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 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?
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 ...
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 net elemental uptake of the transplants, defined as the concentration of each transplant minus the mean concentration of the T0 transplants of the same treatment in the same SS, is shown inFig. 2(and Figure 2SM for the remaining elements). Although the final concentrations varied widely ...
However, as stated above, meta-analytical approaches have shown that monoxeneous taxa tend to show a higher susceptibility to a larger variety of environmental stressors [14]. Does this mean that monoxeneous endoparasite taxa are the most sensitive and reliable bioindicators? This would certainly...
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 does ecosystem unraveling mean for the tiger and its associated biodiversity in Asia? Discuss how an organism (or population) in an ecosystem might be affected by the following abiotic factor: Volume of space. Explain how decompo...