biovolume
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]biovolume (plural biovolumes)
- The volume of cells in a unit amount of water (normally quoted in cubic millimetres per litre).
- (ecology) A surrogate for biomass, used in ecological studies of invertebrates (normally quoted in cubic millimetres).
- 2015 July 10, “Grassland Arthropods Are Controlled by Direct and Indirect Interactions with Cattle but Are Largely Unaffected by Plant Provenance”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- The separate biovolumes of herbivores, predators, parasites, and detritivores did not vary consistently with grass treatment (Table 2 ).