Metabolic rate

A measure of the energy used by an animal in a given time period. The metabolic rate of an animal is affected by several interacting factors, including temperature and the level ...

basal metabolic rate

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

The measure of the total energy utilized by the body to maintain its necessary processes while at rest. Those processes include keeping the heart, brain, and other organs ...

basal metabolic rate

Agriculture; General agriculture

the energy required to sustain basal metabolism

basal metabolic rate

Medical; Medicine

Oxygen used by a subject during minimal physiologic activity while awake; an obsolete test determined by measuring oxygen consumption of a fasting subject at complete bodily and ...

macroplankton

Biology; Marine biology

Planktonic organisms that are 200-2,000 micrometers in size.

nanoplankton

Biology; Marine biology

Planktonic organisms that are 2-20 micometers in size.

megaplankton

Biology; Marine biology

Planktonic organisms that are greater than or equal to 2000 micrometers in size.

mixoplankton

Biology; Marine biology

Planktonic organisms that can be classified at several trophic levels. For example, some ciliates can be photosynthetic but also can ingest other plankton and are heterotrophic.

logistic population growth

Biology; Marine biology

Population growth that is modulated by the population size relative to carrying capacity. Population growth declines as population approaches carrying capacity, and is negative ...

global warming

Biology; Marine biology

Predicted increase in the earth's oceanic and atmospheric temperature, owing to additions of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, as a result of human activities.