Threats on biodiversity are synergistic. What does this mean? What is bioaccumulation? What are heterochromatin? What are euchromatin? What are the major threats to biodiversity? What are the biggest frustrations that ecologists have within ecology?
bioaccumulation ramps up even more. Think of it this way: if a whale eats 1,000 plankton a day, and each plankton contained .5 grams of plastics, now the whale has 500 grams of plastic particles inside of it. The whale is unable to metabolize and excrete thesetoxins, ...
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...
Define what is agenesis. What does the term genomics mean? In terms of biology, describe the term, "phenotype". Define nutrients. What does malignant mean in terms of biology? What is the term used to refer to the gradual change in living communities that follows a disturbance? Define the ...
This chapter categorizes mammals as terrestrial, marine, domesticated and human in order to discuss the bioaccumulation, toxicity and ecological health effects of pesticides. Toxicity studies encompass not only acute effects but also chronic and long-term effects, with a particular focus on organ, ...
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 ...
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 decom...
If you want to nerd out with a scientist, you would just say that it was an increase in surface-to-volume ratio. But what the heck does that mean? It means that when you make something very small… the way that I like to define it is, when I was a kid, I used to love to ea...
if there are cyclical cliaiiges in the dis- tribution of potential biotoxic organisms or bioaccumulation in the fish, then there may be a connection between the food preferences of the fish species affected and the level of toxin found. The fact that disease and mortality among affected i,...