Metadata field: environment_feature

Studies:

Scope: all

Required.

Type: string

Example values:

  intestine environment [ENVO:2100002]
  mouth environment [ENVO:08000002]
  skin environment [ENVO:2100003]
  vagina [UBERON:0000996]
  puddle of water [ENVO:01000871]
  lake [ENVO:00000020]
  ocean trench [ENVO:00000275]
  mid-ocean ridge [ENVO:00000406]
  harbor [ENVO:00000463]

Description: EnvO (or UBERON in case the term is not present in EnvO) term describing the environment from which the sample is coming.

ENA description: Environmental feature level includes geographic environmental features. Compared to biome, feature is a descriptor of the more local environment. Examples include: harbor, cliff, or lake.

Value Count
ocean [ENVO:00000015] 2210
surface water [ENVO:00002042] 660
marine photic zone [ENVO:00000209] 595
sea [ENVO:00000016] 579
deep chlorophyll maximum layer [ENVO:01000326] 338
ocean basin [ENVO:00002450] 210
coral reef [ENVO:00000150] 179
marine wind mixed layer [ENVO:01000061] 118
marine oxygen minimum zone [ENVO:01000065] 89
marine mesopelagic zone [ENVO:00000213] 83
brackish water environment [ENVO:01000322] 56
coastal sea water [ENVO:00002150] 50
ballast tank [ENVO:01000873] 48
polar environment [ENVO:01001703] 48
aquatic environment [ENVO:01000317] 46
sea water environment [ENVO:01000321] 45
bay [ENVO:00000032] 40
ocean trench [ENVO:00000275] 37
aquaculture area [FOODON:03520111] 36
brackish water [ENVO:00002019] 24
harbor [ENVO:00000463] 24
lagoon [ENVO:00000038] 19
upwelling [ENVO:01000005] 18
coastal inlet [ENVO:00000137] 14
continental shelf [ENVO:00000223] 14
marine sponge reef [ENVO:01000161] 7
estuary [ENVO:00000045] 6
mariculture process [ENVO:01001669] 3
channel [ENVO:03000117] 2
mesocosm [ENVO:01000620] 2