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• Biomass — refers to living and recently dead biological material that can be used as fuel or for industrial production. Most commonly, biomass refers to plant matter grown to generate electricity or produce biofuel, but it also includes plant or animal… …   Wikipedia

• Biomass (ecology) — Biomass, in ecology, is the mass of living biological organisms in a given area or ecosystem at a given time. Biomass can refer to species biomass , which is the mass of one or more species, or to community biomass , which is the mass of all… …   Wikipedia

• Living machines — are a form of biological wastewater treatment designed to mimic the cleansing functions of wetlands. They are intensive bioremediation systems that can also produce beneficial by products such as methane gas, edible and ornamental plants, and… …   Wikipedia

• biomass — [bī′ō mas΄] n. [ BIO + MASS] the total mass or number of living organisms in a particular area or volume …   English World dictionary

• Living mulch — In agriculture, a living mulch is a cover crop interplanted or undersown with a main crop, and intended to serve the functions of a mulch, such as weed suppression and regulation of soil temperature. Living mulches grow for a long time with the… …   Wikipedia

• biomass — /buy oh mas /, n. 1. Ecol. the amount of living matter in a given habitat, expressed either as the weight of organisms per unit area or as the volume of organisms per unit volume of habitat. 2. Energy. organic matter, esp. plant matter, that can… …   Universalium

• biomass — the weight, volume or energy of living material in a given area, sample, fraction such as spawners, stock or for one or more given species (species biomass), or of all the species in a biotic community (community biomass). In fisheries the weight …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• biomass —    The total weight of living matter, whether in an entire community, at a particular trophic level, or of a particular kind of organism in the community. Thus we may refer to the biomass of a pond community, of herbivores in the pond, or of… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• Living Planet Programme — Der Name Living Planet Programme beschreibt die Arbeiten der ESA, sowohl Forschungsdaten über die Erde zu gewinnen, als auch Beobachtungsaufgaben wahrzunehmen. Zur ersten Kategorie gehören die Missionen, die die ESA innerhalb des Unterprogramms… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• biomass — The total weight of all living things in a given area, biotic community, species population, or habitat; a measure of total biotic productivity. * * * bio·mass .mas n the amount of living matter (as in a unit area or volume of habitat) * * * …   Medical dictionary

• biomass —   n. amount of living matter in a unit area or volume of habitat; living matter cultivated as source of energy …   Dictionary of difficult words