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  2. Agricultural pollution - Wikipedia

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    Agricultural pollution refers to biotic and abiotic byproducts of farming practices that result in contamination or degradation of the environment and surrounding ecosystems, and/or cause injury to humans and their economic interests.

  3. Biological pollution - Wikipedia

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    Biological pollution (impacts or bio pollution) is the impact of humanity's actions on the quality of aquatic and terrestrial environment. Specifically, biological pollution is the introduction of non-indigenous and invasive species, [ 1 ] otherwise known as Invasive Alien Species (IAS).

  4. Ecosystem - Wikipedia

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    From one year to another, ecosystems experience variation in their biotic and abiotic environments. A drought, a colder than usual winter, and a pest outbreak all are short-term variability in environmental conditions. Animal populations vary from year to year, building up during resource-rich periods and crashing as they overshoot their food ...

  5. River ecosystem - Wikipedia

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    This stream operating together with its environment can be thought of as forming a river ecosystem. River ecosystems are flowing waters that drain the landscape, and include the biotic (living) interactions amongst plants, animals and micro-organisms, as well as abiotic (nonliving) physical and chemical interactions of its many parts.

  6. Glossary of environmental science - Wikipedia

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    biotic potential - the maximum reproductive capacity of a population under optimum environmental conditions. biotic - relating to, produced by, or caused by living organisms. (see also abiotic). birth rate - number of people born as a percentage of the total population in any given period of time; number of live births per 1000 people.

  7. Abiotic component - Wikipedia

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    Abiotic components include physical conditions and non-living resources that affect living organisms in terms of growth, maintenance, and reproduction. Resources are distinguished as substances or objects in the environment required by one organism and consumed or otherwise made unavailable for use by other organisms.

  8. USC study finds connection between pollution and decreased ...

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    Ammonium nitrate, a specific component of fine particle air pollution primarily produced by agricultural emissions, is associated with decreased learning and memory performance in children aged ...

  9. Environmental impact of agriculture - Wikipedia

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    Water pollution due to dairy farming in the Wairarapa area of New Zealand (photographed in 2003) Agricultural pollution refers to biotic and abiotic byproducts of farming practices that result in contamination or degradation of the environment and surrounding ecosystems, and/or cause injury to humans and their economic interests.