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The total mass of a living thing or part thereof, such as a cell.

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The total mass of all living things within a specific area, habitat etc.

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Vegetation used as a fuel, or source of energy, especially if cultivated for that purpose.

Biomass is any organic material produced by animals and plants, such as crops, wood, manure, municipal solid waste, ethanol, methane, and biodiesel.

Energy from biomass is a growing source of renewable energy in the Midwest.

And in the meantime the US is converting fossil-fuel power stations to burn biomass.

In spring when the phytoplankton biomass increases and blooms the adult Cal fin begin to breed.

It is also possible to convert biomass to other forms of useable energy, such as methane, biodiesel, and ethanol.

In 1988 the spawning stock biomass was about 100,000 tons.

Wilton 10 will be a new, purpose built biomass burning boiler.

Between them, belching and biomass burning make the second largest contribution to global warming after fossil fuel burning.

Several colleges have bought shredders which convert woody biomass into suitable material or mulching.

To measure krill biomass acoustic surveys have been done by BAS scientists at least once a year for the last 6 years.

In winter wheat, crop density is an important factor in limiting seed production by red dead-nettle through the effect on weed biomass.

Crop waste is being used to make biomass briquettes for the stoves, providing an extra income to farmers.

The willow is then fed to a biomass boiler used to heat fish containing sturgeon, specially bred to produce caviar.

There was also a generally good agreement between the abundances of the rarer large biomass dominant calanoid copepods estimated by both samplers.

Direct Cutting with desiccant Low biomass varieties greatly facilitate the use of pre-harvest desiccants.

Dulas Ltd - Highly skilled and experienced renewable energy consultants specialize in wind power, hydro power, solar power and biomass wood energy.

Industrial sectors like the forest products industries are currently using renewable biomass feedstocks.

This text starts with an outline of the importance and position of primary production of biomass, and then of biofuel feedstocks.

The process for making fuel from biomass feedstock used in the 1800's is basically the same one used today.

Methane emissions are estimated for biomass burning, enteric fermentation and irrigated agriculture.

Ethanol, which is produced from biomass--mainly corn--and mixed with gasoline to create a cleaner-burning version called gasohol, is one such substance.

The most common insect root herbivore was Tipula paludosa and the application of insecticide reduced all insect larvae and reduced microbial biomass.

Also, care should be taken that certification systems do not create new barriers for the emerging biomass markets.

A current issue is whether to meet future energy needs through development of biomass generation or offshore oil.

Increasing numbers of so-called low biomass oilseed rapes now rank in the premier gross output division.

Unfortunately this is not as easy as it may sound; biomass is wholly organic and thus has a short shelf life by nature.

We also made routine measurements of phytoplankton pigments (eg. chlorophyll-a as a measure of biomass) and we enumerated the principal phytoplankton species.

Liquid fuels can also be produced from biomass through a process called pyrolysis.

The recent interest for fast growing non-native species for energy generation / biomass has raised concern on their potential impact on ecosystems.

However, the biomass industry remains underdeveloped in most industrialized countries.

The size structure appeared to be more closely related to the productivity of the area, with high zooplankton biomass associated with larger zooplankton.

The biomass then turns into a liquid called pyrolysis oil, which can be burned to generate electricity.

Such biomass energy crops might be switchgrass, hybrid poplar trees or sugar cane for example.

Similarly, transportation fuels derived from biomass cannot at present compete with fuels derived from petroleum.

Its tall grasslands and riverine forest support a very high wild ungulate biomass which greatly exceeds that reported elsewhere in the Indian subcontinent.

Woody biomass The ash content of woody biomass is more or less constant at around 1% for all species.

Cellulosic ethanol is sometimes called biomass.

Usable yield - Bamboo yields more usable biomass that other types of trees used to produce flooring.

Biomass is the name given to plants that are grown as an energy source.

Fuel from biomass is used for many things, including providing the fuel for new generation cars and vehicles.

Using biomass as a source of energy is environmentally beneficial in more than one way.

Some of this sunlight remains inside the plant material, or biomass, in the form of energy.

This organic plant matter, or biomass, is a source of energy for electricity production and transportation fuel.

The most common use of biomass today is to break down the biomass into sugars and starches.

Bioenergy, or Biomass, occurs when natural products such as wood is burned.

Today's biomass is comprised of plants,crops and even solid waste.

Some biomass power plants burn fuel to heat water and then use the steam to create electricity.

Combustible biomass processes use almost anything that will burn from wood to trash.

Biomass, the energy stored in organic materials.

Using some forms of biomass can be eco-friendly.