Define the following term: Bioaccumulation. Define eutrophication? What is environmental microbiology? (Please define in your own words.) What does "bio" mean? What is the definition of a habitat? What is meant by the term polyploidy in biology?
What is bioaccumulation? How does it impact our health? What are the dietary sources of vitamin B12? What effect is there on elimination if there is too much absorption of water in the large intestine? Is carbon a macronutrient, a micronutrient, or neither? Explain what its primary function...
2. Relation to Bioaccumulation: Biomagnification is often associated with bioaccumulation, which is the accumulation of substances, such as pesticides or heavy metals, in an organism. These substances cannot be metabolized or excreted effectively. 3. Mechanism of Biomagnification: - Toxic substances enter...
The term Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) is a well known acronym for quality in the laboratory but how much do you know about the term, its background and what does it really mean in practice? OK, let's start from the beginning: GLP is a formal regulation that was formulated in 19781...
Immediately following the TVA Kingston fly ash spill, on the basis of a few hastily-collected samples several researchers predicted calamitous effects on the aquatic ecology in the Emory, Clinch, and Tennessee Rivers as a result of bioaccumulation of ash-related constituents. This poster describes ...
This whole process terminates in humans, i.e., the living beings that consume the highest quantity of MeHg due to biotransformation, biomagnification, and bioaccumulation. Amazonian populations have been chronically exposed to this form of the metal, and it is likely that human exposure to MeHg ...
Pet owners begin to abandon their Burmese pythons in the Everglades when they become too large for home care. Native species of frogs and reptiles decrease with the introduction of the snakes. What does this scenario represent? A: ...
The dietary route was predominant, as most studies have evaluated methylmercury, a more stable mercury species with greater bioaccumulation potential than other chemical forms [37,68], mainly in fish and seafood, which are the main sources of human exposure to mercury [69]. The populations ...
As of yet, there isn’t definitive information as to what long term effects thisbioaccumulationcan have. However, some studies suggest that large quantities of mineral oil in the skin can lead to allergic reactions and/or toxicity of the immune system. The quantities investigated in these studies...
What is bioaccumulation? How does it impact our health? What is taphonomy? Why is it important to understand this process? What is scarcity? Why is an understanding of scarcity important for understanding the basic problems of an economy?