin, brains, bone marrow, kidneys, or lungs
mechanical defense: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q57735866
mechanosensory system: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0007037
Anatomical system that overlaps the nervous system and is responsible for sensory perception of mechanical stimulus
median: http://semanticscience.org/resource/SIO_001110
a median is the numerical value separating the higher half of a sample, a population, or a probability distribution, from the lower half.
median/paired fin propulsion: https://eol.org/schema/terms/median_paired_fin
swimming mainly using undulations of median and paired fins
medicinal: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C142605
substance or combination of substances that may be administered to human beings (or animals) for treating or preventing disease, or with the intent to make a medical diagnosis or to restore, correct or modify physiological functions.
mediterranean forest: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000199
A mediterranean forest biome is a forest biome which includes communities adapted to hot to warm, dry summers, mild to cold, rainy winters, and the influence of large, usually marine, bodies of water.
mediterranean forest, woodland, and shrub: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000878
mediterranean grassland: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000224
A mediterranean grassland biome is a subtropical grassland biome which includes communities adapted to hot to warm, dry summers, mild to cold, rainy winters, and the influence of large, usually marine, bodies of water.
Mediterranean Sea: http://www.geonames.org/363196
mediterranean sea biome: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000047
The mediterranean sea biome comprises mostly enclosed seas that have limited exchange of deep water with outer oceans and where the water circulation is dominated by salinity and temperature differences rather than winds.
mediterranean shrubland: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000217
A mediterranean shrubland biome is a subtropical shrubland biome which includes communities adapted to hot to warm, dry summers, mild to cold, rainy winters, and the influence of large, usually marine, bodies of water.
mediterranean woodland: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000208
A mediterranean woodland biome is a subtropical woodland biome which includes communities adapted to hot to warm, dry summers, mild to cold, rainy winters, and the influence of large, usually marine, bodies of water.
medium: http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C49507
Mid-way between small and large in number, quantity, magnitude or extent.
medium n fixation: http://eol.org/schema/terms/mediumNitrogenFixation
Plants with medium nitrogen fixation. 85-160 lb nitrogen per acre per year fixed in monoculture.
USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
medium (23 – 59): http://eol.org/schema/terms/mediumCNRatio
The percentage of organic carbon divided by the percentage of total nitrogen in organic material is 23–59.
USDA Plants database. Characteristics Data Fields. http://plants.usda.gov/charinfo.html
medium (normal): http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000461
Average. A quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's exhibiting no deviation from normal or average.
[database_cross_reference: PATOC:GVG]
medusoid: https://eol.org/schema/terms/medusoid
free swimming, radially symmetric invertebrate life stage
megalopa stage: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0014859
The crustacean post-larval stage of a crab
meromictic lake: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000199
A lake which has layers of water which do not intermix. The deepest layer of water in such a lake does not contain any dissolved oxygen. The layers of sediment at the bottom of a meromictic lake remain relatively undisturbed because there are no living organisms to stir them up.
merovoltine: http://eol.org/schema/terms/merovoltine
completing one generation in three or more years
mesa: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000179
An elevated area of land with a flat top and sides that are usually steep cliffs. Mesas form in areas where horizontally layered rocks are uplifted by tectonic activity.
mesohaline: http://eol.org/schema/terms/mesohaline
Salinity between 5 and 18 PSU (about half the salinity of seawater or less)
created by Anne Thessen
mesopelagic zone: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000213
The zone of an ocean immediately below the photic zone down to a depth where the water temperature is 10degC (the thermocline).
mesophyte: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1922484
terrestrial plants adapted to neither very dry nor very wet environments
mesotrophic freshwater lake: http://eol.org/schema/terms/mesotrophicFreshwaterLake
mesotrophic water: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002225
Water with a nutrient level intermediate between eutrophic and oligotrophic.
mesozoic era: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Mesozoic

International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
messinian age: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Messinian

International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
metabolic: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C28240
Having to do with metabolism (the total of all chemical changes that take place in a cell or an organism to produce energy and basic materials needed for important life processes).
metacercarium: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/WBls_0000720
A dormant Digenean (fluke) life stage which occurs after cercariae are released from the intermediate snail host and encyst on vegetation until they are ingested by the definitive host.
metacestode: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/WBls_0000716
The larval stages of a tapeworm, beginning with the metamorphosis of the oncosphere and ending with the first evidence of sexuality in the adult worm.
metalimnion: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002132
A cline which is part of a lake and across which temperature changes rapidly with depth.
metamorph: http://eol.org/schema/terms/metamorph
metamorphic rock: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002017
A rock formed by subjecting any rock type (including previously-formed metamorphic rock) to different temperature and pressure conditions than those in which the original rock was formed. These temperatures and pressures are always higher than those at the Earth's surface and must be sufficiently high so as to change the original minerals into other mineral types or else into other forms of the same minerals (e.g. by recrystallisation).
mg: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000022
Milligram. A mass unit which is equal to one thousandth of a gram or 10^[-3] g
mg/cm^2: http://eol.org/schema/terms/milligramsPercm2
mg/cm^2/day: http://eol.org/schema/terms/milligramsPercm2PerDay
mg/g: http://eol.org/schema/terms/milligramspergram
A concentration unit which is a standard measure of the mass of a substance measured in milligrams in a given mass of matrix measured in grams
mg/l: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000273
mg/m^2: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000309
microalgae: https://eol.org/schema/terms/microalgae
microscopic algae, typically found in freshwater and marine systems, living in both the water column and sediment. They are unicellular species which exist individually, or in chains or groups.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microalgae
microbial mat: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000008
A multi-layered sheet of micro-organisms, mainly bacteria and archaea. Microbial mats grow at interfaces between different types of material, mostly on submerged or moist surfaces but a few survive in deserts.
microbivore: https://eol.org/schema/terms/microbivore
a consumer feeding primarily on microbes. For instance, many animals of the mesofauna, microfauna and meiofauna
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbivory
microcarnivore: http://eol.org/schema/terms/microcarnivore
carnivore that eats small invertebrates, e.g., microcrustaceans, mollusc and bryozoan larvae.
microfilarial stage: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0003670
The prelarval stage of filarioidea in the blood and other tissues of mammals and birds. They are removed from these hosts by blood-sucking insects in which they metamorphose into mature larvae.
microorganisms: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39833
microscopic living organism
microphage: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3312246
a consumer which handles food items in bulk without manipulating them individually
microphytobenthos: http://eol.org/schema/terms/microphytobenthos
The community of microscopic, unicellular eukaryotic algae (Baccilariophyceae, Chlorophyceae and Dinophyceae) and the prokaryotic Cyanobacteria which live on sediment surfaces. See Kiel, 2004. The microphytobenthos and its role in aquatic food webs. Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel http://epic.awi.de/11852/1/Abe2004e.pdf
microthallus: http://eol.org/schema/terms/microthallus
a crustose disc, grown from a spore that can be produced by either the gametophytic phase or the sporophytic phase of a plant.
H. Rietema. 1982. Effects of Photoperiod and Temperature on Macrothallus Initiation in Dumontia contorta (Rhodophyta). Marine Ecology Progress Series, Vol. 8, No. 2 (May 7 1982), pp. 187-196. Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/24814664
mid spring: http://eol.org/schema/terms/midSpring
The mid part of the season between the vernal equinox and the summer solstice.
mid summer: http://eol.org/schema/terms/midSummer
The mid part of the season between the summer solstice and the autumnal equinox.
mid-ocean ridge: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000406
An underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics. This uplifting of the ocean floor occurs when convection currents rise in the mantle beneath the oceanic crust and create magma where two tectonic plates meet at a divergent boundary. The mid-ocean ridges of the world are connected and form a single global mid-oceanic ridge system that is part of every ocean.
mid-persistent: http://eol.org/schema/terms/midPersistentSeedBank
Of seed bank longevity. Seed bank longevity is at least > 5 yr (could be longer but it is unknown).
http://www.uv.es/jgpausas/brot.htm
middle arctic dwarf shrub subzone: http://eol.org/schema/terms/middleArcticDwarfShrubSubzone
Zone C, per the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map (CAVM Team 2003)
http://www.arcticatlas.org/maps/themes/cp/cpbz
middle devonian epoch: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/MiddleDevonian

International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
middle jurassic epoch: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/MiddleJurassic

International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
middle ordovician epoch: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/MiddleOrdovician

International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
middle pleistocene age: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/MiddlePleistocene

International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
middle toe length: http://eol.org/schema/terms/MiddleToeLength
length of the middle toe
middle triassic epoch: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/MiddleTriassic

International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
midpoint altitude: http://eol.org/schema/terms/MidpointAltitude
Elevation above sea level of the midpoint of the vertical range of an organism.
migratory: http://eol.org/schema/terms/migratory
makes regular daily or seasonal movements between different regions or habitats
millimeters per month: http://eol.org/schema/terms/millimeterspermonth
million years ago: http://eol.org/schema/terms/paleo_megaannum
1 megaannum in the past. Megaannum, Ma. is a unit of time equal to one million (10<sup>6</sup>) years.
min: http://semanticscience.org/resource/SIO_001113
a minimal value is smallest value of an attribute for the entities in the defined set.
min internal ammonium for growth: http://eol.org/schema/terms/min_internal_ammonium_for_growth
minimum cell content of ammonium at which growth ceases
Droop, M. R. 1973. Some thoughts on nutrient limitation in algae. Journal of Phycology 9:264–272
min internal nitrate for growth: http://eol.org/schema/terms/min_internal_nitrate_for_growth
minimum cell content of nitrate at which growth ceases
Droop, M. R. 1973. Some thoughts on nutrient limitation in algae. Journal of Phycology 9:264–272
min internal phosphate for growth: http://eol.org/schema/terms/min_internal_phosphate_for_growth
minimum cell content of phosphate at which growth ceases
Droop, M. R. 1973. Some thoughts on nutrient limitation in algae. Journal of Phycology 9:264–272
mineral spring: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000125
A spring whose water contains a significant amount of dissolved minerals, that derive from the rocks through which the water flows.
mineralized skeleton contains: https://eol.org/schema/terms/mineralizedSkeletonContains
Component found in mineralized skeletal tissue, (a specialized form of biogenic tissue in which the extracellular matrix is mineralized, and which functions in mechanical and structural support.)
mineralized tissue contains: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_4000013
Component found in mineralized tissue, (a specialized form of biogenic tissue in which the extracellular matrix is mineralized)
minerals: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_46662
a chemical substance that is normally crystalline formed and has been formed as a result of geological processes.
minimum depth in meters: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/minimumDepthInMeters
The lesser depth of a range of depth below the local surface, in meters.
minimum elevation in meters: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/minimumElevationInMeters
The lower limit of the range of elevation (altitude, usually above sea level), in meters.
miocene epoch: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Miocene

International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
miracidium: http://eol.org/schema/terms/miracidium
a ciliated nonfeeding trematode larva
mississippian sub-period: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Mississippian

International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
mitotic index: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4296711
the ratio between the number of cells in a population undergoing mitosis to the total number of cells in a population
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitotic_index
mixed: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0002122
A composition quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's being composed of more than one identifiable entities.
mixed forest: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000198
A mixed forest biome is a forest biome which contains densely packed populations or communities of broadleaf and coniferous trees, strongly limiting light penetration to the forest floor.
mixotrophic: http://eol.org/schema/terms/mixotrophy
Deriving energy from more than one category of energy source. eg: light energy and organic matter.
ml/hr o2: http://eol.org/schema/terms/mlO2perhour
Milliliters of oxygen per hour. A unit for metabolic rate.
mL/L: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000207
milliliter per liter; a unit of concentration
ml/min: http://eol.org/schema/terms/millilitersPerMinute
mm: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000016
Millimeter. A length unit which is equal to one thousandth of a meter or 10^[-3] m
mm hg: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000272
millimeters of mercury. A unit of pressure equal to the amount of fluid pressure one millimeter deep in mercury at zero degrees centigrade on Earth.
mm/3month: http://eol.org/schema/terms/millimetersPerThreeMonths
mm/4month: http://eol.org/schema/terms/millimetersPerFourMonths
mm/6month: http://eol.org/schema/terms/millimetersPerSixMonths
mm/7month: http://eol.org/schema/terms/millimetersPerSevenMonths
mm/8month: http://eol.org/schema/terms/millimetersPerEightMonths
mm/day: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0010005
mm/sec: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C105508
mm/year: http://eol.org/schema/terms/millimetersPerYear
mm^2: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000082
An area unit which is equal to one millionth of a square meter or 10^[-6] m^[2]
mm^2/mg: http://eol.org/schema/terms/millimetersSquaredPerMilligram
A specific area unit of the value one square millimeter in area per one milligram in mass
mm^3: http://eol.org/schema/terms/cubicMillimeter
mmol/l: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000063
Millimoles per liter
mobile prey feeder: https://eol.org/schema/terms/mobile_prey_feeder
preys on organisms that move habitually, of their own volition
mode of action: http://eol.org/schema/terms/ModeOfAction
Through what physiological pathway or system the toxic effect is produced
moderate life span: http://eol.org/schema/terms/moderateLifeSpan
A life span which is neither relatively low nor relatively high.
moderate rate: http://eol.org/schema/terms/moderateRate
Moderate rate. A rate which is neither relatively high nor low.
mol/cell: http://eol.org/schema/terms/mol_cell-1
mol/cell/day: http://eol.org/schema/terms/mol_cell-1_day-1
A unit of cellular chemical production or consumption. Moles of substance per cell per day.
mol/m^2/day: http://eol.org/schema/terms/mol_per_meter_squared_per_day
~6.022×10<sup>23</sup> molecules or particles per meter squared per day
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_(unit)
mol/m^2/s: http://eol.org/schema/terms/mol_m-2_s-1
A unit of chemical or particle flux. Moles of atoms, molecules or photons, to pass through a square meter per second.
molluscivore: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3319613
carnivorous animal that specialises in feeding on molluscs
mollusk foot: https://eol.org/schema/terms/mollusk_foot
muscular underside of a mollusk, which has adapted to different purposes in different classes. The foot carries a pair of statocysts, which act as balance sensors. In gastropods, it secretes mucus as a lubricant to aid movement. In forms having only a top shell, such as limpets, the foot acts as a sucker attaching the animal to a hard surface, and the vertical muscles clamp the shell down over it; in other molluscs, the vertical muscles pull the foot and other exposed soft parts into the shell. In bivalves, the foot is adapted for burrowing into the sediment; in cephalopods it is used for jet propulsion, and the tentacles and arms are derived from the foot.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mollusca#Foot
monadnock: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000432
An isolated hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain.
monandric: http://eol.org/schema/terms/monandry
Protogynous hermaphrodites with only juvenile females, where a certain percentage of females changes into (terminal) males are termed monandric.
http://www.fishbase.org/Glossary/Glossary.php?q=monandric&sc=is
monaxon: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PORO_0000412
Linear, nonradiate spicule, or a spicule type not having more than two rays along one axis.
Mongolia: https://www.geonames.org/2029969
monoecious: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q66368485
separate staminate and carpellate flowers are always found on the same plant
monogamous: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000063
One male and one female have an exclusive mating relationship
monoicous: https://eol.org/schema/terms/monoicous
In the haploid (gametophyte) lifestage of a moss or fern, the antheridia (male) and archegonia (female) reproductive organs occur on the same individual plant. They may be borne on different shoots (autoicous), on the same shoot but not together in a common structure (paroicous), or together in a common "inflorescence" (synoicous).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryophyte#Sexuality
monolete: http://eol.org/schema/terms/monolete
spores bearing a single linear scar, indicating that they were arranged in a tetragonal spore tetrad
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/micropal/spore.html
montane: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000342
montane desert: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000185
A montane desert biome is a desert biome which occurs in regions elevated above sea level and which has community structure determined by elevation-dependent environmental conditions.
montane forest: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000435
montane grassland: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000194
A montane grassland biome is a grassland biome which occurs in regions elevated above sea level and which has community structure determined by elevation-dependent environmental conditions.
montane savanna: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000223
A montane savanna biome is a savanna biome which occurs in regions elevated above sea level and which has community structure determined by elevation-dependent environmental conditions.
montane shrubland: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000216
A montane shrubland biome is a shrubland biome which occurs in regions elevated above sea level and which has community structure determined by elevation-dependent environmental conditions.
month: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/month
The integer month in which the Event occurred.
months: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000035
A time unit which is approximately equal to the length of time of one of cycle of the moon's phases which in science is taken to be equal to 30 days.
moor: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000231
A wetland found in upland areas, characterised by acidic soils.
moraine: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000177
An accumulation of boulders, stones, or other debris carried and deposited by a glacier.
more than one generation/year: http://eol.org/schema/terms/more1genyear
completing more than one generation in one year
morphotype: http://eol.org/schema/terms/morphotype
mortality rate doubling time: http://eol.org/schema/terms/MortalityRateDoublingTime
The mortality rate doubling time (MRDT) is considered to be a measure of the rate of ageing. It is estimated from the slope of the Gompertz curve by: MRDT = 0.693/G where G is the exponential (Gompertz) mortality rate coefficient.
From senescence.info. Human Ageing Genomic Resources (HAGR). Estimating the Rate of Ageing. http://genomics.senescence.info/software/demographic.html
moscovian age: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Moscovian

International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
motility: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33596
ability to move spontaneously and actively, consuming energy in the process
mountain: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000081
A landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill, but there is no universally accepted standard definition for the height of a mountain or a hill although a mountain usually has an identifiable summit and a local relief of more than 300m.
mountain forest soil: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00005769
mountain pass: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000084
A lower point that allows easier access through a mountain range. A pass has the general form of a saddle between two mountains.
mountain range: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000080
A series of connected and aligned mountains or mountain ridges.
mouth: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000165
the proximal portion of the digestive tract, containing the oral cavity and bounded by the oral opening.
mouth processor: http://eol.org/schema/terms/mouthProcessor
An organism that processes food in the mouth using teeth or other rigid structures
mucus: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_02000040
Mucus is a bodily fluid consisting of a slippery secretion of the lining of the mucous membranes in the body. It is a viscous colloid containing antiseptic enzymes (such as lysozyme) and immunoglobulins. Mucus is produced by goblet cells in the mucous membranes that cover the surfaces of the membranes. It is made up of mucins and inorganic salts suspended in water.
mucus mediated gliding: https://eol.org/schema/terms/mucus_gliding
muscular waves propelling an animal over a mucus layer overlaying the substrate; alternating regions of muscular contraction and expansion create traveling waves that shear the mucus, resulting in translation of the animal.
mucus net feeder: http://eol.org/schema/terms/mucus_net_feeder
A consumer that uses patches or a sheet of mucus to capture food particles suspended in the water column
mud: http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/MUD
mud: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000001
A liquid or semi-liquid mixture of water and some combination of soil, silt, and clay.
mud volcano: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000402
A volcano created by geologically excreted liquids and gases, although there are several different processes which may cause such activity. Temperatures are much cooler than igneous processes.
muddy soil: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00005771
muddy water: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00005793
mudflat: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000192
A wetland that forms when mud is deposited by the tides, rivers, sea or oceans.
multicellular: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993
A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]
multiple stems: http://eol.org/schema/terms/multipleStems
Plant development by producing two or more stems. Examples: roundleaf dogwood (Cornus rugosa) and red huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium).
USDA PLANTS database Characteristics Data Fields. https://plants.usda.gov/home/help
multipurpose dam: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000553
A dam constructed for more than one purpose.
multiradial: http://eol.org/schema/terms/multiradial
variation in the number of rays in starfish, differing from the ancestral pentamerism
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3884310
multivoltine: http://eol.org/schema/terms/multivoltine
completing two or more generations per year
municipality: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/municipality
The full, unabbreviated name of the next smaller administrative region than county (city, municipality, etc.) in which the Location occurs. Not used for a nearby named place that does not contain the actual location.
muscle: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0005090
contractile cells, tissues or organs that are found in multicellular organisms
muscular contractions: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q127006
process in which force is generated within muscle tissue, resulting in a change in muscle geometry.
muscular waves: https://eol.org/schema/terms/muscular_waves
locomotion resulting from unidirectional traveling waves (ripples) of muscular expansion and contraction
musculoskeletal system: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C12754
The system of muscles, tendons, ligaments, bones, joints and associated tissues that move the body and maintain its form.
Museum Of Forestry Lycksele: http://eol.org/schema/terms/MuseumOfForestryLycksele

https://www.skogsmuseet.se/
Museum Rothschild: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Mus_Rothschild
mushroom cap shape: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P784
property classifying the shape of the cap of a mushroom
mushroom compost: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00003033
mussel reef: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01001386
A marine reef which is primarily composed of self-adhered or conglomerated mussel shells
Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la Ville de Genève: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Muséum_d'histoire_naturelle_de_la_Ville_de_Genève

http://institutions.ville-geneve.ch/fr/mhn/
myco-heterotroph: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2420488
a plant parasitic on fungi
mycoparasite: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q60794338
An organism that parasitizes fungi.
mycorrhizal symbiont: http://eol.org/schema/terms/mycorrhizalSymbiont
A fungus that has a symbiotic association with the roots of a vascular plant
mycotroph: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1783637
plant obtaining organic carbon from a host green plant by tapping into an intermediary mycorrhizal fungus attached to the roots of the host plant
myrmecochory: http://eol.org/schema/terms/myrmecochory
Seed dispersal by ants.
http://www.uv.es/jgpausas/brot.htm