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bioakumulatsioon

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EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 715927 Last modified 28.03.2011
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Domain biochemistrychemical products - general aspects
  • the process whereby certain toxic substances collect in living tissues, thus posing a substantial hazard to human health or the environment
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  • Bioconcentration [ IATE:1398629 ] refers only to the uptake of substances into the organism from water alone. Bioaccumlation is the more general term because it includes all means (food and environment) of uptake into the organism. Biomagnification [ IATE:1735312 ] occurs in a food chain. [IATE]
bioakumulatsioon
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  • 3. Liikuvus ja muundumine keskkonnas 3.1. Püsivus: ... 3.4. Biodegradatsioon; 3.5. Bioakumulatsioon; ...
bioaccumulation preferred
bioaccumulation
Bioakkumulation

EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 719605 Last modified 28.03.2011
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Domain biochemistry
  • process leading to a higher concentration of a chemical in an organism than in environmental media to which it is exposed
  • retention of a substance in the tissue of an organism such that tissue concentration exceeds background concentration (absorption and elimination considered)
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  • Vt kirjet bioaccumulation.
bioakumulatsioon
bioconcentration preferred
bioconcentration
Biokonzentration

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