Glossary A

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An Applied Dose is In Exposure assessment, the amount of a substance in contact with the primary Absorption boundaries of an Organism (e.g. skin, lung tissue, gastrointestinal track)

An apportionment is the process through which legislative seats are allocated to different regions.

An appropriation is the setting aside of funds for a designated purpose (e.g., there is an appropriation of $7 billion to build 5 new submarines).

An appropriation doctrine is the system for allocating water to private individuals used in most Western states.

Deutsch: Aquakultur / Español: Acuicultura / Português: Aquacultura / Français: Aquaculture / Italiano: Acquacoltura /

An aquaculture is the controlled rearing of fish or shellfish by people or corporations who own the harvestable product, often involving the capture of the eggs or young of a species

Español: Acuático / Português: Aquático

Aquatic is the pertaining to water. Compare terrestrial.

An Aquatic Assemblage is an Organism group of interacting populations in a given waterbody, for example, fish assemblage or a Benthic macroinvertebrate assemblage.

An Aquatic Biota is collective term describing the organisms living in or depending on the Aquatic environment.

An Aquatic Community is association of interacting assemblages in a given waterbody, the biotic component of an ecosystem (see also Aquatic assemblage).

An Aquatic Insect is Insect species whose larval and/or juvenile forms live in the water.