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Ecology

Aeroplankton

Biology; Ecology

Tiny organisms living in the atmosphere. Certain small seeds, bacteria, and spores are examples.

Autecology

Biology; Ecology

The ecology of an organism or taxonomic group; also, the study of how organisms affects plants.

Community coefficient

Biology; Ecology

A measure of similarity between the plants and animals of two different ecological communities.

Ovary

Biology; Ecology

In flowering plants, the enclosure around the seed-making ovules. The ovary becomes the fruit.

Point source

Biology; Ecology

A specific, identifiable source of pollutants, like the BP oil refinery in Carson, California.

Reaeration

Biology; Ecology

Mechanical augmentation of dissolved oxygen in water, as in cresting waves or below waterfalls.

Standing crop

Biology; Ecology

The biomass of a trophic level, community, population, or species at a certain time and place.

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