Organic biological production

Division 6.2 includes substances which are infectious to humans and/or animals and include genetically modified micro-organisms and organisms, biological products, diagnostic specimens and clinical and medical waste, as described in 3.6.2.1.1 to 3.6.2.I.5. lATA 3.6.2.1... 

Egyptian Organization for Biological Products and Vaccines (VACSERA),... 

Fig. 14-6 Profiles of potential temperature and phosphate at 21 29 N, 122 15 W in the Pacific Ocean and a schematic representation of the oceanic processes controlling the P distribution. The dominant processes shown are (1) upwelling of nutrient-rich waters, (2) biological productivity and the sinking of biogenic particles, (3) regeneration of P by the decomposition of organic matter within the water column and surface sediments, (4) decomposition of particles below the main thermocline, (5) slow exchange between surface and deep waters, and (6) incorporation of P into the bottom sediments.

The transfer of P from land to terrestrial biota (F23) represents the sum of terrestrial biological productivity. There is no significant gaseous form of P, nor is there a major transfer of living organisms between the freshwater-terrestrial system and the oceans. The terrestrial biota system is, therefore, essentially a closed system where the flux of P to the biota (p23) is balanced by the return of P to the land from the biota (F32) due to the decay of dead organic materials. 

Estuaries exhibit physical and chemical characteristics that are distinct from oceans or lakes. In estuaries, water renewal times are rapid (10 to 10 years compared to 1 to 10 years for lakes and 10 years for oceans), redox and salinity gradients are often transient, and diurnal variations in nutrient concentrations can be significant. The biological productivity of estuaries is high and this, coupled with accumulation of organic debris within estuary boundaries, often produces anoxic conditions at the sediment-water interface. Thus, in contrast to the relatively constant chemical composition of the... 

Since 1925 when initiated operations, the ATCC became a global non-profit bioresource center that provides biological products, technical services, and educational programs to private industry, government, and academic organizations. The biological products include not only microorganisms, but also derivative materials and biomolecules. They... 

Owing to the prohibition of chemosynthetic pesticides under organic farming standards, there is a greatly reduced availability of intervention/treatment-based methods for disease and pest control in organic fruit production systems. The efficacy of the permitted biological control, extract or mineral element (e.g. S and Cu)-based crop protection products is also usually lower than of chemosynthetic pesticides. Permitted plant protection products show efficacies of between 60 and 80% while chemosynthetic fungicides and pesticides often have efficacy levels >95% (Tamm et al., 2004). 

Defect Action Levels (DALs) of, 23 160 organization and roles of, 21 571-573 regulation of biological products, 21 576 regulation of cosmetics, 21 579-580 regulation of drug products, 21 573-576 regulation of food products, 21 578-579... 

Because of their often high biological productivity and low rates of decomposition under anoxia, wetlands are one of the largest terrestrial sinks for carbon. They account for about a third of the soil carbon globally (Table 1.4). However there are large differences between wetland types. Organic wetland soils tend... 

C-values in planktonic and benthic foraminifera can be used to monitor CO2 variations in the atmosphere by measuring the vertical carbon isotope gradient, which is a function of the biological carbon pump. This approach was pioneered by Shackleton et al. (1983), who showed that enhanced contrast between surface waters and deeper waters was correlated with intervals of reduced atmospheric CO2 contents. Increased organic carbon production in surface waters (possibly caused by enhanced nutrient availability) leads to the removal of carbon from surface waters, which in turn draws down CO2 from the atmospheric reservoir through re-equilibration. 

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