Biochemical oxygen demand
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ナビゲーションに移動検索に移動biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)
- 生化学的酸素要求量(日本語)
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Definition
Glossary of "Environmental Science: Earth as a Living Planet (2nd ed.)" by Botkin & Keller (1998)
- A measure of the amount of oxygen necessary to decompose organic material in a unit volume of water. As the amount of organic waste in water increases, more oxygen is used, resulting in a higher BOD.