Assimilation: The ability of water to purify itself of pollutants.
Assimilation Cycle - A natural process by which a water body uses microbes, which convert nonliving substances into protoplasm or cells, to purify itself from pollutants. [Environmental Science and Technology; v26; 1864-1875; 1992.
assimilation
Uptake and incorporation of substances by a living organism.
asthenia
Weakness; lack or loss of strength.
assimilation 1) Transformation of absorbed nutrients into body substances (cell protoplasm). 2) The ability of a body of water to purify itself of pollutants.
nitrogen assimilation
The incorporation of nitrogen into organic cell substances by living organisms.
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Carbon (C) 3 plants Those in which the assimilation of atmospheric carbon dioxide is directly via the enzyme ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase in the cells of the leaf mesophyll.
At the leaf level, it is more precisely referred to as the instantaneous transpiration efficiency, the CO2 assimilation rate (photosynthesis) divided by the transpiration rate (the moles of CO2 taken up divided by the moles of water lost ...
by section 101(33) of CERCLA, shall include but not be limited to, any element, substance, compound or mixture, including disease-causing agents, which after release into the environment and upon exposure, ingestion, inhalation, or assimilation into ...
Defective nutrition due to inadequate intake of nutrients or to their faulty digestion, assimilation or metabolism.
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Straightening and deepening streams so water will move faster, a marsh-drainage tactic that can interfere with waste assimilation capacity, disturb fish and wildlife habitats, and aggravate flood- ing.
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assimilation number the ratio of carbon fixed (or oxygen released) photosynthetically per hour or day to the chlorophyll a present
astatic unstable; in limnology usually refers to. water level ...
 See also: Water, Organism, Environment, Structure, Organic
  
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