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Specialty Definition: BIOMONITORING

DomainDefinition
Administration1: The use of living organisms to test the suitability of an effluent for discharge into receiving waters or to test the quality of such receiving waters downstream from the discharge. Also see Bioassay. (references)
 2: 1) The use of living organisms to test the suitability of effluents for discharge into receiving waters and to test the quality of such waters downstream from the discharge. 2) Analysis of blood, urine, tissues, etc., to measure chemical exposure in humans. (references)
GeologyThe measurement of biological parameters in repetition to assess the current status and changes in time of the parameters measured (USFWS). (references)

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Specialty Expressions: BIOMONITORING

ExpressionsDomainDefinition
Biological Monitoring or BiomonitoringEnergyUse of a biological entity as a detector and its response as a measure to determine environmental conditions. Toxicity tests and ambient biological surveys are common biological monitoring methods. (references)

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Topics by Level of Interest: BIOMONITORING

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