Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

un número de almacenamientos o compartimientos del ecosistema

English translation:

a number of reservoirs or compartments of the ecosystem

Added to glossary by Robert Forstag
Jun 3, 2013 15:20
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Spanish term

un número de almacenamientos o compartimientos del ecosistema

Spanish to English Science Environment & Ecology Ecosystem and the water cycle / Colombia
En este marco conceptual se hace una división sistémica de los procesos en un número de **almacenamientos o compartimientos del ecosistema**, los cuales están interconectados por flujos hídricos. Para una mejor comprensión, la descripción conceptual del ciclo hidrológico se presenta consecutivamente, de acuerdo con el orden de los procesos en la dirección del flujo del agua en estos ecosistemas; es decir, entradas por precipitación, escorrentía superficial, infiltración de la precipitación, evapotranspiración, agua en el suelo, percolación profunda y drenaje a través de las quebradas en las fincas.

The term "compartments" appears to be commonly used in describing ecosystems, and "almacenamientos" appears to be a synonym of "compartamientos," but I haven't seen what appears to be a commonly used English synonym in such contexts. Any help appreciated.

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a number of reservoirs or compartments of the ecosystem

Reservoirs would seem a good option. There is a table from Berner and Berner (1987) that appears to be widely cited in this context.

See the first slide on page 1 of the link below:
http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/krubin/GG325/lect15.pdf

This handout also gives a pretty good example of how the word is used:
http://geoweb.tamu.edu/Faculty/Herbert/geol420/docs/06e2Hydr...

Finally, 'Hydrogeology: Principles and Practice' by Kevin Hiscock (pg. 8) reproduces the table of reservoirs:
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bv_htCV69z8C&pg=PA7&lpg=P...
Peer comment(s):

agree Charles Davis : Good references, and here's another: "Ecosystem focus is on movement of nutrients between compartments or reservoirs" http://quizlet.com/16897789/lecture-16-ecosystem-ecology-fla... . I think this is the word.
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Thanks Charles!
agree nweatherdon
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Thanks Nathan!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you, James. Thanks also to Rich and Nathan."
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different compartments in the ecosystem

I think the second word is redundant and this will succinctly communicate the correct idea to the reader
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a number of the ecosystem's containers or compartments

another option

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Note added at 20 mins (2013-06-03 15:41:37 GMT)
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However, an aquifer is a container of finite size and it can be effectively emptied if water removal exceeds water replenishment.
http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/Bulletins/ED10/04_occur.h...
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