Biochemical oxygen demand — or Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) is a chemical procedure for determining how fast biological organisms use up oxygen in a body of water. It is used in water quality management and assessment, ecology and environmental science. BOD is not an… … Wikipedia
Ecology — For other uses, see Ecology (disambiguation). Ecology … Wikipedia
Ecology Functional Groups — In ecology, functional groups are collections of organisms based on morphological, physiological, behavioral, biochemical, or environmental responses or on trophic criteria. In ocean biogeochemical modelling, the following four criteria have been … Wikipedia
Phage ecology — Bacteriophages (phages), potentially the most numerous organisms on Earth, are the viruses of bacteria (more generally, of prokaryotesThe term prokaryotes is useful to mean the sum of the bacteria and archaeabacteria but otherwise can be… … Wikipedia
Metabolic theory of ecology — The metabolic theory of ecology (MTE) is an extension of Kleiber s law and posits that the metabolic rate of organisms is the fundamental biological rate that governs most observed patterns in ecology.[1] MTE is based on an interpretation of the… … Wikipedia
Theoretical production ecology — tries to quantatively study the growth of crops. The plant is treated as a kind of biological factory, which processes light, carbon dioxide, water and nutrients into harvestable parts.Main parameters kept into consideration are temperature,… … Wikipedia
Insect winter ecology — entails the overwinter survival strategies of insects, which are in many respects more similar to those of plants than to many other animals, such as mammals and birds. This is because unlike those animals, which can generate their own heat… … Wikipedia
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology — Infobox Journal discipline = Biology Zoology] abbreviated title = noeffect abbreviation = MP publisher = University of Chicago Press country = US publication history = noeffect history = frequency = Bimonthly website =… … Wikipedia
Plant defense against herbivory — Poison ivy produces urushiol to protect the plant from herbivores. In humans this chemical produces an allergic skin rash, known as urushiol induced contact dermatitis … Wikipedia
biocheminė ekologija — statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Mokslas, tiriantis organizmų, populiacijų medžiagų ir energijos apykaitos gamtoje ypatumus, sudėtingų biocheminių procesų eiliškumą. atitikmenys: angl. biochemical ecology vok. biochemische… … Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
