Biomass is the mass of living biological organisms in a given area or ecosystem at a given time. Biomass can refer to species biomass, which is the mass...
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Look up biomass in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Biomass is a term used in several contexts: in the context of ecology it means living organisms, and...
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Ecological pyramid (redirect from Biomass pyramid)
the biomass or bioproductivity at each trophic level in an ecosystem. A pyramid of energy shows how much energy is retained in the form of new biomass from...
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cross-system synthesis of consumer and nutrient resource control on producer biomass". Ecology Letters. 11 (7): 740–55. Bibcode:2008EcolL..11..740G. doi:10.1111/j...
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genetics, ethology, and natural history. Ecology is a branch of biology, and is the study of abundance, biomass, and distribution of organisms in the context...
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produced by ecosystems. These include primary productivity (production of biomass), decomposition, and trophic interactions. Studies of ecosystem function...
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In ecology, the term productivity refers to the rate of generation of biomass in an ecosystem, usually expressed in units of mass per volume (unit surface)...
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Standing stock may refer to: Biomass (ecology) of a stock of organisms Population density, a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume Livestock...
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and the Guiana Shield, harbors around 390 billion individual trees. Biomass (ecology) Largest organisms List of longest-living organisms List of organisms...
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Forest ecology is the scientific study of the interrelated patterns, processes, flora, fauna, funga, and ecosystems in forests. The management of forests...
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material produced by a living organism Biomass, living or dead biological matter, often plants grown as fuel Biomass (ecology), the total mass of living matter...
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Chemical Thermochemical Environment portal Ecology portal Earth sciences portal Biology portal Biomass Biomass (ecology) Forest Agriculture Biogas Bioenergy...
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Food web (category Trophic ecology)
the entire food-web, such as the distribution of plant biomass. The field of chemical ecology has elucidated multitrophic interactions that entail the...
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Biomass allocation is a concept in plant biology which indicates the relative proportion of plant biomass present in the different organs of a plant....
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(Gibraltar Dam) Analog forestry Bering Strait bridge Buffer strip Biomass Biomass (ecology) Climate engineering (Geoengineering) Collaborative innovation...
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Trophic level (category Ecology)
in biomass, so energy pyramids can also be viewed as biomass pyramids, picturing the amount of biomass that results at higher levels from biomass consumed...
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Aquatic ecosystem (redirect from Aquatic ecology)
compounds from inorganic material. Algae use solar energy to generate biomass from carbon dioxide and are possibly the most important autotrophic organisms...
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biomass. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also References External links earth science earth system science ecology...
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population, productivity, or related factors) or make up more of the biomass. Both the composition and abundance of species within an ecosystem can...
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Net ecosystem production (category Ecology)
respiration Biological pump Oceanic carbon cycle Lake metabolism f-ratio Biomass (ecology) Biogeochemical cycle Lovett, Gary M.; Cole, Jonathan J.; Pace, Michael...
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and benefits. Afforestation Agroecology Agroforestry Analog forestry Biomass (ecology) Buffer strip Constructed wetland Energy-efficient landscaping Environmental...
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Trophic state index (category Aquatic ecology)
mesotrophic, or hypertrophic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Biomass (ecology) Eutrophication Nonpoint source pollution Secchi disk Surface runoff...
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Primary production (category Ecology)
services (1-5% of global total) that the oceans provide. Biological pump Biomass (ecology) f-ratio Productivity Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) Lists of organisms by...
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Growth curve (biology) (category Population ecology)
population size or biomass (in population ecology and demography, for population growth analysis), individual body height or biomass (in physiology, for...
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Detritivore (section Ecology)
identity and biomass along with moisture availability control forest leaf litter breakdown in a field experiment". Applied Soil Ecology. 131: 47–54. Bibcode:2018AppSE...
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single household. v t e Afforestation Agroforestry Analog forestry Biomass Biomass (ecology) Buffer strip Collaborative innovation network Deforestation Deforestation...
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standing crop biomass, plant production distribution, nutrient and water supply. Modelling is essential in theoretical production ecology. Unit of modelling...
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In forest ecology, a snag refers to a standing dead or dying tree, often missing a top or most of the smaller branches. In freshwater ecology it refers...
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Antarctic krill (section Biomass and production)
Miller; I. Hampton (1989). Biology and ecology of the Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba Dana): a review. BIOMASS Scientific Series. Vol. 9. Scientific...
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In ecology, a disturbance is a temporary change in environmental conditions that causes a pronounced change in an ecosystem. Disturbances often act quickly...
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