determined by (system to material entity)

Chris Mungall

Pier Buttigieg

s determined by f if and only if s is a type of system, and f is a material entity that is part of s, such that f exerts a strong causal influence on the functioning of s, and the removal of f would cause the collapse of s.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24330602

The label for this relation is probably too general for its restricted use, where the domain is a system. It may be relabeled in future

A coral reef environment is determined by a particular coral reef

Chris Mungall